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By one estimate (Gartner), about 81% of apps downloaded today are free. The way free apps are able to generate revenue is through advertising. 16 percent of application store markets’ $5.2 billion revenue was generated…
Michael DeGusta created beautiful and informative charts on how The Newspaper Business Implodes. With charts, he also told the story of how the recorded music industry followed a similar path: He writes: As in the music…
Microsoft just declared the Zune end of life. This makes it a good time to look back to some notable episodes in the evolution of digital media distribution. First, an episode from 1997: During two days on the stand,…
Until very recently, we believed our competitive position in smartphones could be improved with Symbian, as well as MeeGo, and our strategy based on those platforms. We are now of the view, however, that for the longer…
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer argues that the tablet computers (aka slates, media tablets or iPads) are PCs. Steve Jobs argues that they are post-PC devices. There are analogies to trucks, cars and various metaphors for what…
Demonstrating the value of openness and broad support from partners: In terms of openness and broad support we’ve done very well… Literally available on over 150 different handsets. It’s available from over one hundred…
The announcement of $2 billion total for App store payments to developers did not come as a surprise. On January 22nd Apple reached 10 billion total apps downloaded. From that figure and an earlier derivation of the…
Who is Winning the U.S. Smartphone Battle? | Nielsen Wire. This is a great chart from Nielsen showing the split in manufacturer share by OS in US installed base. What I consider significant is how the modular software…
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…