When I was in Gummersbach last month, we had a round-table discussion on tech and mobile phones were among the topics we discussed. I did a quick survey from the 23 country reps and asked which is the most popular phone model in their country.

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Despite the global dominance of mobile manufacturer Nokia, it still lags behind Motorola in Northern America. This is primarily because of the Razr which had a phenomenal sales performance with most telcos in the US.

Motorola sold 50 million Razr phones in less than 2 years after its debut. So, what will Nokia do to claim the northern regions — a Nokia 6555 Razr-like flip phone.

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Reports have been spreading that Palm, Inc. will be acquired real soon and it could be announced in the next 12 to 24 hours.

The likely buyers are Nokia and Motorola, along with several other private firms. So, which one do you think is it? Are we looking at a Nokia Palm or a Motorola Palm anytime soon?

I think I’ll go with the hunches at GigaOM and say Motorola needs Palm more than Nokia does.

Motorola + Palm = Mapalm

Nokia + Palm = Napalm (see, not a good mix )

Ok, I just made them up and they sound corny.

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