Palm’s 10-K filing reveals smaller acquisitions, reads like a mystery novel

July 28th, 2008 by

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So Palm, what exactly have you been up to lately? Besides pumping out that tired, ho hum 800w, of course. The snoopers over at monoNews went and dug through your latest 10-K filing, and it seems as if that noteworthy Elevation Partners deal wasn’t the only agreement you were wrapped up in during the past little while. As a matter of fact, we’re seeing that during February of 2007, you “acquired the assets of two sole proprietorships [at a cost of $19.2 million] focused on mobile computing and media devices, one a developer of user interface environments and the other a developer of email software applications.” Oh, and in October of last year, you “acquired substantially all of the assets [for $500,000] of a corporation focused on developing solutions to enhance the performance of web applications.” Curiously, you nonchalantly failed to mention any names, but it’s pretty clear that those new pick-ups weren’t utilized in the last 16 months or so.

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Sony Ericsson sees net profits fall 97%, looks to cut 2,000 jobs

July 18th, 2008 by

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Sony Ericsson warned the world just over a fortnight ago that things wouldn’t be too rosy when it came time to announce Q2 results, and rosy things are not. Even though the handset maker was hoping and praying to break even at the end of the quarter, net profits ended up falling through the floor to the tune of 97%. As predicted, weak sales of mid-to-high-end mobiles were blamed for the bulk of the bad news, and it did affirm that conditions would remain rough for the rest of the year. Granted, the looming launch of the Xperia X1 should help matters a bit, but without a new stable of low-end cellies to send to emerging markets, it’ll be a long road back to the top. Unfortunately, SE’s sagging position in the market has left it slashing 2,000 jobs across the globe, though it didn’t say exactly where the cuts would be made. It’s okay SE, there’s only one place to go when you’re laying on the bottom… or something like that.

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