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The iPhone and the Death of the Mid-Tier Smartphone
I’ve been a consumer device analyst for long enough that I’m usually pretty comfortable calling things as I see them, but sometimes there is simply no substitute for hard data. Current Analysis tracks U.S. device pricing for phones and tablets, …
Microsoft is Missing Apps the Same Way They Missed the Early Internet
It seems odd to me that Microsoft of all companies is so drastically behind the curve when it comes to apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. When you think about it, Microsoft of all companies was in the …
Samsung’s Real Threat to Apple
When the iPhone was introduced, a Sr. Apple exec put the iPhone on a table in front of me and asked me what I saw? I replied by saying that I saw a black piece of glass on the table. …
Apple Is Playing Chicken With The Mobile Carriers
“The game of chicken, also known as the hawk-dove game or snow-drift game, is an influential model of conflict for two players in game theory. The principle of the game is that while each player prefers not to yield to …
The Difference Between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
Yesterday Bill Gates took some heat in the media when he proclaimed that Windows 8 and Surface tablets are giving the masses what they really want in a tablet product. I watched his remarks in the CNBC video and …
Re-thinking Winners and Losers In Tech
There are narratives that circle the technology industry that are wearing out their welcome. The primary one, and the one where I wish more intelligent heads would prevail, is the narrative that there can only be one winner in this …
In Defense of iCloud
You can’t analyze the industry as I do and not evaluate platform specific strategies to meet consumer needs. I study closely the platforms, ecosystems, and cloud services strategies of many companies. Right now the discussion is focused on …
Are Google Apps On iOS A Trojan Horse Or A Concession to Apple’s Dominance?
Grin And Bear It
Aside from Google Maps and Google Now, many users would sooner tap on Gmail, Google Chrome, and Google Drive than the apps Apple would much rather you use, and the result is completely antithetical to Apple’s insistence …
iPhone 5 Versus Galaxy S4 A War Of Less Versus More
Last week, within the span of 24 hours, the two dominant players in the global smartphone wars released…not new smartphones, but new commercials. Both were very well done. They are also very different. Both ads reveal the core differences between …
Android’s Leaky Bucket
John Paczkowski over at AllThingsD covered a report written by Carl Howe, VP of the Yankee Group. Carl makes a bold statement, indicating iPhone ownership in the US will exceed Android US ownership by 2015.
Carl has developed an analogy …
Apple In Perspective
Apple has been taking a real beating on Wall Street and in the press lately. But are we losing our long-term perspective by focusing so intently on quarterly results?
Stock Market
The Stock Market is a predictor of future growth, but it …
Can Carriers Handle a Low-End iPhone?
There is a good discussion happening online at the comment that I want to comment on. Horace Dediu has written several good pieces on the job the iPhone is hired to do. In his latest installment he looks at the …
Forget Mad Men Or Breaking Bad. Give Me The Recurring Tales Of Microsoft.
People are often surprised to discover that I rarely watch television. Make no mistake, though. I’m no culture snob. It’s just that tracking tech companies is so much more fascinating. None more so than Microsoft.
No, not Apple, not Oracle, not …
The Revenge of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs’ original vision for Apple was to own the PC market. When he and Steve Wozniak created the original Apple PC, they fully expected to be the company that brought the PC to the masses. However, once IBM came …
3 Years Of iPad Schadenfreude and Lessons Learned
On April 3, 2013, the iPad turned three. Jay Yarrow over at Business Insider has put together a great summary of How The iPad Totally Changed The World In Just Three Years. A couple of highlights:
– Apple has sold some …
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