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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ggamer who wrote (84170)	4/3/2009 10:06:51 AM
From: DanD	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197306

Define substantial.

To: ggamer who wrote (84170)	4/3/2009 10:44:29 AM
From: planetsurf	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197306

Success would be a venture that has brought about substantial licensing business and revenue to QCOM. What if it did that more indirectly? Remember the handset division? Was that division a "success" by itself? Did they bring in more $ than they spent? I don't think so,not by much anyway. BUT, without the handset division allowing a good, solid quality CDMA phone available to operators would they go with CDMA? You could argue that the expense of making, marketing & R&D on these phones drove CDMA chip/licensing, priming the pump for the LGs & Samsungs to take over. THAT'S the ROI. I think there has absolutely been some blunders, but does BREW or MediaFlo allow for greater CDMA adoption and give operators a reason to upgrade quicker? Does it "show the way" for others (read Apple) to do it better and continue adoption? I'm not sure, but I certainly think so.