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“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. “Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top…
Sony Ericsson, NEC and Kyocera are among the other Japanese handset makers also betting on Android as their path to international sales. via Japanese Phone Makers Look to Ride Android’s Surge – NYTimes.com. The Japanese…
In a previous post I asked whether Nokia’s strategy is dependent on a “built-in assumption that end users are inherently stupid.” Nokia confirmed that this is indeed the case. “Millions of consumers are oblivious to the…
Ever since I started publishing this blog there have been requests for access to the underlying data sets. That’s not an easy thing to do. Spreadsheets are not “productized”. It’s very hard to explain how to use one and…
On the eve of iPad 2.0, it’s time to think again about this curious new computer. My intuition tells me that this product category will behave very differently from the iPhone and will not be subject to the same sales…
In a recent answer on quora, I wrote that I did not believe developers are tempted primarily by economic incentives when choosing which platforms to work on. I suggested that they hire platforms because of their…
The relationship between Google and Apple is an interesting one. It’s enticing to declare them “at war” with one another, but that type of relationship does not account for the collaboration and partnerships they enjoy.…
In the recent series of exposés on Nokia’s new strategy I sought to paint a background for what caused such a dramatic decision: This gives a backdrop to the decision, but it does not explain the most crucial part of the…
In the quarterly smartphone summary published here, I noted the significant acceleration of Android sales at the expense of “other” and Windows Mobile/Phone. Some share was also lost to Symbian. This might be seen as…
When Stephen Elop said that Nokia and Microsoft sought to create a “three horse race” he implied that there were only two viable mobile ecosystems today. With that statement he sought to deprecate or declare “end of…