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When you hear the phrase "tech-market domination," you probably think of Microsoft. But in the world of mobile phones, the name is Nokia: depending on whose numbers you believe, the Finnish giant sells up to a whopping 40% of the world's consumer cell phones, almost 180 million last year. Yet even mighty Nokia risks developing an achilles' heel - namely, the soon-to-be-hot corporate market. Fortune 500 companies are desperate for phones that double as computers so travelling execs can tap into corporate data from afar. "It's an important growth market, and Nokia is worried that...
...Nokia is worried that PC guys like microsoft are coming into [its] space as computers and phones converge...
...latest smart phones running Microsoft and Palm operating systems are getting some fresh competition from Nokia, the leading handsetmaker. Smaller than a handheld computer but bigger than an ordinary cell phone, the new 6620 will let you check your e-mail, send digital photos, and access the Web over a GSM data network from AT&T that is capable of speeds of up to 100 kbps, about twice as fast as some other Web-enabled phones. Bundled applications include the Real One video player and MightyPhone synching software for keeping your contacts and appointments up-to-date. The phone also...
McDowell, 39, joined Finnish cell-phone giant Nokia to head the new Enterprise Solutions business group. She arrived from Hewlett-Packard, where she ran strategic planning. At HP, McDowell, a systems engineer, helped build and run the industry-standard servers group, which became a $7 billion business and market leader. The challenge at Nokia: to pull together existing products and services, and develop new ones, to give companies seamless mobile-communication capabilities, from PDAs to network security...
...similar share of its profits. Sony recently announced plans to enter the handheld market next year with the PlayStation Portable. Meanwhile, other companies, especially mobile-phone makers, are hoping to beat Sony to the punch by converting millions of cell-phone users into game addicts via their handsets. Nokia just debuted its N-Gage phone-plus-games gadget, while many 3G mobile phones available in Japan already rival Game Boy in graphics and playability...