Over the last few weeks, Android for Tablets (aka Honeycomb) 3.2 started rolling out to tablets like the Asus Transformer and the Motorola Xoom. While the announcement of Android 3.1 was met with great fanfare at Google I/O 2011, Android 3.2 didn’t receive a lot of attention as it started actually rolling out to systems. … Continue reading Android is Finally Ready for the Tablet Market
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 … Continue reading Time for a Smartphone Patent Pool
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 … Continue reading Android Is at A Critical Junction
By now, you’ve probably all heard or read about Apple’s new desktop operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, or just “Lion” for short. While I believe it is a really good operating system today, what I am most interested in is what it means for tomorrow. I’d like to share with you my thoughts … Continue reading Mac OS X Lion and the Future of Computing
Rosen Sharma is a guest contributor to Tech.pinions and the President and CEO of BlueStacks. A good friend of mine recently remarked, “Apple App Store and Android App Store are completely different business models”. I casually asked, “Really? How come?” The answer was rather interesting. When you buy something from the Apple Store the bill … Continue reading How the App Store Money Flows
In case you haven’t been following the lawsuit news closely, three major companies have been suing companies using Google’s Android operating system. The three companies behind the bulk of these suits are Apple, Microsoft and Oracle. The latest in the saga came down Friday when the International Trade Community ruled in Apple’s favor in its … Continue reading The Real Issue Behind the Android Lawsuits
News broke yesterday that Netflix was raising the price of its streaming plus DVD-in-the-mail plans. It was interesting to see all the backlash from some media and from consumers on Twitter. As much as this may be shocking in the short term what it really signals is the bigger picture story that Netflix is really … Continue reading Netflix as a Streaming Service is the Bandwidth King
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 … Continue reading Microsoft’s “Can’t Lose” Mobile Strategy
Convertible computers are those that can serve as a standalone media tablet and, when attached to a keyboard, can serve as a notebook. I believe that in 2013, these will be immensely popular. This is aggressive for many reasons, primarily because a convertible PC has never been widely successful. I’d like to share a few … Continue reading Why Convertible PCs Are About To Become Very Popular
As I have described in previous posts on my AMD blog, part of my job entails forecasting future usage models for consumers and businesses. One of the various techniques I use is living with today’s technology and then extrapolating forward. I look at all sorts of hardware and software, and lately I’ve been looking … Continue reading 10 Days With the HP TouchPad Tablet
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 … Continue reading China’s Real Role in Tech
This week news came out revealing a clearer picture of how Microsoft is profiting from Android. Many large handset manufacturers are not having to pay Microsoft technology licenses due to patents owned by Microsoft Android infringes upon. This is important because it is only the beginning of the types of fees makes of Android devices … Continue reading Week In Review: Tech.pinions on the Key News of the Week
If any of you have gone out to buy a laptop computer lately, you may have asked yourself “do I need a laptop or could I get by with a tablet?” We know from our research that this question is top of mind with a lot of consumers these days as tablets have really clouded … Continue reading Why Tablets Won’t Cannibalize Laptop Sales – Yet at Least
I’ve been pondering the question of Android’s growth, sustainabilty and market share for some time now. For several years now as we have been discussing strategy and market trends with our clients, Android always seems to enter the discussion in some way. Many of the companies we consult with work closely with Google and implement … Continue reading Android Could be Vulnerable if HP Licenses WebOS
Over the last few weeks I have spent a lot of time testing out two new tablets that are now on the market. The first is the Samsung 10.1” Galaxy Tab and the second is the new Palm TouchPad. Up until these two tablets came out it was clear to me that Apple pretty much … Continue reading HP’s TouchPad-Can it compete with Apple’s iPad and Android Tablets?
This is a guest contribution from Jack Gold the founder and principal analyst at J.Gold Associates, LLC an information technology analyst firm based in Northborough, MA, covering the many aspects of business and consumer computing and emerging technologies. Learn more about J.Gold Associates here. The market seems to think that that the folks at ARM … Continue reading Intel vs. ARM – The Battle Is Just Beginning
Recent days have been filled with news about patent disputes. Lodsys, a company that claims fundamental patents on in-application purchases, fired off another batch of suits against alleged infringers. Apple and Nokia resolved a complex legal fight over smartphone patents. Dolby Labs sued Research In Motion. And the U.S. Supreme Court told Microsoft to pay … Continue reading Tech Patent Fights: What’s at Stake
I have written in various columns over the last few months, that once Apple moved the center of our digital life from the Mac and to the cloud, they could be freed up to offer many more devices that are Apple branded and gain greater features from their cloud offering. This idea became crystal clear … Continue reading Why Apple’s Loss of Retail Chief to JC Penney is Apple’s Gain
The answer is probably not. However, if I were to ask you whether or not a browser based computer was in your future, the answer would be most likely. I say this with confidence because it seems nearly inevitable that the client server paradigm of browser based computing will become a reality, at least to … Continue reading Is There A ChromeBook in Your Future?
The Wii U is addressing the question of how a secondary smaller screen could be used in conjunction with a larger screen to play interactive games. This is a very good question, one that I have thought about for the better part of 10 years. Sony made some interesting attempts at this concept with their … Continue reading The Wii U is Interesting, But How Unique is it?
I have fielded a lot of questions recently regarding the rumors of Amazon making a tablet of their own to bring to market. Right off the bat there is enough data out there to support this rumor, so I am certain Amazon is bringing a full featured tablet to market. I make the distinction of … Continue reading The Amazon Tablet Opportunity Could Be Huge
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 … Continue reading Will Low Radiation Phones Be A Selling Point In the Future?
Google’s Android operating system has proven itself a growing force to be reckoned with as adoption rates among manufactures and consumers continue growing at considerable rates. I feel that Android 2.1 has finally reached a point where it is ready for the mass market. I’ve also had the opportunity to use a Nexus One with … Continue reading The Android Opportunity – Core Apps
