Sunday, March 31, 2013

How Samsung Became the World's No. 1 Smartphone Maker - Businessweek

As Samsung has risen, others have failed, often in spectacular fashion: Motorola was split up and its handset business sold to Google (GOOG). Nokia watched its long-standing No. 1 position erode when it got blindsided by smartphones. The Sony-Ericsson (ERIC)partnership dissolved. Palm disappeared into Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)BlackBerry (BBRY) continues to be on a 24-hour watch and has had its belt and shoelaces confiscated. When it comes to mobile hardware, today there's only Apple, Samsung, and a desperate crowd of brands that can't seem to rise above being called "the rest."

---SPSmith

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