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...makers $25 for each device that uses Windows CE, according to analysts. Jan Ahrenbring, an Ericsson vice president, adds that Microsoft's operating system "really wasn't applicable for mobile," but Microsoft maintains that the software is modular and can be customized to suit customers needs. South Korean manufacturer Samsung has produced the prototype of a Windows CE phone that it plans to market next year...
...industry has already undergone considerable consolidation. Along with its equity interest in Kia, Ford Motor Co. owns Jaguar PLC and a one-third stake in Mazda and is considering an alliance with Samsung Motors Inc. GM, still the world's largest automaker, owns Germany's Adam Opel AG, the U.K.'s Vauxhall Motor Cars Ltd., Holden's in Australia, 50% of Saab Automobile AB in Sweden and about a third of Isuzu. On top of that, GM operates a joint venture in Canada with Suzuki Motor Corp. and an assembly plant called NUMMI in California with Toyota...
...Java's richest promise may lie in devices that resemble today's computers even less than the iron-shaped JavaStation does. Hardware giants like Samsung and Motorola are already devising a raft of Java-enabled gadgets, from Java palmtops to Java cell phones. Get busy, Redmond...
...John and his three partners took their wares to a fashion trade show in Las Vegas; they sold $300,000 worth of clothing in just a week. Soon after, Samsung America agreed to distribute their $69 shirts and $800 bubble jackets to hip boutiques like Dr. Jay's and Casual Male on the East Coast. Last summer Macy's began carrying the line in its 10 East Coast stores. "That was like cutting our own album and headlining above Michael Jackson at Wembley Stadium," says John...
...Menlo Park, Calif.-based Diba, Sun found an affordable (estimated purchase price: $30 million to $50 million), scrappy partner with the know-how to direct the consumer push. Though Diba's enabling software for smart phones and televisions has received mixed reviews, it's building Internet-browsing TVs for Samsung in Korea. The Sun deal is "a way of playing catch-up," says Dataquest principal analyst Allen Weiner. "Sun is mostly buying Diba's relationship with electronics companies." And with Bill Gates sitting on $9 billion in reserves, Sun is going to need all the help...