July 18, 2011 12:03 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Android,
Apple,
Google,
Google+,
iCloud,
smartphones,
tabletsGoogle reported its numbers, and by any measure it had a stellar quarter. Revenues were up 32%, and they beat Street estimates across the...
May 18, 2011 10:41 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Android,
Android OS,
Apple,
appliance,
appliances,
embedded control,
embedded control device,
embedded system,
Intel,
iPad,
iPad 2,
iPads,
Microsoft,
Phone 7,
smartphone,
smartphones,
tablet devices,
tablets,
Windows Phone 7,
WintelIntel has embarked on what might be the biggest battle of its corporate life—the battle to become relevant in the embedded system and appliance space.
While Intel has a license to produce ARM chips, it realizes...
May 3, 2011 12:51 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Apple,
BlackBerry,
iPad,
iPhone,
RIM,
smartphones,
tabletsRIM's earnings statement speaks volumes. It’s not a surprise that RIM disappointed; it has been forced to accept much lower margins and has lost market share to every smartphone option out there.
This is a classic story of how not being innovative will hurt you, perhaps fatally. The...
February 23, 2011 3:54 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
4G,
LTE,
metro networks,
mobile backhaul,
mobile operators,
packet-based backhaul,
smartphones,
tablets,
TDMThe smartphone and tablet wars are putting pressure on mobile providers, and in particular, creating competitive drive to migrate to LTE. Operators tell us that their LTE migration strategies have been...
February 16, 2011 12:41 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
applications development,
AT&T,
Google,
mobile devices,
mobile services,
smartphones,
three-screen strategyA couple of talks at Mobile World Congress may be signs of important future trends in mobile and online. First AT&T CEO Stephenson said the difficulties in moving content between devices was hampering mobile content opportunity. He also commented that AT&T believed that apps should run...
October 29, 2010 1:30 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
3G,
4G,
Apple,
Broadband,
Deep Packet Inspection,
DPI,
Google,
mobile broadband,
OTT,
over-the-top,
return on investment,
ROI,
smartphones,
VerizonLast week saw what has become the usual push and pull of supply-side and demand-side issues, and perhaps a bit more than the usual confusion in the markets (financial, enterprise and consumer) about the net outcome. It wasn't the
October 26, 2010 11:47 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Adobe,
Android,
Apple,
application development,
Google,
Microsoft,
operating system,
OTT,
over-the-top,
RIM,
service layer,
smartphones,
tablets,
telecom service providersApple's moves to converge its iOS and MacOS platforms over time and to create a unified developer environment among their disparate devices are smart responses to the realities of the market and the present competitive environment. The questions are how far Apple will go, and what impact the...
July 29, 2010 12:00 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
MNVO,
smartphones,
Sprint,
wirelessSprint gained customers overall in the last quarter, turning around a problem that it’s had for three years, but it continued to lose people in the post-pay market where most profits are found. The gains were also largely...
July 14, 2010 8:45 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Apple,
application development,
Cloud computing,
Google,
Kin,
Microsoft,
smartphone,
smartphones,
Windows Phone 7The developer tools beta for Windows Phone 7 is out, and while it is clearly an interesting product, we're not hearing that it's revolutionary.
Microsoft seems to be...
