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You know the saying, “As some go out, others come in.” That’s exactly what LG is thinking – to take advantage of the struggling American handset maker.
When asked whether Motorola’s poor performance is seen as a chance for the South Korean company, LG’s chief executive Nam Yong said, “Yes, we’ll increase our market share sharply!” No direct answer, but you can clearly feel the point.
And while we do support LG’s efforts to grow it’s handset business — after all they keep releasing both low-end and some very interesting mid to high-end devices like Viewty and Venus — we would still like to see MOTO recovering. Its Q9 family of smartphones as well as the Z10 look promising, and who knows what else they’re working on at the moment (Z12?).
In the meantime, the world’s fifth-largest mobile phone maker (LG) holds 7.2% of the global mobile phone market and plans to sell 100 million units this year. Will they succeed? This “game” is getting more interesting every day. We’ll watch closely and report back to you…
[Via: Reuters]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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