"Brand name cellphone makers are finally beginning to realize that if they need to survive falling cell phone prices and declining margins, they need to start focusing on software and services. Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson, all made moves last week, taking further steps in this direction.
Motorola bought Good Technology, a Silicon Valley based company that is a RIM competitor, and had raised $200 million or so in venture capital. Nokia is rumored to have bought Ryze, a social networking start-up, and Sony Ericsson snapped up UIQ, the Symbian derivative OS maker."
