Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors 2006
Ruhani RabinNokia. Nokia ends the year much in the same way it began the year, as the undisputed worldwide leader in mobile phone shipments. Having reached a new shipment record—more than a million units on average each day during the quarter—Nokia experienced downward pressure on its profits from the same quarter a year ago, the result of shipping massive volumes of entry level devices. At the other end of the product spectrum, Nokia's converged mobile devices continued to outpace all other vendors shipping 11.1 million units, making Nokia the worldwide leader in this space as well.
Motorola. Despite reaching a record level of shipments during the fourth quarter, Motorola missed its 4Q06 profit target, landing at an operating profit of 4.4%. The company acknowledged challenges within its product portfolio mix and its late introduction of 3G devices. To combat this, the company announced plans to tighten control over its expenses and eliminate 3500 jobs worldwide, as well as introducing more 3G devices in various markets. From a device perspective, Motorola continues to tout 'wickedly compelling' products with several devices based on its successful RAZR platform, the stylish MOTOFONE for emerging markets, and the dual-mode CDMA/iDEN ic 502.
Samsung. Samsung edged above the 30 million unit mark twice in 2006, exceeding its sales target for the year. The introduction of its Ultra Edition handsets buoyed shipments in Europe and Asia, and its Blackjack bolstered its converged mobile device lineup during the fourth quarter. Based on the recent success of these devices, Samsung expects to ship 133 million devices in 2007. For the year, Samsung solidified its position as the number three vendor worldwide, but fell further behind second-place Motorola. In addition, fourth place Sony Ericsson mounted a strong campaign during the fourth quarter to cut the difference between the two companies to just six million units.
Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson took another step to distance itself from LG Electronics, and moved a step closer to Samsung this quarter, with 4Q06 shipments landing at the midpoint between the two Korean vendors. The company's portfolio has long been considered replete with high-end devices, including several Walkman-branded phones and several converged mobile devices. The success of its entry-level devices, including the J200, J300, and Z300, have brought more depth to Sony Ericsson's portfolio, extending its reach to more customers, particularly in emerging markets. Of the leading vendors, Sony Ericsson earned honors of having the largest year-on-year change, both for the fourth quarter and for the full year.
LG Electronics. LG Electronics marked record shipments during the fourth quarter, but profits did not keep up with volume, a result of price cuts on some of the company's leading models. Profits for 2006 were a staggering 72.9% lower than 2005 profits, and the company plans to take an aggressive approach to anticipate market demand. This includes introducing more key devices to the market, expand its presence in emerging markets, and enhance position and brand in mature markets.
Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Year 2006 (Preliminary)
| Vendor | 2006 Shipments | 2006 Market Share | 2005 Shipments | 2005 Market Share | Year-on-year Delta |
| Nokia | 347,500,000 | 34.1% | 264,900,000 | 31.8% | 31.2% |
| Motorola | 217,400,000 | 21.3% | 146,000,000 | 17.5% | 48.9% |
| Samsung | 118,000,000 | 11.6% | 102,800,000 | 12.3% | 14.8% |
| Sony Ericsson | 74,800,000 | 7.3% | 51,100,000 | 6.1% | 46.4% |
| LG Electronics | 64,400,000 | 6.3% | 54,900,000 | 6.6% | 17.3% |
| Others | 197,800,000 | 19.4% | 213,100,000 | 25.6% | -7.2% |
| TOTAL | 1,019,900,000 | 100.0% | 832,800,000 | 100.0% | 22.5% |
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A long Review Done on Multiply.com
Ruhani RabinI'm sure some of you already been familier with MySpace.com , hi5.com , bebo.com , facebook.com , bolt.com , friendster.com and so on. But as time passes by you require features and security that doesn't come up with the above mentioned sites. I've been to all of the above mentioned sites, well… they are not able to meet my requirements.. I was looking for flexibility, security, storage, blogging, streaming, customization and distribution options. Then i went to multiply . Day by day i study it. They have some unique feature that really impressed me on far extent while others can't even go near to it. Multiply is social network with a great combination of security and distribution measures. multiply has a ajax/web 2.0 based interface which is another unique thing you can't just forget of.
Lets look at the summary of features multiply offers.
- Trusted peoples network, who are always updated with your changes
- Share your thoughts, blog it, send to your friends who are not even member of multiply.com
- Share your music collection, make own collection of albums, share with your friends, both online streaming and downloads are available.
- Share your video collections, many format uploads possible but either 10mins length or 100mb in size, faster uploads, streaming through flash FLV format.. like youtube and others. Share your video using the embed code to other websites.
- Easily import videos from Youtube, Google video and others.
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- Make your own marketplace (limited)
- Write reveiws about you coffee, movies, tv shows, photos, music or virtually anything.
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- Flexible notifications systems via e-mail.
- RSS syndication.
- Multiple upload options
- E-mail posting on the beta stage but i've tested its a featured option that everyone need.
- Create and join groups, groups are customizable via CSS too.
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- Detailed profile editing options.
- The homepage is like a newspaper about your friends and networks and personal messages. Home page filtering also available.
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- Several Layout Options
- Almost all the posts and comments supports basic HTML
- No Phishing Possible because it cuts of the script codes
- You can always define who can see your posts and who cannot. In that way some post which are meant for friends will be visible to friends but not to your family or relatives. Possible to make custom lists of contacts or contact groups.
- Clean presentation and Top navigation bar will bring you anywhere in multiply.
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Well These are few to name.. Now you can see a clear picture of why should you choose multiply and not other public networks like myspace or something. Now a days network like myspace you can't trust cause full of scams and lies. Just take a look at the search results . I'm going to put a pictorial of the key things of multiply below. It's a long article Just sit back, relax and enjoy.
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