Archive for August, 2012
Windows RT Grows More Mysterious as Launch Nears
Microsoft’s Surface Windows RT Tablet
I expected we would be seeing more clarity on the distinctions between Windows 8 and its Windows RT sibling (for ARM processor devices) as the expected late October launch grows closer. But the picture seems …
Not All Consumers Are Created Equal
The series John Kirk has been tackling this week as inspired me to add some needed perspective to the platform debate.
Fanatics of products or brands, for example, consistently assume that what they love or feel …
Android v. iOS Part 5: Android Is A Two-Legged Stool
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This week we’ve been looking at the Android and iOS mobile operating systems. In part 1, we looked at how Android was dominating market share. In part 2, we looked at how iOS was dominating profit share. In part 3, …
A Cautionary Tale About Market Share
via spaziodigitale.net
My colleague John Kirk’s series of posts about Android, iPhone, and the importance–or lack thereof–of market share brought back memories of some fights over share in the PC business. The moral of all the stories is that companies …
Android v. iOS Part 4: Developers
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We’ve learned that Android dominates market share, but that it doesn’t seem to matter much. iOS has most of the profit share. And it turns out that developer share, not market share, is what makes a platform strong.
DEVELOPERS DEVELOP FOR …
Pinch-to-Zoom and Rounded Rectangles: What the Jury Didn’t Say [Updated]
As the Apple v. Samsung trial neared completion last week, I worried about how a jury of nine ordinary folks were going to make sense of hours of highly technical testimony, more than a hundred pages of jury instructions, and …
Android v. iOS Part 3: Network Effect
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We’ve looked at Android and iOS market share and profit share. Android is winning in market share and iOS is winning in profit share. In any other industry, the analysis would probably be over at this point. Profit is literally …
What if Samsung Was a Band?
I’ve been reading a lot of articles the last few days all on the degree in which Apple’s success in a US court over Samsung is good or bad for the industry. In the midst of all of …
Patents: Who Has a Portfolio With Clout
One thing that put Samsung at a serious disadvantage in its patent fight with Apple was the weakness of its own portfolio of relevant patents. Conflicts between companies with roughly comparable portfolios almost always end in a cross-licensing agreement. A …
Android v. iOS Part 2: Profits
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Yesterday we looked at Android and iOS mobile operating system market share. Today we look at mobile operating system profit and profit share.
ANDROID HAS WON THE MARKET SHARE BATTLE BUT…
On the strength of market share alone, TechCrunch has (and many …
Apple vs. Samsung: What Doesn’t Compute
I’m not a lawyer, but I am an analyst who unfortunately has participated in some of the largest corporate legal battles, has two immediate family members who are IP lawyers, and has had to decide on industrial design for consumer …
Android v. iOS Part 1: Market Share
INTRODUCTION
This is the first article in a multi-part look at the Android and iOS operating Systems. An operating system (OS) is the software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. Applications (or Apps) require …
Of Apple, Samsung, and Obviousness (Updated)
Calimani’s patent drawings (Galla Coffee)
In 1929, an Italian named Attillo Calimani received a patent for a French press coffee maker. The French press is an extremely simple design: a glass beaker, a metal mesh filter attached to a push …
The Apple Verdict and the Challenge of Innovation
I spent some time on the weekend digesting the results and implications of the verdict between the Apple and Samsung patent trial. I watched my Twitter stream flow continuously with many remarking on the negatives of the verdict and …