Except google provides the OS and phone manufacturers provide the actual phone that they're selling, so this guy doesn't know what he's talking about in the first place.
In a sense they are dumping in that originally the cost to manufacture was higher than their cost to deliver. They were able to subsidize the cost off the cash generating abilities of search both mobile and traditional.
The business model of GOOG remains much different however.
Problem is you don't "dump" an operating system for a phone. The manufacturer that created the phones that USE the OS is the one doing the dumping. Google has nothing to do with low priced phones.
Small growth in India cannot keep this type of a company afloat. You're cherry picking numbers that fit an outcome you've already decided upon.He's a shareholder... and averaging down his cost base as we speak.
India growth from 13-15%... Not exactly a country with people who can afford to swap $500 phones twice a year for shits and giggles.
Heins penned his thoughts in an op-ed for the Toronto Globe and Mail on Tuesday:
"Don't count BlackBerry out," Heins started. "In recent weeks, it's become fashionable for pundits and market watchers to alternately eulogize Research In Motion as a fallen pioneer and demonize management for not chopping up the company to sell for parts. As President and CEO of RIM, I understand the frustration and impatience of RIM's shareholders and their eagerness to see the company start to surface the underlying value we all know exists at RIM. But we do not believe RIM is a company at the end. Nor do RIM's current challenges hint at a larger Canadian problem of not being able to sustain successful technology companies."
Heins reminded his audience of BlackBerry's former prominence, and he mentioned that RIM is simply "at the beginning of a transition" to truly mobile computing. Instead, Heins believes RIM's best is yet to come.
"As we prepare to launch our new mobile platform, BlackBerry 10, in the first quarter of next year, we expect to empower people as never before," Heins said. "BlackBerry 10 will connect users not just to each other, but to the embedded systems that run constantly in the background of everyday life -- from parking meters and car computers to credit card machines and ticket counters."
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We'll see once early next year hits.
I really don't care either way - I hate my Blackberry 9000 [company provided] and honestly would rather have a Windows phone, droid, or iphone instead.
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins: 'There's Nothing Wrong With The Company' WARNING: Contains flash video with audio
It's hard to believe someone can be so out of touch with reality.
Its his job. Its hard to believe that some people here are so out of touch with that - then again, you didn't really comprehend the Ballmer video you posted earlier, so I'm not that surprised in this case.
U MAD BRO!
It's hard to believe you take is so personally, and feel the need to be insulting. You must really love and idolize Steve Ballmer. :wub:
Its his job. Its hard to believe that some people here are so out of touch with that.
The CEO's job is to deliver value to shareholders, and a critical part of that job is exercising sound judgment in dealing with the public. Penning an op-ed that's basically the corporate equivalent of "The Fundamentals of the Economy are Strong" a week after delivering quarterly results that fell short of even the most pessimistic predictions is probably not going to achieve the results Hein is looking for.
U MAD BRO!
It's hard to believe you take is so personally, and feel the need to be insulting. You must really love and idolize Steve Ballmer. :wub:
Lol... Says the guy that literally shits on everything MS
Lol... Says the guy that literally shits on everything MS
"Without a doubt, Mr. Ballmer is the worst CEO of a large publicly traded American company today." -Forbes
"Microsoft peaked at $60/share in 2000, just as Mr. Ballmer took the reins. By 2002 it had fallen into the $20s, and has only rarely made it back to its current low $30s value." The stock market apparently isn't too happy with MS either.
Did you read the front page of Anandtech today? Microsoft Loses $6.2B USD on Internet Advertising Bet
Windows 8: Not even Microsoft thinks businesses will use it
It's not just me, it's the majority of consumers. MS is losing in search engines, tablets, and smartphones. Apple and Google are putting out better products.
How do you like your Microsoft Kin? Explain to me why you think it's better than the iPhone or Android?
Read the news. The majority of people have a low opinion of Microsoft's new products.
"Without a doubt, Mr. Ballmer is the worst CEO of a large publicly traded American company today." -Forbes
"Microsoft peaked at $60/share in 2000, just as Mr. Ballmer took the reins. By 2002 it had fallen into the $20s, and has only rarely made it back to its current low $30s value." The stock market apparently isn't too happy with MS either.
Did you read the front page of Anandtech today? Microsoft Loses $6.2B USD on Internet Advertising Bet
Windows 8: Not even Microsoft thinks businesses will use it
It's not just me, it's the majority of consumers. MS is losing in search engines, tablets, and smartphones. Apple and Google are putting out better products.
How do you like your Microsoft Kin? Explain to me why you think it's better than the iPhone or Android?
We can go on forever debating whether RIM of MS is the more dysfunctional company. The bottom line is that MS has structural advantages that allow it to still make lots of money while being dysfunctional. RIM doesn't have that luxury, at least in the consumer space, and its advantages in the enterprise space are not nearly as strong as MS's.