Post Tagged with: "android"

HTC One X International: Trading in My iPhone 4S?
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HTC One X International: Trading in My iPhone 4S?

HTC announced the HTC One family in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress 2012. The HTC One X was one of the bigger standouts as it indicated the best in breed of Android phones available on the market. Some even said it would threaten the iPhone. Does it live up to the hype? I had the [...]

Published by on May 7, 2012 10:14 pm
Google Created the Mess and Now Must Fix Android Tablets
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Google Created the Mess and Now Must Fix Android Tablets

Android for phones by any measure has been a success, while Android for “premium” tablets by every measure has been a disaster.  According to IDC, the iPad held 55% market share of all tablets in Q4 2011.  When you remove lower end tablets like the Fire and Nook and leave "premium" tablets at $399+, best [...]

Published by on April 3, 2012 4:23 am
Android is Losing Momentum
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Android is Losing Momentum

  I wrote a column earlier this year titled “2012: The Year Google Fixes Android or Loses the War.” In that column I laid out a number of issues facing Android as well as the business reasons why many problems existed. When we think about Android we need to remember that Google is an advertising [...]

Published by on March 29, 2012 8:39 am
5 Million Galaxy Note Shipments Proves One Thing
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5 Million Galaxy Note Shipments Proves One Thing

I am actually not surprised at the news that Samsung has shipped (not sold) 5 Million Galaxy Note smart phones. Given that it is doubtful that Samsung will reveal actual sales figures as well as regional breakdowns, my educated guess is that most of these devices were shipped and sold in Korea, as also pointed [...]

Published by on March 28, 2012 8:49 am
How Apple is Cornering the Market in Mobile Devices
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How Apple is Cornering the Market in Mobile Devices

I have been speaking with various vendors of tablets lately and more than once, the topic of Apple “iPodding” them has come up. iPodding basically refers to the fact that although Apple has had the iPod on the market for over 10 years now, they still have over 70% of the MP3 portable digital music [...]

Published by on March 26, 2012 6:55 am
Google Play: What Game is Google Playing?
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Google Play: What Game is Google Playing?

With the news today that Google is re-branding the Android Market as Google Play, I am forced to wonder what that says about their strategy. Is playing all Google is really focused on? I also wonder if this branding is not more confusing to consumers than the clearer Android Market brand. I don’t disagree that [...]

Published by on March 6, 2012 10:45 am
Windows 8 CP Tablet Experience: Distinctive yet Risky for Holiday 2012
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Windows 8 CP Tablet Experience: Distinctive yet Risky for Holiday 2012

A little less than a week ago, Microsoft launched to the public the Windows 8 Consumer Preview (CP). This is a follow-on to the Developer Preview (DP) that I’ve been using on a tablet and all-in-one desktop since it was introduced last September at the Microsoft BUILD partner conference. After 6 months and reportedly 100,000 [...]

Published by on March 6, 2012 8:21 am
MWC 2012: Clear Android Differentiation and Other Trends
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MWC 2012: Clear Android Differentiation and Other Trends

I suspect that each MWC will be better than the last. This show, I believe, is quickly becoming the leading industry conference for mobile smart device technologies. Therefore, Mobile World Congress will be one of the shows were we can expect to dig into the trends of our mobile computing tomorrow. On that point, this [...]

Published by on February 27, 2012 7:28 am
Why Google Must Commit To Hardware
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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 consumer experience testing center on their campus suggest that they will test their own hardware [...]

Published by on February 27, 2012 6:33 am
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx Commercial–Best Droid Marketing Yet
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Motorola Droid Razr Maxx Commercial–Best Droid Marketing Yet

When I met with Motorola at CES and they showed me the Droid Maxx I suspected they were on to something. What is interesting to me as an analyst about this device is that it is not just another Android device that is thrown into the sea of sameness. Motorola took a great design like [...]

Published by on February 15, 2012 8:27 am
Google Officially Owns Motorola–Now What?
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Google Officially Owns Motorola–Now What?

US Regulatory agencies along with the European Union approved Google’s acquisition of Motorola today. This acquisition, although initially positioned for Motorola’s patents, could very well cause quite a bit of change in the mobile landscape. I wrote a column back in August on all the reasons why Google Should Buy Motorola. To my surprise five [...]

Published by on February 14, 2012 9:37 am
2012: The Year Google Fixes Android or Loses the War
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2012: The Year Google Fixes Android or Loses the War

The end of 2011 brought about some interesting market developments. Both Nielsen and NPD shared data that the once so dominant Android actually declined in market share over the holiday quarter of 2011. Both Nielsen and NPD also shared that during the same quarter iOS, mostly due to the iPhone, closed the gap on overall [...]

Published by on January 31, 2012 12:27 pm
Why The Android Update Alliance Was Doomed From the Start
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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 column called “Google’s Android Update Alliance is Already Dead.” I recommend a read of this [...]

Published by on December 19, 2011 5:59 am
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion May Be RIM’s Future
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BlackBerry Mobile Fusion May Be RIM’s Future

The flood of iPhones, iPads, and Androids into corporate offices is destroying BlackBerry’s once dominant position in the enterprise. In a bold if-you-can-lick-them-join-them move, Research In Motion is striking back with BlackBerry Mobile fusion, a software and a back-office package that promises to bring BlackBerry-like security and manageability to competing hardware. This may be an obvious move [...]

Published by on November 29, 2011 12:20 pm
The iOS and Android Mobile Web Disparity
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The iOS and Android Mobile Web Disparity

There are two interesting data points released that I think is worth asking some questions. The first comes from Net Applications and it plots out mobile web browsing OS share by platform. The full chart is below. What strikes me in this chart is the clearly dominant iOS platform when it comes to mobile web [...]

Published by on November 1, 2011 9:01 am
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