Posts Tagged ‘analysis’
Apple iWatch vs Google Glasses and the Next UI Battle
Rumors of the Apple iWatch continue to sprout. Google Glasses will soon be for sale. The “Internet of Things” and wearable computers are quickly transitioning from the realm of science fiction into our everyday reality. Very soon, sensors throughout our …
Upside Down Analysis
These thoughts via Business Insider:
According to estimates from Canaccord Genuity, Samsung has shot further ahead of the pack as the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, shipping 56.3 million units in the third quarter.
Apple’s consolation is that it still takes a larger …
The Terrible Tablet Tsunami and the Future of Computing
IDC just issued a press release updating their expectations for tablet shipments. Here are their numbers, year by year:
2010: 19.5 million tablet shipments.
2011: 69.6 million tablet shipments.
2012: 107.4 million estimated tablet shipments.
2016: 222.1 million estimated tablet shipments.
When looking at the …
Why Google Should Fear Facebook
I have written quite a bit about my doubts of Facebook’s long term value. And amidst all the recent news about their IPO woes it seems like investors are skeptical as well. Last week I wrote …
Dear Industry: Focus on Profit Share Not Market Share
The interest in the tech media world around market share is fascinating. Each quarter reports come out, for the quarter only, pointing out different vendor and software platform market share for things like tablets and smartphones. …
Tablets: Numbers and Observations
Both IDC and Display Search released updated numbers for the tablet segment. There are some interesting key take aways from both sets of numbers.
IDC confirms Apple’s dominant position with regards to iPad share and points to …
An Act of Folly: Smartphones in Five Years
2007's hot smartphone
Let’s take a quick trip in our time machine to survey the smartphone market in the spring of 2007, five years ago. The iPhone had been announced but not yet shipped, and many were skeptical about its …
Why I Wouldn’t Invest in Facebook
First let me clarify that due to my line of work I do not invest personal money into any public tech stock. That being said, even if I did, I would not put my own money into Facebook when …
A PC is a Truck and Sometimes You Need a Truck
Steve Jobs said of the PC as he was developing his post PC theme, “PCs are going to be like trucks; less people will need them. And this is going to make some people uneasy.” Well he was right, if …
Apple Turns Technology Into Art
As I was reflecting on my first experience with the new iPad and its retina display I was intrigued with a thought. There has always been something about the iPhone’s retina display and now with the iPad’s display …
Why the Latest iPad Forecasts Are Wrong
The recent 2012 WW forecast for tablets from IDC which forecasts sales of 106MM units in 2012 with Apple’s iPad numbers at a little under 60MM has been widely picked up and republished across the internet. The report also predicted …
Intellectual Property Rights and 3D Printing: A Fight Tech Can Win
Fights over intellectual property rights have become so much a part of the tech scene that it sometimes seems the industry employs as many patent and copyright lawyers as it does engineers. And if the fights over software patents and …
Why the New iPad is Revolutionary.
Not long after the new iPad was announced, story after story was written that this new iPad was evolutionary, not revolutionary. But I am not convinced that is a correct viewpoint. In fact, I believe that this new iPad …
Why Google Must Commit To Hardware
With the Nexus One and their recent purchase of Motorola, Google has more then signaled that they will soon be in the hardware business in a big way. And the recent rumors that they are building a 120,000 square foot …
You Can Never Have Enough Tablets
One of the things my firm focuses on is spotting trends within the technology industry. As a part of our constant search for trends we employ a concept we call “live the future now.” What this means, is that we …
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