Quoted – Icahn Scoops Up Apple Stock Post Product Launch Plummet

September 29, 2013 by Scott Testa 2 Comments

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Another short-term shock to Apple’s share price has been its inability to hammer out a deal for wider distribution of the iPhone in China.

“The No. 1 disappointment was there was no China Mobile deal, although I think that deal is coming,” business professor Scott Testa told MacNewsWorld.

The longer it takes for that deal to come, however, the more Apple’s share price may suffer.

5c No Cannibal

Wall Street was also disappointed with the price point for Apple’s developing world phone, the 5c, Testa noted. “It feels the handset business is a commoditized area that Apple should be super aggressive in and go after the low-end Android phones.”

http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/78952.html

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Apple Inc. (AAPL): Should You Join Carl Icahn? (etfdailynews.com)
Tim Cook to meet with Carl Icahn on Monday in New York City (macdailynews.com)
China Mobile Leak and a Dinner Date Top Thursday’s Apple Stories (benzinga.com)

Filed Under: apple, Wireless Tagged With: android, apple, Carl Icahn, China, China Mobile, IPhone, Tim Cook, Wall Street

Quoted – Motorola breakup expected, but when? – Medill Reports

January 23, 2010 by Scott Testa 19 Comments

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Motorola breakup expected, but when?

Analysts agree Motorola Inc. still needs to shed its iconic but unprofitable handset phone division, but whether the company will become leaner this year is uncertain.

“When you have such a small market share you need to have something unbelievably hot,” said Scott Testa, a professor at Cabrini College in Philadelphia and an expert on the wireless industry. “A lot of other manufacturers are coming out with Android phones. That’s not going to take them to the Promised Land.”

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=154119

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Filed Under: google Tagged With: Add new tag, android, Business, Cabrini College, DJ Paul Elstak, Market share, Motorola, Philadelphia, Professor, Telecommunications

Quoted – Linuxinsider – Dell building Android Powered Internet Device

July 3, 2009 by Scott Testa 1 Comment

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Quoted – Linuxinsider – Dell building Android Powered Internet Device

http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/67473.html?wlc=1246629342

In pursuing this path, Dell may be looking for another way to differentiate itself in the netbook market — though a pocket-sized Internet device is not a netbook, noted Scott Testa, a marketing consultant and professor of marketing at St. Joseph’s University.

Still, using Android and the ARM architecture could give product makers such as Dell a lower-cost product. At a time when PC devices and smartphones are converging, a return to the PDA mentality could offer Dell some possibilities, he said.

“There is no license fee and no Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) tax to pay for the operating system. I can see an opening for them,” Testa told LinuxInsider.

Dell working on Android MID, says WSJ (crunchgear.com)
Dell working on iPod touch-esque Android MID, says WSJ (engadget.com)
Report: Dell developing handheld Internet device (computerworld.com)

Filed Under: Wireless Tagged With: android, ARM architecture, Dell, google, Handhelds, Microsoft, Netbook, Smartphone

Quoted – Android a threat to Windows

June 3, 2009 by Scott Testa 1 Comment

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Windows 7 Starter Breaks Away From App Restrictions

Looming competition from Android will go far to keep prices in line, predicted Scott Testa, marketing professor at St. Joseph’s University.

“Android is getting a lot of buzz in the netbook market — Microsoft sees it as a threat,” he told TechNewsWorld.

Also, Microsoft got a lot of backlash when it first unveiled its watered down version of Windows 7, noted Testa, and it may be leery of antagonizing any user base.

First Acer Android netbook will dual-boot Windows (engadget.com)
No Windows 7 on ARM netbooks and PCs (seattlepi.com)
Acer Android Netbooks Will Include Windows After All (jkontherun.com)

Filed Under: google Tagged With: Acer, android, google, Microsoft, Netbook, Saint Joseph's University, Testa, Windows 7

Quoted – ECommerce Times – RIM hitting the Enterprise

May 4, 2009 by Scott Testa 3 Comments

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Quoted – ECommerce Times – RIM hitting the Enterprise – http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/66977.html?wlc=1241473747

Updated “Using Twitter in the Enterprise” (q-ontech.blogspot.com)
Is Research in Motion turning into Big Brother? (dailyfinance.com)
Apple iPhone vs. Blackberry Ads (kineda.com)

Filed Under: Wireless Tagged With: android, Arts, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm, Canada, IPhone, Mobile phone, Research In Motion

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