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2/3/2009 11:44 PM
Are the cell phone industry's best days behind it?
That's the question raised in a thought-provoking
story in the New York Times today. "The challenge is both simple and daunting: how to expand when more than half of the 6 billion people on the planet already have phones. And even in developing countries where there are underserved markets, subscribers spend less on phones and services."
The newspaper riffed on disappointing financial news this week from Motorola.
Radio industry execs are accustomed to using cell phones and iPods as shorthand references to describe competition from new media and they have aimed in the past year to push consumer electronics manufacturers to add or activate FM receiver chips in such devices.
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The Troubled Outlook for Cell Phones
Paul:
Don't you think the reason for a slump in cell phone sales for Motorola and others, is because they have failed to keep up with Blackberry, and especially the Apple iPhone technology?
Jack
By Jack Quinn on
2/21/2009 4:18 AM
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The Troubled Outlook for Cell Phones
Sorry, but you have it ASS-BACKWARDS! Radio's best days are behind it - sad but true... Time to face reality, folks... And as for HD - A.M. Stereo had more validity!
By Sal Tower on
2/6/2009 11:30 AM
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