Todd Kort
Todd Kort
appealing european feature integrate might mobile phones
The Bluetooth feature will probably be most appealing in the European market, where they might be able to integrate that into the mobile phones that use Bluetooth,
enterprise four market percent users
It used to be around 20 percent of the market were enterprise users about four years ago.
bring call fairly featured fully goal hope strategic upgrade users year
The Z22 is a fairly strategic product. The goal is to bring new users into what they call the 'Palm economy' in the hope that, in a year or two, they may upgrade to a more fully featured model.
bring call fairly featured fully goal hope strategic upgrade users year
The Z22 is a fairly strategic product, ... The goal is to bring new users into what they call the 'Palm economy' in the hope that, in a year or two, they may upgrade to a more fully featured model.
defend devices directions growing market mobile niche petty position
They should be in a position to defend their niche petty well. But the market is growing in new directions and there's a lot of other mobile devices now.
company faith
Now I have more faith that the company will survive.
bit hear shortage
I don't hear anything about there being any shortage of ISPs in this market, so they may find it a bit difficult.
company enterprise perceived playing
Casio is perceived as more of a consumer-oriented company and they're playing in an enterprise market.
average people percent using
People will keep using (Palm OS Garnet). For the average user, who doesn't use more than 20 percent of their device, they don't know the difference.
four moving november seriously since talked
Since November 30th, I've talked to about 80 different companies, and only about four of them are seriously considering moving away from RIM.
ancient great handle operating protected stuck supposed system
They've been stuck at (Palm OS Garnet) for two-plus years. It's a pretty ancient operating system that can't handle multitasking, can't handle protected memory, and doesn't have great security, all the things that Cobalt was supposed to deliver.
associated create devices hardware hope microsoft needs open operating strict
They've been pretty strict with the hardware requirements associated with their operating system. I think Microsoft needs to open up a little more if they hope to create devices that have a little more coolness to them.
advised companies staying
We've advised them to look at alternatives, but most companies are staying put.
absolutely companies talk
There are companies I talk with that are absolutely livid.