Ben Wood Quotations

This certainly ups the ante in the battle between Apple and the phone makers for mobile music.

When all is said and done, Nokia is primarily a mobile phone company. Any additional activities are largely incremental.

Vodafone has got serious about 3G now. It is using its size and purchasing power to put together the best portfolio of 3G phones and services.

If you look at the hype-ometer, music is definitely the hottest. But no one has quite got the right model for the business yet.

Why bother with VOIP if the quality isn't good? In particular, when cellular voice calls, with all the bucket plans that are available, are becoming so cheap? I just don't see it happening.

The Rokr was kind of a disappointment. You hear a song, go home, find it on iTunes, connect your phone and download. The real goal is to download it directly.

That would be a sweet deal for Nokia.

You're definitely looking at single digit margins, but Motorola will use the ultra low tier to attract consumers to its brand and eventually sell up more expensive models.

This is the first year-on-year decline after years of phenomenal growth.

For a guy like me that's just extraordinary. This is like - I don't want to say it - but it's at architect's dream.