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Beacs, LOL...good comedy. EOM
OT May West, Thank you. EOM
May West, Is this from TS? EOM
Paperclick "Devices" url appears to be updated since last time I reviewed.
http://www.paperclick.com/devices/devices.jsp
It now shows a much more user friendly list of PC supported devices by manufacturer. Also, note the photographs of smartphones at the top of the page: the first on the left appears to be the new Palm Treo 650 or 700...to the far right is a Sprint phone showing Ebay on the screen. There are also new mobile phone statistics at the bottom half of the page.
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Success, I saw it reported again today in both stock alerts that I posted earlier. I just didn't copy and paste them again as it was old news, but the alerts made it appear as it was "fresh" news.
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IMO, I think it is safe to say that today's run-up had nothing to do with TS pumping, while several of the previous run-ups were related to TS pumping.
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In hindsight, I believe Neom Mgmt didn't realize that the Mobot acquisition was going to cause a delay in the SEC's approval of BSDS, which in turn delayed closure of the Mobot deal. Chalk it up as a lesson learned for Chas and Co for future M&A activities.
I have got to believe the SEC has now approved the BSDS merger, and Mobot will be announced very, very soon.
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Stock Alerts for Neom
otcstockexchange.com: Mid-Day Stock Alert -- OTCStockExchange.com NEOM, MLPH, VCSY, TVOG
By M2
Last Update: 1/12/2006 1:10:44 PM Data provided by
Rochester, NY, Jan 12, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- OTCStockExchange.com's "Mid-Day Stock Watch Alert" this afternoon are NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (NEOM), Molecular Pharmacology Limited (MLPH), Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (VCSY), Turner Valley Oil and Gas Inc. (TVOG).
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Stockguru.com: Guru Alerts for Thursday, January 12, 2006 HDRX, MRKL, NEOM, AGFL.
By M2
Last Update: 1/12/2006 7:19:48 AM Data provided by
Dallas, Texas, Jan 12, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Stock Guru Alerts for Thursday include Hendrx Corporation (HDRX), Markland Technologies, Inc. (MRKL), NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (NEOM), and American Goldfields, Inc. (AGFL).
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Glad I sold GZFX yesterday to buy more Neom. GZFX is down another 11% right now.
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The pps increase and especially the huge volume is interesting with no news release. What does Wall Street know? Whatever it is, I like it.
:>)
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DrMyke, I agree EOM
DD Is mobile entertainment empowering or imprisoning -- or both?
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06010/635142.stm
By Monica Haynes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Those people who used to be out there in the dark movie theater or on the couch in front of their TV sets are now on the school bus, in the doctor's office, or at their desks watching movies and television shows, listening to music or surfing the Web on small devices with tiny screens.
Cellphones to PDAs, iPods to PSPs are making it possible for us to never leave home without access to entertainment and/or information. "Mobile content" was the buzzword at last week's Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Major players like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft along with untold numbers of smaller companies are trying to carve out a slice of this ever-growing iPod-inspired pie.
However, the proliferation of handheld devices, and the rush to provide nonstop content for them, leads not to the question: If you provide it, will they access it? Ringtones, a $3 billion business last year, answered that.
No, the question is: If you provide it, should they access it -- all the time? Do we have control over the technology or does the technology have control of us?
That's the question that Linda Garcia, director of communication, culture and technology at Georgetown University, asks her students.
Her department was established nearly 10 years ago to look at where social, technological, economic and political issues come together.
"Technology becomes a form of life. We mold ourselves to fit the technology as opposed to the technology fitting particular needs we have," Dr. Garcia said. "The industry that supports this form of life becomes embedded in our society."
Her students develop products in class and talk about the negative and positive aspects of them.
"I think technology is neither good nor bad. It's what are the conditions it's being used in," she said. "I think the most significant question to ask is under what circumstances do we have control."
Some could argue that mobile content providers are offering the ultimate in control.
"You access what you want, when you want it and how you want it," said Ralph Vituccio, director of Media Development in Communications Design and an instructor in the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University.
"In my age group, you don't see people who are accustomed to that kind of viewing," said the 55-year-old instructor. "They'd rather sit down in a passive way and do it."
Younger people want two things, choice and control, and they don't care about anything else, he said.
Dianne Lynch, dean of the Parks School of Communications at Ithaca College, also believes that there is a correlation between the intensity of the demand for mobile content and the age of the consumer.
"Cyberkids grew up with the Internet. They have no experience that does not include ubiquitous, pervasive, on-demand content," she said. "They expect to be able to access information, entertainment, news you can use. ... We are a mediated culture, and to the degree that media becomes mobile we will take it with us."
To help students develop the skills needed to feed this burgeoning industry, Dean Lynch is sponsoring a "film" contest called Cellflix.
High school and college students can submit a 30-second narrative film with audio done entirely with a video cellphone. The prize is $5,000.
"I think our choice is going to be consistently, if we can we will," Mr. Lynch said. "[Students] are going to need to know how to make content for mobile delivery."
Mr. Vituccio and four of his graduate students also are riding the wave by developing what they call "micro-content". They're producing a student-written piece set on a college campus, a drama based in an office and an animated series. A 30-minute children's program, originally done for television, is being retrofitted to a mobile format.
But being able to use technology for creative purposes, which Mr. Vituccio sees as empowering, points to the ever-present social and class issues.
"If you don't have open access to technology and new technology, you tend to use it rather than develop it," he said.
One of the drawbacks of mobile content Mr. Vituccio sees is that it will provide yet another outlet for advertisers to target young people and drive programming.
"In other words, you can run, but you can't hide," he said. "It'll become even more ubiquitous, but it will still be selling you the same old stuff."
David Greenfield, a psychologist and author of the book "Virtual Addiction," said society must treat any technology with a sense of awareness.
"Not everybody will get addicted in the sense that they will spend 10 hours a day on it," he said. "But it's more about how it impacts their lives and their relationships."
Like many of us, Dr. Greenfield uses technology in his daily life. He owns a cell phone and a PDA and recently bought an MP3 player online.
However, after a few minutes of fiddling with it, he sent it back.
"Not because I don't like music and don't want to do it," he said. But the thought of having another piece of technology to lug around, another charger to worry about carrying, deterred him, he said.
"It's one of the healthiest choices I ever made," Dr. Greenfield said. "People need to make choices and not just get it and assume it's a good thing. ... If technology is all that great, why isn't everybody happy?"
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DD Report: Mobile phone revenue to decline
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=PMGA2QWLKALYEQSNDBESKHA?articleID=17...
EE Times
(01/11/2006 12:24 PM EST)
MANHASSET, N.Y. — Due to slowing growth and falling prices, global mobile-phone market revenue is expected to decline in 2006, and will not recover to the peak level of 2005 until 2009, predicts market research firm iSuppli.
iSuppli (El Segundo, Calif.) projects that global revenue from mobile phone production will decline to $109.7 billion in 2006, down 4.7 percent from $115.1 billion in 2005, which represented the historic high for the market. Revenue will grow by single-digit percentages, recovering to its 2005 level of $115.1 billion by 2009.
The firm attributed a major factor behind the revenue contraction to the decelerating growth rate of mobile-phone unit production. With most global markets saturated, growth in mobile-phone manufacturing is being driven by replacement sales, rather than by new subscribers, slowing growth.
After rising by 30 percent in 2003, 25.1 percent in 2004 and 13.6 percent in 2005, global mobile-phone unit production growth will decelerate to only 4.9 percent in 2006, rising to 850 million units, up from 810 million in 2005. Growth also will slow on an absolute basis in 2006, with factory production rising by 40 million units for the year, compared to 97 million in 2005, 143 million in 2004 and 131.5 million in 2003.
Also contributing to the falling revenue are average selling price reductions iSuppli said are accelerating.
Mobile-phone average selling prices expected to decline to $129 in 2006, down 9.2 percent from $142 in 2005. This follows a fall of 8.5 percent in 2005 from $155 in 2004.
By contrast, average selling prices deceased by 2.7 percent in 2004.
However, average selling price erosion will settle down in 2007, with the average price declining to $128, down only 1 percent from 2006, iSuppli predicts. Pricing will decline by only half a percent in 2008 and 2009.
The rising production of high-end 3G phones will offset continuing pricing erosion in low-end models, slowing erosion in average selling prices, according to iSuppli analyst Scott Smyser.
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FWIW...I sold my small position in GZFX today and accumulated more NEOM stock. I was hoping GZFX was going to be a good short-term play, but it didn't quite work out like I hoped. I now think the reward / risk in Neom for the short term is excellent...long term, too.
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OT Seeclear, "billiedot" it is. EOM
Elliot1234, I happen to be a real shareholder with accumulation starting February 2004. Based on what has been shared on this board, I believe I am among the top 5 Ihub members with the most Neom shares. I have conversed with Chuck Jensen by email and telephone several times over the last year. We respect each other, and I am not afraid as a major Neom shareholder to voice my dissatisfaction regarding this lack of customer service issue.
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These examples of no response on keyword registry and NMPR inquiries are disturbing. They are indicative of a business with unacceptable customer service. We need to relate these examples to Chuck Jensen, and make him aware that as shareholders we demand that potential customers be served better in the future.
The marketplace is now clearly ready for what Neom has to offer. As I said in an earlier post this morning, we are ready for prime time. So while I continue to remain positive on Neom's future, these examples continue to foster my skepticism on Neom's ability to capitalize on the opportunities at hand. I understand that Neom may need to prioritize these opportunities, but in doing so, they still need to remember customer satisfaction / customer service is job one.
Comments?
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Beacon, Assuming your application for a keyword was legitimate (and I have no reason to believe otherwise), this lack of response is inexcusable and totally unacceptable. I don't care how overwhelming the demand might have been, they should have responded in some meaningful way to you between October 1st and now.
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Seeclear, my gut feeling is the Palm Treo 700 announcement with Socket Communications is bigger than a "microdot".
IMO, there has definitely been a significant increase in media coverage for linking the physical world with the mobile internet in the last 30 days or so, with an even greater increase since the CES last week.
The dots are aligning nicely. I think we are "ready for prime time". Look for some interesting developments to be announced over the next 90 days.
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Summary of TS Subscriber Update Tonight:
TS still expects Neom to be included in Microsoft's wireless operating system. He mentioned the Palm 700's as being part of that connection.
He recommended buying Neom on pullbacks below 0.30, and still believe the pps can hit $1.50 if it can strike a lucrative license deal with one of the big boys in mobile commerce. He now hopes that will happen by mid-2006.
Overall, he portrays a positive attitude regarding Neom while also admitting some frustration that "judgement day with Microsoft" has not yet occurred.
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OT DD The Definitive Guide To 2006 (from an email I receive from searchinsider@mediapost.com)
by David Berkowitz, Tuesday, January 10, 2006
SHELVE YOUR crystal ball. You're now going to find out the eight most significant developments for the search space that will arise in 2006. I can say this with utmost confidence now; the humility of hindsight will come in December.
1) Mobile search remains confined to text messaging.
The easiest way to access Google on your cell phone is by text messaging GOOGL (46645). On a recent date at an Indian restaurant, I demonstrated my geek chic by sending Google the text message "Indian 10024" (noting the zip code). I then received messages listing two restaurants, one of which was the place we were eating (amazingly, I had a subsequent date with her). Meanwhile, if I had tried to show her Google on my wireless browser, the check would have been paid well before I could fire off a search query. Factoring in network speeds, device screen sizes, and usability, text messaging will remain the killer mobile app for search next year, and it really isn't search at all. That being said, the recent announcement that iCrossing is the first search engine marketing agency to join the Mobile Marketing Association will spawn a slew of related stories. That's smart prep work for a time to come, but 2006 isn't the year. As an aside, with iCrossing's Web site now referring to the company as a "digital marketing agency," its mobile ambitions may not be search-related at all.
2) Yahoo! is the partner everyone wants to dance with.
Google's the player to beat in the search space, which gives Yahoo! clout as the No. 2 (even as its properties pull in more traffic). Now, with Google's stake in AOL, Time Warner's competitors, ranging from print publishers to TV networks, will be even more intrigued to talk to Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel, who spent over two decades at Warner Bros.
3) Google Wallet goes Base jumping.
Google will integrate its credit card-based transaction system (now used for AdWords and most recently Google Video) with Google Base, its new classifieds offering. This will complete Google's evolution as a competitor to eBay (along with Monster, Amazon, and too many others to name). By accepting consumer payments as part of Google Accounts, Google will welcome its first significant revenue stream outside of sponsored links.
4) Measurements debut for engagement; search is neglected.
I had a discussion with my colleague Chris Johnston about engagement, and the topic of classifieds came up. CJ noted how classifieds can be considered a baseline for measuring engagement. That doesn't mean they'll be included in any studies. The same will be true for paid search ads, which are similar to classifieds, but with broader targeting and more interactivity.
5) Jeeves goes local.
2005: InterActiveCorp acquires Ask.com. 2006: It aims to really get its $2 billion worth. This prediction ran in an April, 2005 column, "The Many Faces of Local": "The word 'local' isn't in IAC's mission statement, nor is any synonym, but given IAC's expertise and its dreams for Ask Jeeves, that should change immediately. Jeeves, the beloved Ask.com butler, could become the face of local search if Diller invests in it with the same type of fervor in which he bid for Ask Jeeves in the first place."
6) iTunes overhauls its search functionality.
Google wants to be a music search engine. For many digital music lovers, iTunes fills that role. As Google competes more with iTunes, Apple can't let another one-up it here.
7) MSN fells more trees.
Think of the "tree falling in the woods" paradigm. If no one hears it, does it make a sound? MSN, for 2006, will be in the business of knocking over trees--it'll clear entire forests. The media will fawn over MSN's achievements. Marketers will open their eyes and their wallets, a bit. But consumers are far harder to impress. MSN is a strong player for long bets. It's akin to the prediction for mobile search, which has another interesting connection to MSN. Microsoft's power stems from its operating system. If Microsoft gains traction with powering mobile devices, MSN can in turn win mobile search. Again, none of that's happening in 2006, but print this out, and check back to this point as your paper starts to yellow.
8) Behavioral targeting and search join forces.
I can see it coming one day this year: I get all excited about covering a new development in search, and find out that it's already been covered in Mediapost's Behavioral Insider. This happens to Gord Hotchkiss and me all the time with search, but overlap with BT is overdue. MSN AdCenter provided a road map last year for how to combine demographic targeting with search marketing. One or more search titans will set a similar bar for BT and search.
There we go: the definitive guide to what's coming.
At the Indian restaurant where I shared my text messaging prowess, I told my date that it related to some predictions I was writing. She asked, "How do you come up with those?"
She's a high school teacher in the Bronx. I should have told her, "It's just like how you go about coming up with your lesson plans. There are only three differences: your plans involve far more work, you're held accountable for them, and your writings can have a greater impact on who you teach."
Of course, the humility only comes to me now, after some reflecting. In the year ahead, may our foresight be as keen as our hindsight.
David Berkowitz is director of marketing at Viewpoint Corporation. He can be reached at dberkowitz@viewpoint.com.
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OT DD Waterloo gets Googled
Search engine 'thrilled' to acquire Reqwireless technology, engineers
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=c4f6f084-d72f-43ea-8a82-affe38df3830&...
Published: Friday, January 06, 2006
Google Inc. has quietly established a growing foothold in Waterloo, Ont. -- the home of Research In Motion Ltd. -- following the stealth acquisition of a wireless startup last summer, as well as plans to staff up a recently established research and development facility.
Google disclosed yesterday it acquired Reqwireless Inc., which makes Web browser and e-mail software for wireless devices -- although the small wireless company's products are no longer available for purchase.
"We acquired Reqwireless because of the talented engineers and great technology," Google said yesterday in an e-mail statement to the Financial Post. "We're thrilled to have them here." Google declined to provide details about how much it paid for Reqwireless or how many employees it has.
And with little fanfare Google is also actively looking to hire software engineers and developers in the city that has become a hotbed for software development and wireless technology.
As the high-tech industry begins to rebound following the end of the dot-com boom, Waterloo is establishing itself as one of Canada's technology centres. Some of the largest employers include Research In Motion, which makes the popular BlackBerry wireless devices, and Open Text Corp.
Waterloo is also home to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, which was established with funding by RIM co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis. As well, the University of Waterloo has one of North America's leading computer science programs, attracting recruiters from large high-tech players such as Google and Microsoft Corp.
Google, which has recruited University of Waterloo graduates to work in Silicon Valley for several years, recently placed a job posting on its Web site looking for a mobile wireless application developer based in the southern Ontario city. "Google is hiring engineers to bring our wireless products to the next level," the company says in the posting
"We are looking for people with experience in making the Web and Web services available on mobile platforms. Our goal in the wireless group is to make the world's information universally accessible and useful -- at any time and in any place."
If Google, which operates a sales and marketing office in Toronto, does make an aggressive push to hire in Waterloo, there is no doubt it will increase the competition for skilled employees at a time when Waterloo's local economy is experiencing healthy growth.
Larry Smith, an adjunct professor of economics with the University of Waterloo, said Google not only has buzz but a tangible reputation for providing bright people with a stimulating environment, including the opportunity to pursue their own projects. "When you go to Google, you can believe you're engaged in a great mission," he said.
"For young people, the best of them want a mission. Designing a bell to add onto [Microsoft's] Xbox; does that sound like a mission to you? Young people are also attracted to what they assume to be the great competitive struggle between Google and Microsoft."
To date, Google's wireless strategy has come across as scattered rather than focused. The company offers a version of its popular search engine for wireless devices, and it is bidding to build a wireless Internet network in San Francisco.
Google co-CEO Larry Page has a strong interest in smart phones, and speculation about Google's interest in this area increased last August when the company acquired startup Android Inc. Android, which makes software for mobile devices, was co-founded by Andy Rubin, who started mobile-device maker Danger Inc
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DrMyke, Well said. EOM
Wooger, If more of us would just put those 3 individuals on "Ignore", it would accomplish the same objective. I have done exactly that so I don't have to read their BS. The problem is too many other longs keep responding to their BS and I don't want to put them on "Ignore" so it does clutter up the board. The better fix IMO is for us to "Ignore" them, and therefore, don't respond to their BS.
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P.S. I do understand that Moderators probably shouldn't put them on "Ignore" as they need to monitor the board for proper postings; however, aside from deleting posts that violate Ihub rules, they shouldn't respond to their BS either IMO.
Surfvenice, I agree. I don't see how Google cannot license PC for them to effectively offer mobile search in a user friendly way.
One thing we do know based on the keynote speeches at CES by Google and Yahoo: the technology Neom offers is now definitely ready for prime time.
And that should mean a significant increase in shareholder value before too long.
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From the PP: Friday, January 06, 2006
Google Sees The Mobile Light
http://theponderingprimate.blogspot.com/2006/01/google-sees-mobile-light.html
I find myself listening more to what the guys at Google envision than what Bill Gates and crew are saying. It looks like Google is finally realizing mobile is where the future lies.
A couple of highlights from Google's Eric Schmidt yesterday:
He believes that in the future mobile devices will be where consumers access the Internet most often.
"People are going to spend all their time on it eventually," said Schmidt, referring to the mobile Internet. He expects that much of that usage will come from the combination of phones that can pinpoint user location with its localized search software.
Here's the next billion dollar revenue generator for Google. Do you think Microsoft has even thought of this yet?
posted by Vangorilla @ 5:11 AM
3 Comments:
At 6:54 AM, January 06, 2006, Anonymous said…
The Google Think Tank wakes up.
Can't help but think they read the Pondering Primate---a tip of the Hatlo Hat to you.
Let's not rule out the home and the cell as some kind of quasi entertainment combination.
At 11:47 AM, January 06, 2006, Anonymous said…
The Motorola and Google announcement of one touch access to Google and gps enabled localization is WOW. This could be sea change, but how will carriers react. Will they want to sell such phones that blow up what's left of the walls around the garden.
At 2:49 PM, January 06, 2006, Vangorilla said…
A quote that really hit the mark from CEO of Google
"Google’s CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt was his prediction that the mobile phone will become Google’s largest platform, eclipsing the PC. Those are tall words for a man who’s made billions from PC users"
Want to know what I would do to close the door on Microsoft now?
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DD Another Yahoo CES article: Yahoo's CES demo: Mission impossible
By Elinor Mills
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Yahoos+CES+demo+Mission+impossible/2100-1026_3-6021983.html?tag=st_lh
Published: January 6, 2006, 12:04 PM PST
Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel's glitch-riddled keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show on Friday was saved by Tom Cruise and Ellen DeGeneres--and by making Microsoft Windows the butt of jokes.
While trying to demonstrate the new Yahoo Go TV, which allows people to access Yahoo content and services through a Windows XP-based PC connected to a TV, the Internet connection failed. Executives tried to ad lib until Semel called his surprise guest, Cruise, to the stage.
Cruise, twirling sun glasses in his hand, told the audience he was there to help his old friend Semel before showing a trailer of his new movie, "Mission Impossible III," which is due in U.S. theaters in May.
Afterward, Cruise, Semel, Marco Boerries, Yahoo's senior vice president of Connected Life, and Dan Rosensweig, the company's chief operating officer, milled about the stage awkwardly, patting each other on the back.
A man in the audience yelled, "Play it again," and Cruise said he wanted to see how fast Yahoo's system could replay the movie. "Press the button," he said, and Cruise could once again be seen in the action-adventure film dodging blasts and kissing women.
After Cruise left the stage, Semel said, "I guess if you're going to have a demo glitch, (there is no) better way to follow it up than with Tom Cruise."
Earlier in the keynote, comedian DeGeneres delivered a humorous shtick about how much trouble she has using technology and making puns about how different the gadgets were at the porn convention down the street. She suggested that e-mail developers enhance spell check to include a sarcasm check and a "24-hour hold on angry e-mails."
Boerries and Rosensweig demonstrated Yahoo Go Mobile, which allows people to access Yahoo and other e-mail, as well as instant messaging, photos and additional content, on mobile devices. They also demoed Yahoo Go Desktop, which makes Yahoo services available as applications on personal computers.
When they tried to demo Yahoo Go TV with the music and movie content, the screen showed an error message. "And we know whose software this runs on," Rosensweig quipped.
Even Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini, who was brought on stage to discuss how Yahoo has optimized Yahoo Go TV for PCs running Intel's new Viiv technology, couldn't resist taking a shot at Microsoft.
Otellini showed off a "concept" handheld PC called "Slide," with a 5-inch screen. He said it would be released in a couple of years, following a slightly larger version that would be in production later this year. As he played with the device, he suggested that he should try to get e-mail over the Internet on it.
"Oops! We got a not-responding (message)," he said. "I think it's a Windows problem."
Earlier, Semel played a video of Donald Trump. "It's an amazing company you're running, and you are an amazing guy," Trump said in an oddly scripted performance.
In introducing the need for convergence of devices and information, Semel described driving his 13-year-old daughter--a "short and perky kind of kid"--to school one morning. She had two headsets, a Sidekick device, a cell phone and so many alerts going off that "I thought at one point, maybe, she was trafficking."
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DD Another Motorola CES article: Motorola adds Google to phones, forges Kodak pact
By Reuters
http://news.com.com/Motorola+adds+Google+to+phones%2C+forges+Kodak+pact/2100-1041_3-6021255.html?tag...
Published: January 6, 2006, 5:20 AM PST
Motorola plans to put Google's Internet search technology into the software that runs its mobile phones and work with Kodak to make on-the-go Web surfing and photo swapping easier, the companies said on Thursday.
This year the world's second-biggest cell phone maker will start letting customers bring up a Google search engine at the touch of a button on some phones, the two companies said.
Motorola also said it signed a 10-year deal to work with photo technology company Kodak to make camera phones easier to use.
As mobile operators around the world work to add everything from music and video to photography and Web surfing to their offerings, Google, Motorola and Kodak want to be the driving forces to make such services easier to use.
"People are going to spend all their time on it eventually," said Schmidt, referring to the mobile Internet. He expects that much of that usage will come from the combination of phones that can pinpoint user location with its localized search software.
"The most obvious thing is maps," Schmidt said at Motorola's press event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the largest electronics show in the United States.
Obvious partner
The companies said their three-year agreement is not exclusive, but Schmidt said Motorola was the obvious partner because of the success of its Razr phone, which has become a design icon.
At least one analyst believes that quicker access to Web search will lead many more people to use the Web on cell phones.
"The Google news is perhaps the most significant I've seen in a long time," Oppenheimer analyst Lawrence Harris said.
Google's Web site is the first port of call for millions of Web users.
Motorola is hoping the Google-enabled phones will win it increased orders from mobile operators which have struggled to increase data revenues, especially on third-generation mobile networks that allow high-speed Web access.
"We're convinced that having a great experience on the handsets not only helps us sell more handsets but also enables us to command a higher ASP (Average selling price)," Motorola's Corporate Vice-President Scott Durchslag told Reuters.
Motorola plans to launch the phones with Google this year, and Schmidt said Google would work to embed its search engine in all of Motorola's future phones.
The cell phone maker also hopes to increase use of photo swapping on mobile phones by working with Kodak, bringing out phones this year that will send, ready for print or store a photo at the push of a button.
Camera phones
Kodak has also agreed to supply Motorola with camera hardware and software for its phones, and the companies plan to share intellectual property as part of the agreement.
They will also work together to bring out more advanced camera phones this year and next year with new features including photo editing software and easier ways to swap photos and save them in online albums or other Web sites.
"Think about visual IM (instant messaging)," said Ron Garriques, head of Motorola's mobile phone division, suggesting that swapping pictures with someone on the other side of the world may become as quick and easy as sending an instant message over the Internet.
Garriques said the Kodak agreement was not exclusive, but both companies expect to work more closely with each other than with rival photography or handset companies.
Motorola also introduced a ski jacket with embedded electronics, including a speaker in the hood and a control panel in the sleeve that lets the wearer take calls or play music on a digital music player.
The controls connect to a phone or music player in a user's pocket, employing Bluetooth short-range communication technology.
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DD China Cell Phone Standard Reportedly Ready
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8EV94A8F.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db
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By Elinor Mills, CNET News.com
Published on ZDNet News: January 5, 2006, 9:00 PM PT
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6020831.html
Yahoo's e-mail, instant messaging, photo and other services are now available on mobile phones and PC-connected TVs, as well as on personal computers without using a browser.
Yahoo Go, which the Internet company launched Friday, is a set of communications and media applications, including Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, Photos, calendar, address book, Web and image search, news, sports and finance.
The services will be preloaded on Nokia Series 60 mobile phones and available in 10 countries worldwide. They will also be available to Cingular and AT&T customers in the United States, Yahoo said. Additions and updates to the information in the applications will be automatically synched between the mobile phone and the user account on Yahoo servers.
Yahoo Go TV, which will be available before April, will make entertainment-related services available on any PC-connected TV through a small downloadable application on the PC. The services include local and video search, including access to content from CNN and MTV, movie trailers, information on movie times, TV shows, user ratings and weather, sports scores, stock data and news from My Yahoo. The service will be free but will have ads, a Yahoo spokeswoman said.
Yahoo Go Desktop brings a suite of services to personal computers that do not rely on a browser. The initial applications will be Yahoo Widgets Engine--small applications that perform tasks for users like checking for the presence of a wireless network--and Yahoo dashboard, which provides one-click access to Flickr photos, Yahoo Messenger, news, Web search, address book and calendar as well as blogs, photos and other items posted to Yahoo 360 by friends.
"We have more than 450 million people coming to us every month, and their lives are locked into the PC browser," said Marco Boerries, senior vice president of Yahoo Connected Life. "With a Yahoo ID we connect the whole Internet to your device."
Later in the year, Yahoo plans to launch a service that will allow mobile users to program the recording of TV shows remotely over mobile phones, and eventually offer music services through the TV, Yahoo said.
Yahoo announced in November a partnership with TiVo to allow users to schedule downloads to TiVo boxes from any Internet connection. Yahoo also said it would preload its e-mail, instant messenger, address book and calendar applications on Motorola phones to be sold globally.
Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel was expected to make the announcements in his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Friday morning
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DD Motorola And Kodak Enter Into Global Mobile-Imaging Partnership
Jan 06 - 06:29 AM PT
http://www.digitalcameratracker.com/archives/2006/01/06/motorola-and-kodak-enter-into-global-mobilei...
Press Release:
Leading Mobile and Digital Imaging Companies Team to Build Breakthrough Mobile Imaging Experience
LAS VEGAS, January 5, 2006 -- CES -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) , a global leader in wireless communications, and Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) , the world's most recognized brand in digital imaging and the U.S. market-share leader in digital cameras, today announced a 10-year global product, cross licensing and marketing alliance intended to fulfill the promise of mobile imaging for the benefit of consumers.
By incorporating Kodak's image science and system integration expertise with Motorola iconic mobile device design, the two companies will greatly improve the ease-of-use and image capture experience of camera phones. The collaboration covers licensing, sourcing, software integration, marketing, and extends to co-development of image-rich devices with joint engineering teams. For example, Kodak expects to supply its CMOS sensors to Motorola for use in its camera phones, as well as in any future devices the companies co-develop. Additionally, the cooperation to seamlessly integrate millions of Motorola mobile devices with Kodak home printers, retail kiosks, and the KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery will finally provide an answer to those consumers who desire a quick and easy way to get their images out of the phone for sharing with friends and family.
"It's a natural partnership," said Ed Zander, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Motorola. "With Kodak, the global leader in imaging innovation, and Motorola, the global leader in mobile design and innovation, we'll forever change the way the world captures and shares mobile images. And by cooperating to simplify and enhance the quality of virtually every aspect of the development and delivery of the mobile imaging experience, we'll be able to bring new value and revenue opportunities to our operator customers while helping consumers by seamlessly liberating billions of photos stuck inside camera phones."
"Our companies will combine our knowledge and technological expertise to provide a mobile-imaging experience the way the consumer wants it," said Antonio M. Perez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kodak. "Motorola is the innovator in mobile devices; Kodak is the digital imaging innovator that has allowed people to easily make, manage and move pictures. Working in collaboration, our two companies have the capability and commitment to totally redefine photography in a connected world. Together, we will pursue our vision of a world where every consumer has a networked imaging device in her pocket or purse by the end of the decade."
The alliance delivers value by leveraging each company's intellectual property, particularly Kodak's patents covering digital imaging and Motorola's patents for wireless communications.
Motorola has always been at the forefront of mobile imaging with the global launch of the "must have" Triplets during the fourth quarter of 2003 and the subsequent integration of cameras into its award-winning RAZR, PEBL and SLVR phones worldwide. The fusion of voice communication with picture imaging communication into the device that is 'always with you,' has transformed the wireless communications industry.
Capturing moments was relatively easy for the wireless industry -- but sharing and printing those moments and turning them into revenue streams for wireless operators has proved to be a bigger challenge. Through this alliance, Kodak and Motorola will develop the answer -- and they've joined forces in an aggressive and global collaboration to bring this to market.
As Motorola contributes its knowledge of mobile devices and networks, Kodak will contribute its knowledge of the consumer's imaging behavior. Kodak is at the leading edge of connected imaging with the world's first wireless digital camera, the award winning EASYSHARE-One. Because the companies will have access to each other's technology, consumers can look forward to a more connected world, to a time when the ability to capture an image will always be available, when networks will exist to allow people to share images electronically through any number of devices, from camera phones to picture frames to products that have not yet been invented.
What's more, the advent of simple and seamless mobile imaging will redefine the camera while enhancing existing segments of the imaging market. Consumers, for example, will be able to more easily generate prints from KODAK kiosks and share memories from the KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery with wireless devices that are designed from the ground up with imaging in mind.
Under the alliance, Motorola and Kodak plan to initially expand access to and awareness of mobile-imaging services -- including retail programs, online services and customized operator-led initiatives that deliver a seamless, easy experience for consumers. During 2006, Motorola plans to launch handsets with integrated software to enrich the KODAK EASYSHARE experience, enabling consumers to access and manage their mobile images seamlessly and conveniently. In the years to come, Motorola and Kodak plan to deliver new and unique imaging experiences via the collaboration of Motorola and Kodak engineering teams, and the development of new co-created mobile devices.
This cross-licensing agreement between Kodak and Motorola delivers royalty revenues to Kodak. In keeping with both company's policies regarding royalty agreements, financial and other details will not be disclosed.
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DD Another article: Motorola adds Google to mobiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4586940.stm
Motorola has announced plans to enable users of its mobile phones to access Google's internet search engine at the touch of a single handset button. The US mobile phone maker said it would introduce Google's software technology to many of its new handsets.
The companies said they wanted to encourage more mobile users to access the internet using their phones.
Separately, Google also announced an internet video service deal with US chip giant Intel.
The company said it planned to allow users of Intel's new Viiv digital entertainment platform to use its search technology to locate and watch videos on the internet.
The agreement between Google and Intel was unveiled on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where Google co-founder Larry Page is due to make a keynote address later on Friday.
'Great experience'
Mobile operators have struggled to boost revenue from services which allow phone users to surf the web.
But Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said he believed most people would in the future access the internet using their mobile phones.
"People are going to spend all their time on it eventually," he said.
Motorola said it planned to launch special Google-enabled phones, which would give users access to the world's biggest internet search engine at the touch of a single button, later this year.
Eventually the company plans to embed Google technology in all of its future phones.
"We're convinced that having a great experience on the handsets not only helps us sell more handsets but also enables us to command a higher average selling price," said Motorola's corporate vice-president Scott Durchslag.
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OT Clawmann, Thanks...I didn't know all that meaning behind "bozo on the bus".
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DD Samsung Unveils World's First Mobile WiMAX Handset
http://www.prnewswire.com/news/index_mail.shtml?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/01-04-2006...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in the United States,
Samsung demonstrates WiBro (Korean Wireless Broadband) service on one of its
world's first Mobile WiMAX phones, the Samsung M8000. Samsung's WiBro service
demonstration is an exciting precursor to the first commercial service in the
Korean market slated for the first half of 2006.
WiBro, a Korean Wireless Broadband service based on the mobile WiMAX
technology (IEEE 802.16e TDD OFDMA standard), is a wireless high-speed
broadband service able to deliver voice, data and video at speeds of up to 120
km per hour. The Mobile WiMAX technology provides true mobile connectivity by
giving users seamless broadband connections anytime, anywhere.
Mobile WiMAX's advantages include a broad range of converged services
delivered from a single, IP-based network. Home, business, and vehicular
applications include Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIp), video telephony,
multimedia messaging and conferencing, location and telematic services,
broadcast, and multimedia push and demand services. Mobile WiMAX will drive
revenue through delivery of broadband services to rural and suburban locations
not accessible by current technology as well as creating broadband "hot zones"
in more densely populated areas. WiMAX is also capable of delivering access
and transport convenience and cost savings through wireless backhaul.
Using its M8000, a smart phone equipped with a QWERTY keypad, Samsung
showcases WiBro services available in the Korean market through a series of
applications including broadcasting, home networking, video conferencing,
video on demand, mobile navigations, and push-to-all (push-to-talk/data/video).
"Samsung is excited to showcase WiBro services on Mobile WiMAX technology,
network infrastructure, and devices at CES," said Kitae Lee, president of
Samsung's Telecommunications Network Business. "As a leader in developing
Mobile WiMAX globally, Samsung knows the tremendous benefits this technology
offers consumers. Our demo at CES is a preview of what we are commercializing
in Korea during the first half of this year, and hope to eventually roll out
in the U.S."
About Korea's WiBro Service
WiBro (Wireless Broadband) is a service that provides high-speed broadband
communications in the mobile environment, anytime anywhere. WiBro is based on
Mobile WiMAX technology, which is based on IEEE 802.16e TDD OFDMA standards.
In February 2002, the Korean government allocated 100 MHZ of frequency
spectrum in the 2.3GHz bandwidth. WiBro offers an aggregate data throughput of
20 to 30 Mbps from base stations with a cellsite radius of 1 km~5 km. Samsung
and Korea Telecom showed the fully expanded coverage of WiBro services at the
APEC 2005 Summit in Busan, South Korea (November 15~21, 2005).
About Mobile WiMAX Global Roll-out
Trial Service
March 2005 KDDI (Japan)
August 2005 BT (UK)
September 2005 SprintNextel (US)
November 2005 TVA (Brazil)
November 2005 TI (Italy)
Commercial Deployment
December 2005 Omnivision (Venezuela)
Please stop by for the Mobile WiMAX live demo at Central Hall 3, Booth
#11033.
About Samsung
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor,
telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with
2004 parent company sales of US$55.2 billion and net income of US$10.3
billion. Employing approximately 113,600 people in over 90 offices in 48
countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Appliance
Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and
Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing
global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs,
memory chips, mobile phones, and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit
http://www.samsung.com.
SOURCE Samsung
Web Site: http://www.samsung.com
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Alynnb, Well said. I have developed a rapport with JP over the last year or so...talking with him on the phone as well as exchanging PM's and emails with him. I am confident that he is not employed by Neom. JP has often said that "he is just another bozo on the bus". While he has developed a good shareholder relationship with Neom Leadership, I am confident based on my conversations with JP as well as my own dealings with Chas, Chuck and others that no insider information has been passed on to him or any others that are not "official insiders of Neom". In other words, I believe Chas, Chuck and his team follow SEC disclosure rules exactly as they are supposed to. Like you indicated, JP, SOG, myself and others on this board do take some personal initiative, at our own doing, to promote Neom to other potential interested parties. We do this to ultimately help increase shareholder value.
JP does have high enthusiasm for this stock, and it is apparent in the language he uses in his posts. I think it is a shame to see all the "questioning" of his post this morning. He shared a lot of good information that reaffirms much of what has already been previously reported on this board, as well as additional personal insights, which I believe are based on the formal presentation material, informal conversations with Neom Mgmt before or afterwards, and other DD he has gleaned either through his own personal research or through the DD teamwork shared on this board.
IMHO, it would behoove all on this board to weigh all the shareholder meeting reports by SOG, Hangdog, Vines, DrMyke, JP, etc. and draw your own conclusions. For a more conservative view, trust the common themes...that way no one particular Ihub member will over-influence your thinking.
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DD Internet search meets the gadget
By Stefanie Olsen and Elinor Mills
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Internet+search+meets+the+gadget/2100-1041_3-6016960.html?tag=nl
Published: January 4, 2006, 4:00 AM PST
In a first for the annual Consumer Electronics Show, Google co-founder Larry Page and Yahoo CEO Terry Semel will deliver separate keynote speeches in Las Vegas this week.
At first blush it may seem odd that two giants of the Internet are presenting dueling keynotes at a conference historically devoted to gadgets and home electronics. But the speeches by Page and Semel make a lot of sense, because their long-running search engine brawl is headed to a consumer device near you.
There's little doubt at this point that Google and Yahoo are the top dogs in the search market, and as consumers increasingly access the Internet through devices other than the PC, it makes sense that the two companies should follow their customers onto those devices. The question, of course, is just how they plan to do it. They're already working on search technologies for video, television and music. It wouldn't be a stretch to drop that technology into some sort of device.
That natural combination has helped fuel speculation that Google is set to unveil some sort of gadget that smoothly connects to Google's Internet services. But many analysts say it's highly unlikely that two companies that have found high growth and big profits in Internet search will stray into the low-margin hardware business.
What's more likely is that the Google and Yahoo execs will present arguments--and services--to convince consumers that search technology will be the key to delivering and accessing digital media on any device, whether it's the PC, TV, set-top box, personal digital assistant or cell phone. Analysts expect them to say why their respective technologies are best for the job. And while details are still scant, don't be surprised by a few partnership announcements as well.
"They see a role for search in all sorts of consumer appliances and they want to help deliver it," said Danny Sullivan, an industry analyst and editor of SearchEngineWatch.org. He remarked that, given the cost, it would be a "strange direction" for Google to introduce hardware despite rumors on the subject.
They'd be wise to stay out of the hardware business, because few software or Internet companies, other than Microsoft with its Xbox videogame console, have been able to make the leap.
Even Microsoft has had a spotty record. In 1997, Microsoft invested more than $400 million in upstart WebTV, which sold a low-cost box for access to the Web from the TV. It reinvented the device as MSN TV, but has yet to sell it widely. AOL has also sold PCs under its own brand several times, with limited success.
There's a reason previous efforts like WebTV didn't pay off. The economics of developing proprietary hardware didn't measure up for companies accustomed to high-margin businesses like software and Internet services. The costs to engineer a device were too high and development time was too lengthy. Don't forget: There already were plenty of PCs, which get cheaper all the time, connecting consumers to the Net.
What could make things different this time around, however, are the wide home use of broadband and a creeping sense among tech companies that they need to control the bridge between the digital home and the Internet. Whoever controls that bridge, so the theory goes, mines tech's next big pot of gold.
Internet gearmaker Cisco Systems, notably, spent $6.9 billion in November to buy Scientific-Atlanta, which makes home cable boxes. The combination of Cisco's networking gear and cable boxes could prove powerful. Yahoo, for its part, has already teamed with digital video recorder maker TiVo to allow people to search for and program their show recordings from the Web.
Make no doubt, the high-tech and consumer electronics industries are converging, and Semel and Page's presence at CES underscores that point.
Google cubed?
Certainly, Google is interested in alternative technologies, especially within the wireless market. Last year, it bought upstart Android, a company developing operating system software for wireless devices and whose founder was behind the Sidekick wireless device. Yet Google would be interested only in bringing a device to market if it could cut the current cost models, industry analysts say.
Rumors about a Google appliance have been circulating for months, if not longer. But speculation spiked with a column by Robert X. Cringely in November in which he forecasted that Google will create distributed data centers in shipping containers that would be used to link up "Google Cubes."
The Google Cubes, he describes, are plug-and-play devices that would serve as the company's "interface to every computer, TV and stereo system in your home, as well as linking to home automation and climate control...(and) are networked together wirelessly in a mesh network, so only one need be attached to your broadband modem or router."
He cites no source for his prediction, and said in a telephone interview with CNET News.com that he doesn't expect Google to announce its mystery boxes at CES. If they do something within the next year, he speculates that the search giant will partner with a manufacturer that would build the device. Build Google factories? Not a chance, he said.
"At some point they're going to buy these things from someone," Cringely said. "They wouldn't risk their (profits) on something like that."
Bear Stearns analyst Robert Peck referred to Cringely's prediction in a research note dated Dec. 19. "Through recent conversations with a technology pundit, we think Google could be experimenting with new hardware endeavors that could significantly change potential future applications by Google, creating another advantage for Google over its competitors," the note said.
The Los Angeles Times cited the Bear Stearns report in an article Sunday providing its own predictions for 2006.
"Google will unveil its own low-price personal computer or other device that connects to the Internet," the article said. Citing unnamed sources, it also said Google and Wal-Mart Stores were in talks to deliver the inexpensive hardware, infused with a Google operating system and applications.
Both Google and Wal-Mart representatives denied the rumors. "There's no truth to it whatsoever," a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said. Google issued this statement: "We have many PC partners who serve their markets exceedingly well and we see no need to enter that market; we would rather partner with great companies."
On Tuesday, Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy raised his price target for Google to $600 a share for the next year, reflecting a 50 times price-to-earnings forward multiple. Google was trading at $435.23 per share at the end of trading Tuesday. Rashtchy predicted the company will grow faster than the paid search market, which is already expected to grow 40 percent this year.
But bullish as Rashtchy is about Google's stock, he's skeptical it will build some sort of consumer device. "The history of appliances, net appliances or otherwise, has been checkered at best," Rashtchy said. "If Google does really have a product, it really better simplify the challenge" of converging Internet with television and home entertainment.
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OT Wow! Piper raises Google price target to $600
Tue Jan 3, 2006 11:38 PM ET
http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2006-01-04T043849Z_01_BAU3...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Piper Jaffray on Tuesday raised its price target on shares of Internet search provider Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) by 35 percent to $600 from $445.
The new one-year target is the highest of 24 brokers with model prices on the stock, according to Reuters Estimates.
Piper analyst Safa Rashtchy estimated that Google will continue to generate strong, double-digit sales and earnings growth through 2007 and gain market share as well.
Google is the leading Web search provider in the United States, reaping virtually all of its revenue from advertising. Its shares, which made their debut at $85 in August 2004, hit an all-time high of $446.21 last month. The company now offers a variety of free Web services from maps and directions to e-mail, instant messaging and Internet phone calling.
"While the stock may have its ups and downs throughout the year, we believe it will reach $600 by the end of 2006 and we prefer to have one 12-month price target rather than raise it every quarter," Rashtchy said in a client note.
Google, whose Web search service is so mainstream that its name is sometimes used as a verb synonymous with "look up on the Web," was the subject of intense interest even before its blockbuster initial public offering. Its aggressive expansion plans and brisk growth have continued to fuel that interest.
The Silicon Valley company recently took a 5 percent stake in Time Warner Inc.'s (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) AOL Internet unit, boosting its Internet search market lead against key rival Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and industry newcomer Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research)
A Los Angeles Times story on Sunday, citing what it called speculation, said Yahoo had rebuffed an $80 billion bid from Microsoft after the software giant lost out to Google in the AOL deal.
In that same story, the paper cited sources who said Google has been in negotiations with retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to sell an inexpensive personal computer that would provide Internet access and run an operating system from Google, rather than Microsoft.
A Google spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
NEW TARGET
Rashtchy's new target for Google represents a multiple of 50 times Piper's estimated 2007 earnings per share, excluding items, for Google of $11.91, he said.
Robust growth in spending on Internet advertising has bolstered expectations for companies like Google and Yahoo, whose own revenue and profits have expanded alongside the market.
Internet advertising revenue for 2005 could rise more than 25 percent to surpass $12 billion, according to a recent forecast from Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Google trades at around 48 times analysts' 2006 per-share earnings estimates. Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research), Google's closest rival, has a multiple of just over 52, while Web auctioneer eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is 43, according to Reuters Estimates.
"We believe Google is an iconic company that, like Microsoft and eBay before it, has defined a new and vital industry," said Rashtchy.
He added that such market-leading technology companies have traditionally traded with peak valuations in the range of 50 times to 60 times earnings before items.
Software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has been investing heavily in search and aims to challenge Google on the Web and the desktop, where it has made its fortune selling software. Microsoft trades at a multiple of 20 times 2006 earnings estimates.
JMP Securities has the second-highest price target on Google shares. It boosted its target on December 21 to $575 from $400.
Google shares closed up 4.9 percent at $435.23 on the Nasdaq. Yahoo gained 4.4 percent to close at $40.91 and Microsoft finished 2.6 percent higher at $26.84.
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JP, Bravo! I had no doubt that your report would be well worth waiting for, and it certainly was. Thanks for taking the time to attend the meeting, and enlighting those of us that wanted to attend, but couldn't due to other conflicts. You continue to be a huge asset to this board. I will look forward to your NMPR report when you have time to post.
Best regards,
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DD The Symbian Ecosystem 2005 Year In Review (Part 1)
Written by SymbianOne
http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/2671/
Neom is mentioned in the article.
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