For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – April 8, 2010 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Verizon Communications (VZ), Vodafone Group Plc. (VOD), Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM).
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Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:
Microsoft Phones Next Week
Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) mobile strategy is unraveling gradually. The world’s largest software company is now looking to stem market share losses, as the line between software and hardware vendors wears increasingly thin.
Next week, the company intends to announce a couple of smartphones targeted at teens and other youngsters. The handsets, code-named Turtle and Pure will be based on Sidekick software (acquired from Danger a few years back). And like the existing Sidekick devices, the phones will be manufactured by Sharp Corp. They will be distributed through Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon Communications (VZ) and Vodafone Group Plc. (VOD).
The features that are expected to attract the young crowd include greater integration with Xbox (for games), Zune (for music) and social networking sites. Being sleek and stylish, with a slide-out keyboard and touchscreen display, the devices should be able to attract the targeted crowd.
Microsoft could have waited to launch a phone based on its new Windows Mobile 7 platform. However, the company probably hastened the introduction of the new devices, given its sagging share of the U.S. market.
That said, smartphones from Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) remain extremely popular and these companies continue to hold market share.
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