Handset Quotes
A more powerful SIM card can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's good for the carriers because it gives them more control, since they control what goes on their SIM. But it also shifts some of the cost from the handset makers to the carriers.
- Neil Mawston
[The phones were slow to catch on, since early models were big, bulky and expensive. But newer 3G products appear to be enticing customers to upgrade. Two of Nokia's 3G models are seeing good demand.] The price points are coming down... Along with better handsets, it's stimulating for 3G.
- Mark Sue
[Nokia] has been getting a lot of questions because of the results of other companies such as Motorola, suggesting the market for mobile phones was going to be weak. I think that they wanted to come in ahead of what Ericsson is going to do tomorrow -- and [Ericsson] has said its handset sales haven't been that great.
- Doug Smith
[Finding experienced staff still remains Taproot's biggest challenge and the single largest constraint on growth. Even so Taproot is now the largest independent Symbian OS software development organisation in North America. To achieve this it has pulled in people from all over the world including Europe, Asia, and North America. As well as employing experienced staff Taproot has also hired graduate students, which they have trained themselves.] I think, from a global perspective, skilled staff is one of biggest challenges for the Symbian ecosystem... Not just for us but Symbian, all the handset manufactures and ISVs, it is still a challenge.
- Hugh Thomas
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