Todd Kort Quotes (26 Quotes)

There are plenty of other push-e-mail solutions out there, but I would say 75 percent of BlackBerry users look at other devices and don't find any of them particularly attractive.

It used to be around 20 percent of the market were enterprise users about four years ago.

The only question is whether the judge may allow the case to drag out a bit further or whether he's going to force some action this spring.

Casio is perceived as more of a consumer-oriented company and they're playing in an enterprise market.

He certainly wants it out of his hair.

There are a lot of costs in switching to another service beyond paying for just the devices themselves. You have to buy and install new software, train people, train your IT guys to work with it. There's a lot to learn, and it costs money.

Ultimately, Microsoft has the resources and market power to become a prominent player over time, but I don't think they're going to be much of a player this year. They're still considerably behind where they need to be in terms of such things a security and manageability.

They've been pretty strict with the hardware requirements associated with their operating system. I think Microsoft needs to open up a little more if they hope to create devices that have a little more coolness to them.

The downside is that 80 percent of their sales are in the U.S., which is actually kind of dangerous. The U.S. buys 40 percent of all PCs in the world, but only 5 or 6 percent of all smart phones.

A large part of the workaround is a potential ploy. You can also view it as a stalling strategy since it might kick off a whole new court case if NTP challenges whether the workaround violates any patents.

We believe that U. S. District Court Judge James Spencer will force RIM to settle with NTP by threatening to issue an injunction and that RIM is likely to do so in the weeks ahead.

A growing portion of new users and users who are upgrading want better messaging capabilities, such as access to corporate e-mail, short message services, wireless LAN, or integration of a PDA with a mobile phone,

RIM does not appear to be losing much momentum despite its legal problems and the threat of an injunction. Generally, BlackBerry users are staying put because of the high cost of switching, lack of suitable alternative devices, and the low probability of BlackBerry service being shut down.

Clearly their future is with smart phones, and as that mix moves toward the higher ASP, it will give them better gross margins and improve their financial picture.

Palm has been stuck with this ancient operating system. They had no choice but to modernize.

Ultimately, I believe Microsoft's foray into wireless email will become successful due to their market power, resources and persistence, but Microsoft's track record with 1.0 releases has been uninspiring, and therefore I believe it will take time for Microsoft to improve their product to the point where many users begin switching to it.

Why HP, Dell, Nokia, Motorola, Palm, etc. have taken so long to create solutions that might strongly compete with RIM is difficult to comprehend. RIM has had a big target on their back for several years and everyone seems to keep finding ways of missing.

That doesn't give companies much time to switch over.

People will keep using (Palm OS Garnet). For the average user, who doesn't use more than 20 percent of their device, they don't know the difference.

They've been stuck at (Palm OS Garnet) for two-plus years. It's a pretty ancient operating system that can't handle multitasking, can't handle protected memory, and doesn't have great security, all the things that Cobalt was supposed to deliver.

Now I have more faith that the company will survive.

It fell on its face. Buying Be has taken them down the path to destruction.

One of the problems a lot of Asian vendors have here in North America is that if they don't have a strong notebook presence, they'll have a hard time being seen as a credible player.

He viewed these guys as liars and criminals. When you do something that dramatic, I don't think you ever get the judge back to your side.

The Z22 is a fairly strategic product, ... The goal is to bring new users into what they call the 'Palm economy' in the hope that, in a year or two, they may upgrade to a more fully featured model.

Given RIM is likely to generate at least 1.5 billion in revenue from the U.S. alone this year, it just would make a lot of sense for RIM to settle for whatever amount they can.