Archive for December, 2011
New Years Resolutions for the Tech Industry in 2012
We thought we would recommend some new years resolutions for the tech industry at large for 2012. Some of these are company specific and some are general.
From Patrick Moorhead
Tablet OEMs: Invest what it takes to create and market something dramatically …
The Top Tech.pinions Columns of 2011
As we bring 2011 to a close we thought we would share the top five most popular columns of 2011. Even though our technology opinion column based website is only 6 month’s old, many of our columns made it …
Why Microsoft should buy RIM
Three years ago, in my annual prediction list, I said that Microsoft would buy RIM. However, I also stated that this was a very wild prediction that I doubted would happen.
Last week, All Things D wrote a …
My Favorite Piece of Tech Gear Right Now
I have nearly every gadget and gismo imaginable. Luckily for me, analysts get great gear to review as well. A friend at a party, who knows all to well about all the great tech gear I get …
The Tech.pinions Predictions For 2012
It’s fun to make predictions. Luckily none of us are in the predictions business but it’s fun to analyze, speculate, and simply hope for interesting things to come prior to each new year. This year, rather than have each of …
The NTSB’s Cluelessness Could Actually Hurt Car Safety
In Maryland, where I live, it is illegal to have a phone in your hand to talk or text while driving. But it seems that maybe one in four drivers I see on the road have a phone to an …
Voice Control Will Disrupt Living Room Electronics
In what seems to be a routine in high-tech journalism and social media now is to speculate on what Apple will do next. The latest and greatest rumor is that Apple will develop an HDTV set. I wrote back in …
What Next for T-Mobile?
AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA has been unraveling ever since the U.S. Justice Dept. sued to block the deal and was effectively doomed when the Federal Communications Commission said last month that it also was opposed. So …
Why The Android Update Alliance Was Doomed From the Start
When Google announced the Android Update Alliance, an initiative to bring each new Android OS release to all devices in a timely manner, it was well-intentioned but doomed from the start.
Jamie Lendino over at PC Magazine had a great …
The iPhone May Foreshadow The Future of Personal Computing
In 1989, I wrote a piece in one of my internationally syndicated columns about a mobile computing concept that was very modular in nature. Back then, portable computers were pretty bulky and heavy and having to lug them with …
Why It’s All About the Digital Ecosystem
My firm, Creative Strategies, has been talking extensively about what we call the digital ecosystem for over 10 years now. As we have been analyzing the technology industry and the underlying fundamentals that make it work, we have been trying …
With Siri TV, Apple Will Dismantle the TV Networks
VIA All Things D – BY Ben Elowitz
Apple + Anobit: Compeititive Advantage Through Flash Mastery
With its vast cash hoard, Apple could buy pretty much ny company it took a fancy to. But Apple continues to show no interest in making big, splashy acquisitions, concentrating instead on strategic investments that bring the company key technologies …
Kindle Fire: The Most Divisive Product of 2011
A month after its launch, Amazon’s Kindle Fire continues to be an extraordinarily polarizing product. Lots of people like it and it appears to be flying off the shelves (though it would be nice if Amazon supplied some actual numbers …
Apple iCloud Shortcomings Provide a Competitive Opportunity
Apple iCloud launched two months ago to huge fanfare and punditry. It’s no surprise given the huge future opportunity with the cloud. Also, it was a big deal for Apple given their past online endeavors had been so unsuccessful that …
Why webOS Deserves Another Chance
My colleague at Tech.pinions, Steve Wildstrom, wrote a great piece last Friday that chronicles Palm’s past and suggested that webOS is at the end of the road. While he may be right, a part of me wants to think …
Why Apple may never catch Microsoft in TV
By Tim Carmody, via Wired
Palm: The End of a Long and Troubled Road
The original Palm
I was delighted back in the spring of 2010 when Hewlett-Packard announced it was buying Palm. I’ve been a fan of Palm for 15 years, but throughout its history, the company has always been hamstrung by a …
Analysis: HP Releases webOS to Open Source Community
Today HP made a fascinating decision. One that is disruptive, exciting, and could lead to valuable innovation. HP has decided to release webOS to the open source community. This decision could have significant impact on the mobile landscape …
Open Source webOS: A Nice Gesture, but a Sad End
In the end, Hewlett-Packard could neither use webOS to gain a foothold in the smartphone and tablet market, nor could it sell the operating system it acquired as part of the $1.2 billion purchase of Palm last year. So it …
How Microsoft Can Embrace the Post-PC Era
I truly believe Microsoft is approaching a fork in the road, where some of the decisions made in the next 6-8 months will set the stage for their long-term success or failure. Microsoft is a software company primarily, and many …
Part II: Best of Tech 2011 (Gizmos)
In last week’s episode we awarded “Best of 2011” honors to a bushel of Apples: The Macbook Air (portable computer), the iPhone 4S (smartphone), and the iPad 2 (best tablet). Although it wasn’t a category, Apple as a company wins …
Why Apple Had To Release Siri Half-Baked
Siri has been having a bad week. Gizmodo’s Mat Honan called Apple’s voice-response service “a lie.” Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, who rarely has bad things to say about Apple efforts, said it “isn’t up to Apple’s usual level of fit and finish, …
Let’s Stop Classifying the iPad as a PC
Last month, Canalys reported that “Apple is on track to become leading global PC vendor”. That would be a tremendous accomplishment, given that no reports had Apple in the top 5 at the end of 2010. How will Apple accomplish …
How the iPad 2 Became My Favorite Computer
VIA Technologizer – BY: Harry McCracken
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