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Apple is Still the #1 Smartphone Vendor
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Apple is Still the #1 Smartphone Vendor

There has been quite a bit of interesting media and headlines this last week pointing to data related to Samsung’s latest earnings and smartphone shipments. Many are making the claim that Samsung is now the number one smartphone vendor by volume. However, when we dig deeper into the numbers we find a different story. First [...]

Published by on October 31, 2011 8:13 am
Give Your Smartphone Room to Stretch
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Give Your Smartphone Room to Stretch

As convenient and versatile as mobile devices have become, there are still times when that little 4-inch, 7-inch, or even 10-inch screen just isn’t enough. Maybe you want to enjoy your mobile apps and content with friends or colleagues – without knocking your heads together. Maybe you read the latest study that found that reading [...]

Published by on October 27, 2011 6:08 am
Time for a Smartphone Patent Pool
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Time for a Smartphone Patent Pool

Most of the creative energy in the smartphone industry seems to be going into lawsuits, with just about everyone claiming that everyone else is violating their patents. In addition to keeping a lot of lawyers in work, the disputes are having real world consequences, with, for example, Apple blocking the sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab [...]

Published by on August 11, 2011 12:57 pm
Why Apple Can’t Chase the Low End
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Why Apple Can’t Chase the Low End

In a post here earlier today, Ban Bajarin dismissed the frequent criticism of Apple for failing to serve the low end of the computer market. Ben focused on consumers’ willingness to perceive, and pay for, value in Apple’s relatively expensive products. But in wondering why otherwise knowledgable people keep hammering Apple on this point, it’s [...]

Published by on July 22, 2011 8:18 am
The Need for Smarter Mobile Notifications
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The Need for Smarter Mobile Notifications

Push notifications on our smart phones and tablets are shaping up to be a central part of our experiences with those devices. The concept itself has many benefits, particularly where it lets us get information quickly and choose how to respond to that information. I have however recently had an experience with a notification that [...]

Published by on July 18, 2011 1:15 am
The Asus PadFone is a Glimpse of the Future
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The Asus PadFone is a Glimpse of the Future

As a part of my work as an industry analyst I do a great deal of thinking about the future. Many of the projects we get pulled into and asked to add analysis on are related to the distant not the near future. This happens to be one of the things I love most about [...]

Published by on July 15, 2011 6:26 am
How The Internet Saved My Keg
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How The Internet Saved My Keg

If you are like me you have dozen’s of stories of how content from the Internet has helped you in some way. I often take the Internet for granted. Sometimes it takes a crisis where I use the web to gain obscure yet valuable knowledge to remind me of the power of the World Wide [...]

Published by on July 11, 2011 6:50 am
A Sure Sign of Real Trouble at RIM
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A Sure Sign of Real Trouble at RIM

The senior Research In Motion executive who chose to vent his (or her) frustration in a open letter to Boy Genius Report may not have chosen the most graceful way to make those views known. But the writer may well have exhausted other means of communications. Certainly, RIM’s response suggests strongly that the increasingly troubled [...]

Published by on June 30, 2011 9:00 pm