Post Tagged with: "smart phones"

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
Android Hardware Is Too Saturated For Its Own Good
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Android Hardware Is Too Saturated For Its Own Good

The plethora of Android devices on the market was added to in a variety of ways today with news from IFA. My friend Evan Selleck asks a good question over at PhoneDog. Is the market being saturated with Android smartphones? The answer is yes. Resoundingly and overwhelmingly yes. There is a difference between choice and [...]

Published by on September 1, 2011 2:18 pm
Make Competitive Smart Phones or Get Out of the Market
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Make Competitive Smart Phones or Get Out of the Market

We all know the world is moving from feature phones to smart phones. This is happening in some regions like the US and Europe faster but it is happening at a global level. The latest data from Strategy Analytics and IDC released today both show overall growth in the global handset market along with declining [...]

Published by on July 29, 2011 8:32 am
Android Is at A Critical Junction
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Android Is at A Critical Junction

I believe that the next six month’s will be the defining point in the future for Google’s Android platform. Whether this future is bright or gloomy will depend on the next six month’s. It seems right now like Android is riding the big wave reaping in success left and right. The reality is however that [...]

Published by on July 29, 2011 4:43 am
The Post PC Era Will Happen in Two Stages
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The Post PC Era Will Happen in Two Stages

In much of my work providing industry analysis to many companies in the technology industry, I come across the question of what the post PC-era actually means quite often. As the technology industry shifts from one computing platform (the PC) to multiple computing platforms (tablets, smart phones, TV, more) the landscape is changing and continuing [...]

Published by on July 27, 2011 3:30 am
What is the future of the PC Industry?
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What is the future of the PC Industry?

As I perused the recent PC shipment numbers from last quarter and saw that they were rather anemic and with relatively slow growth forecast in the future, it became even more evident to me that we are at a major inflection point in our journey with personal computers. We started this journey in the 1950’s [...]

Published by on July 22, 2011 3:30 am
Should the Media be Proclaiming RIM’s Death?
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Should the Media be Proclaiming RIM’s Death?

Over the past few weeks i’ve been reading a number of articles from the big media outlets all proclaiming the death of RIM. Most of these articles are pretty grim and their headlines say it all. I have nothing against a good or controversial headline its more the content of the article i’m interested in. [...]

Published by on July 14, 2011 12:55 pm
Microsoft’s “Can’t Lose” Mobile Strategy
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Microsoft’s “Can’t Lose” Mobile Strategy

  Microsoft has been trying to recapture momentum in mobile after ceding the early market leadership it had 5-6 years ago due to its lack of adequate investment and resultant inability to stay competitive. And its renewed focus and execution over the past 1-2 years is indeed enabling it to make progress. But behind the [...]

Published by on July 13, 2011 7:52 am
China’s Real Role in Tech 


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China’s Real Role in Tech 



I have had the privilege of traveling to about 55 countries as part of my job over the last 30 years. And while I really enjoy Italy, France, Hong Kong, and Singapore, the one country that fascinates me the most is China. I first went to China in the early 1990′s, just when they were [...]

Published by on July 12, 2011 6:25 am
Will Low Radiation Phones Be A Selling Point In the Future?
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Will Low Radiation Phones Be A Selling Point In the Future?

There has been mounting media over the past few years around whether there is a link to cell phone radiation and a possible cancer risk. The latest WHO (World Health Organization) report that was recently released issued yet another warning that there may be a link to cell phone radiation and brain cancer. Which leads [...]

Published by on June 3, 2011 6:30 pm