The fact that they are very liberal in stuff that
doesn't make eveyrbody a criminal like in the
U.S....shows their superior intellect. Drugs are tolerated,
prostitution...alcohol..in the U.S. everything has a rule..don't do it. In
the Netherlands they drink before 21, so by the time
they are 21, it ain't no thrill, there are LESS drunks
and car wrecks..in the U.S..since they tell you not
to, the youths want to do it...same for drugs and
prostitution....I nver met a person from the
Netherlands I
didn't admire and like...they generally talk several
languages, have a superior intelligence and worldy
outlook...it is a neat country. Whereas in Japan, they are
highly regulated and non thinkers, they just follow the
boss....no original thought!
I was in the air today, took a good look at the
United Airlines magazine. I was amazed at Sony's
presence in producing thin notebook laptops, projectors,
etc. They were by far the most prominent advertiser
for upscale electronics products and, also, their
digital cameras are top of the line. I don't think a soft
pillow will be necessary, but thanks for the
consideration. I also think they are behind the Kyocera handset
deal with Qualcomm as perhaps the third-party. I am
also long Nokia. My top performers have been SNE, QCOM
and NOK. I don't own Motorola and I recently bought
into Philips. I feel PHG is quickly gaining more
influence back into the US market, as they dropped off
there for a while, my understanding it they faltered a
bit in the semi-conductor business, but are quickly
gaining back. I also like NXTL but that is a totally a
horse of a different color. They do not use GSM nor
CDMA, but TDMA with the Direct Connect service, but,
for what they do, this is the technology that works
best in that scenario. I think all of these companies
will be instrumental holdings. I am hearing very good
things about Philip's in DVD and in its ventures with
MSFT. WebTV will be big and those set tops will bring
much revenue to PHG as well as their partners in this
venture. Good luck with PHG and have a Merry Christmas.
it amuses me the emotional knee-jerking going on
on this board. maybe someone can read into this that
owning both sne and fafa is a possibility, and that
maybe there are virtues in both companies, making them
both world-class companies worth owning ? i'm getting
a lot of amusemnt from this board, but not a lot of
quality comments....sort of reminds me of the the
cleveland browns vs. the pitt. steelers..except this is a
stock, and not a football team. buying a stock does not
mutually exclude owning something else. i own sne, but can
make some arguments that now is good time to be
cautious in putting in more money. wiat for a pullback.
NOOOOO...but they do have their LCD display
panels in the space shuttle, and fighter jets, and their
AIRPAX division (recently sold)...does make components
that control 747 jets, so that one can travel the
planet...it's notasony.....PHG does make it a brighter
planet....as the largest lighting company in the world...when
the SNE balloon bursts....hope you can take
it....while the steady train of PHG keeps chugging along,
upward and upward. With such brillant products as
Playstation, I'm sure there is a great future at SNE.....with
PHG electron microscopes(FEI) and medical
systems...PHG sure does make it a healthier planet, does SNE
actually benefit the human condition...with anything other
than mind numbing games...they don't seem to be
involved in any real scientific equipment. Like analytical
x-ray, (they did analyze other planets, moon rock),
medical imagining, even in Canada they have ATM
machines...SNE does have Playstation though...quite an
achievement. At one time even had tv transmitters, sold off
broadcast quite some time ago, DTV is a different
division...Playstation, it's our future........NOT.
they do make ct and mriscans, so doctors can examen your brain
philips created the earth, no wait, our solar system,no no no, they invented our galaxy, no no no, they created the entire universe!
Sarcasim button turned off.
SNE is very saturated into other key elements.
Did you know they are into Qualcomm's CDMA
technology, on-line trading industry in Japan, not to mention
other aspects. They are a bit fragmented actually, but,
now that is okay in my opinion. I hear the digital
television sets are still a bit pricey, but the big screens
are doing a big business. They have a line called
Wago that is not able to keep up with demand for the
television set production and is actually backordered for
Xmas deliveries. Not to mention, Playstation II.
Again, I think Philips definitely has a strong presence,
but the two of these companies are awesome. Both
should be a core holding in everyone's portfolio. Wow!
Did you see what SNE closed at today! I hope you are
long on both SNE and PHG. I am!
Guess who sells all the stuff that goes into
NOKIA cell phones....?....yup..PHG.....they had a bad
time doing the Lucent?Philips debacle...LU couldn't
get the products out the door on time...PCC, threw in
the towel...Philips went back on their own (PCC)..and
now it's doing good, without Lucent....they are going
for 10% of cell business sets..even though all their
chips are in all the competition's...GSM is the world
wide standard....NOKIA is the biggest, they use
PHILIPS components!!! of course...again...notasony....the
bigger this balloon gets, the bigger the burst is gonna
be...Playstations alone do not support this price....hope you guys
have a BIG SOFT pillow for the fall.....
You're an ass. The 99 is probably how much more your ass weighs than Bababooey's.
At one point in the day yesterday the charts are
saying that Sony dropped 100 points, then it sprang
right back up. I think it was 210 to 110 then back to
210. Was this just a mistake with the charts, or did
someone make a mistake and sell actually sell at
110?
Thanks
Breath some of this over to Philips as I am now
long on both SNE and PHG. Pleazzzzzz! Both are great
in my opinion and PHG will soon get the buzz. I am
more up on it for its WEBTV with MSFT as those settops
will be very big and Philips is the company that will
push that market IMHO! Good holidays to
you!
P.S. I am also long QCOM and all I can say is "wow!"
Different deal there, as it is CDMA that rules that stock's
progress. Today they will announce handset sale after 10:30
-I am so hoping it is Nokia, but even Sony would be
okay. Who cares, just keep treating me good and it has.