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Next of Kin
When the Kin was launched, many, including myself, were skeptical. It was a product that contradicted much of what made sense in the industry. It was not a smartphone, it was not a platform and it was predicated on a…
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More than 20 percent of US wireless subscribers use smartphones
According to a recent ComScore survey, 49.1 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in May, up 8.1 percent from the corresponding February period. This is equivalent to 20.1 percent of…
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Nokia says the fightback starts now. Oh Really?
2010.Realization that iPhone is a threat from new dimensions (user experience). Planning begins on reshaping the software base as a market-driven (not technology-driven) asset (5 year cycle). Apple begins to be evaluated…
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Open always wins, unless it's Symbian or LiMo or Openmoko or Qt
In June 2008, Nokia made its first big move to turn around the platform, and announced that it was acquiring Symbian, with the intent of turning the OS into an open source project. Two years later, the move to open…
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Apple's supply problem
With the iPad still unavailable three months after its launch and with only 1.7 million iPhones available for purchase in the first three days, Apple’s inability to meet demand is surfacing as its most immediate and…
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Kin(dling)
Verizon slashes Microsoft Kin phone prices • The Register. My guess is that Microsoft’s business model for the Kin was always to share revenues for Kin data plans. Trouble is that users won’t pay high monthly fees for…
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iPad still sold out three months post-launch
With the recent iPhone 4 launch the media spotlight has faded on the iPad. However, the iPad is still missing in action at many (most? all?) Apple stores. I called four stores in the Boston area and they are only…
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Asymco estimates for Apple's third fiscal quarter
The third fiscal quarter is at an end and it’s time to estimate performance. Andy Zaky has kicked off earnings season with his detailed accounting of what could be a $63.5 billion year for Apple. I put forward below my…
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Android is a BlackBerry killer
Much has been made of the potential for Android to reduce the growth of iPhone. The iPhone seems to be doing very well and continuing to be supply rather than demand constrained. RIM however seems to be under significant…
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Microsoft's 7 Mobile Operating Systems
Adding this all up, Microsoft has several mobile OS products in various stages of production, including As ZD blogger Mary Jo Foley noted recently, this fact is somewhat amusing in the wake of Microsoft CEO Steve…