by Jason Wilk on February 4, 2009
- According to BGR, this is an internal document from Sprint outlining all their product release dates for 2009. Just as we thought, the Pre will not be getting any delays from Apple patent pressure. The phone is set to jump onto shelves March. 15th. There hasn’t been a phone coming out of Sprint with this much Hype since….never. I’m expecting big lines for the new phone. Here is the memo below:
Device Name – Projected Warehouse EOL – Replacement (if available)
* Sierra Compass 597 USB – Early February – Sierra 598 USB
* Motorola ic602 – Early February
* LG 160 – Mid-February – Samsung M220
* LG Rumor (blue) – Mid February – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Motorola i325IS – Mid February – Motorola i365IS
* LG Rumor (green) – Mid March – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Franklin Wireless U680 USB – Early April
* Palm 800W – April – Palm Treo Pro (target in-stock 2/15)
* LG Rumor (black) – Mid April – LG 265 Rumor II (target in-stock 2/15)
* Motorola i615 – Mid April
* Samsung M520 Lumina – Mid April – LG LX370 (slider)
* RIM BlackBerry Pearl (red) – May
* LG LX400 – Late May
* Palm 755P (blue) – Late May – Palm Pre (target in-stock 3/15)
* Sanyo 6750 Eclipse (pink) – June
* Palm Centro (berry) – June
* Motorola Q9C – Mid June
* Sierra 597E – July – Sierra 2-in-1 Aircard
* Palm Centro (green) – July
* Palm Centro refresh (black) – July
* Motorola VE20 – July
* HTC Touch Diamond – July
* RIM BlackBerry 7100i – August – RIM BlackBerry 8350i
Other must read Sprint/Palm articles:
For Palm And Sprint, It’s All About Pricing
Palm Goes All In With The Pre
Telecom Oligapoly Over Text Message Pricing
The Mobile Platform War Heats Up
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by David Heyerman on February 4, 2009
by David Heyerman on January 26, 2009
- Heading into 2009, the global semiconductor industry will take a serious downturn in sales revenues. 2008 saw a decline of 4.4% from 2007, and analysts are predicting a 16% decline in 2009. Although layoffs and budget cuts will most likely occur, chip companies might just see the light again…..enter the aggressively growing solar industry.
- iSuppli came out with a study in June which claimed investment in solar cell production would match that of the semiconductor industry by 2010. So, are we looking at a huge boom in the solar industry, or more hype being casually neutralized by the economy? Many recent developments point towards the former.
- Hemlock Semiconductor announced back in December that they’d raised $3 Billion to expand their current polysilicon manufacturing capabilities. They’ll be adding a new production building to their Hemlock, Michigan location and building a brand new facility in Clarksville, Tennessee.
- Chip giant, Intel, has been moving towards solar for a while now investing near $100 million into solar startups. This summer alone, they invested $50 into photovoltaic solar cell startup SpectraWatt, and an additional $37.5 million into German thin-film solar module producer, Sulfercell. Just a few days ago, Intel revealed a 10KW solar installation at their New Mexico manufacturing plant.
- We’ve also seen some gigantic companies team up to get a piece of the solar pie as well. Panasonic plans to buy Sanyo, Sharp joined forces with Tokyo Electron, and IBM teamed up with Tokyo Ohka Kogyo all in attempt to boost solar capabilities. We even saw a chip company release their own solar technology when National Semiconductor launched SolarMagic.
- There are, however, many who argue the other side of the equation. With the economy in a serious slump and spending on the backburner mixed with a potential oversupply of polysilicon, many analysts are predicting a bad year for the solar industry. CEO of Novellus Systems, Rick Hill, openly remains skeptical about the apparent solar expansion necessity. Back in September, we saw Cypress Semiconductors completely divest themselves of their stake in SunPower (previously owned 52%).
- So what will happen? Will the solar sector blast its way through the recession and carry the semiconductor industry along with it, or will they both ruin eachother with oversupply and unnessesary investments?
by David Heyerman on December 26, 2008
- Sanyo and Panasonic have been in talks for a while now, but recently they’ve come to a decision regarding their potential partnership.
- Panasonic has agreed to buy Sanyo for $9 Billion (800 Billion Yen) by means of a public tender offer.
- The deal will finalize in February with Sanyo joining the Panasonic Group. Organizational restructuring will, of course, follow.
- What’s really important about this team-up is the potential solar/battery giant it will create. Sanyo has a huge solar-panel business going and is already a main-stay in the rechargable battery front.
- Panasonic is looking to boost their sales in an extreme way by expanding into the development of highly efficient HIT (crystalline silicon) solar photovoltaic cells. On the battery side, the two companies will exchange production secrets with hopes to produce batteries for Hybrids and EVs.
- Panasonic is confident a link into the automotive industry like this will build their business at a rapid rate, considering the already efficient practice of both companies mixed with an increasing demand for alt-energy vehicles.
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