Posts in Devices
Musings on my next personal phone & contract
Although I've usually got a couple of spare devices around, and occasionally play with new ones to get a feel for things, I don't tend to chop & change, and I don't review handsets. Up until two years ago, I had separate voice/SMS/camera and email/data-centric devices, but I've switched to a single-device approach since then. More...
WiFi neutrality vs. the OMA
Deciphering the Orange Sosh proposition
I'm a bit confused by the press release though - it's not obvious that the 2-hour, 5-hour or 24/7 product names refer to telephony minutes, or data time allowed online. There is a reference to "All of the Sosh offers are commitment-free, and they give users access to all of their content and digital services, including social networks, videos, e-mail, internet and VoIP." ... but I'm not sure how that squares with 2/5 hours. More...
Baidu-droid; Samsung 'no to WebOS'; Amazon Kindle tablet; Apple iCloud design - Telco 2.0 News Review
- Mobile Platforms: Baidu forks Android, Samsung says no to WebOS
- Devices: Amazon Kindle tablet is here - not very much like a Kindle though
- Online Video: Apple iCloud - it's download not streaming
- Customer Data 2.0: Telefonica sold 190 million subs' data to Santander
- Cloud Computing: Google App Engine shock pricing row storm
[Ed. Welcome back if this is your first week in the office after the summer holidays - here are the top two Key Telco 2.0 items to note. 1. This week is your last chance to input to our Apple, Google, Facebook, Skype and Amazon research. We'll send you the survey results and a special deal on the report when it's out if you do. More...
Why Media Tablet and eReader Demand Will Coexist
Now, as the reality sets in, opinions have evolved. While the tablet market’s growth has had some impact on expected e-reader shipments worldwide, the two devices are inherently different. Each device segment targets a different type of consumer.
Standalone e-reader devices target the avid book and periodical readers -- to whom the reading experience is central -- while tablets are targeted towards those consumers who prefer a richer multimedia consumption experience. More...
Steve Jobs reaction in full; HP frenzy; Samsung speculation; and 'federated cloud' - Telco 2.0 News Review
- Strategy & Finance: Steve Jobs bows out: full coverage
- Devices: HP TouchPads revived by fire-sale, chaos reigns
- Developer Communities: Samsung: launches instant messaging, buying WebOS?
- Broadband Connectivity: NBN held up by regulatory ruck
- Cloud Computing: A sensible proposal for cloud federation
- The Sixth Bullet: Burning Man 2011 - OpenBTS deploys Tropo voice apps platform
[Ed. In preparation for our next big report we're after your input on Apple, Google, Facebook, Skype and Amazon here. We'll send you the survey results and a deal on the report when it's out if you do. More...
China Mobile's awesome No.s; the 'HP-ocalypse'; Apple turns bear? - Telco 2.0 News Review
- Strategy & Finance: China Mobile: 7.4 million iPhones and no contract with Apple (yet)
- Technology Disruptions: HP cans TouchPad, Symbian-ises WebOS, sells PC business
- Devices: Apple, HTC cut chip orders as Recession 2.0 approaches
- Online Video: Fascinating report from Akamai
- Voice 2.0: New Walkman phone with "annoy dad" button, Skype camera
[Ed. After last week's coverage on Google/Motorola, have your say via our 2 minute survey here. Why did they do it, and who is it good/bad for? We'll publish the results next week. Also, August is often a great time for diary maintenance, so why not pencil in our next Brainstorms in New York (5th-6th October) and London (9th-10th November) run in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.]
China Mobile reported that it has 622 million subscribers at the end of the quarter. More...
Vodafone zero-rating Facebook traffic on its new FB-specific device?
Most interesting thing I saw was a display for its new HTC ChaCha phone and plan. The phone itself is a small touchscreen + QWERTY device which has a dedicated Facebook button and branding. The point-of-sale material contains the phrase "An extra 250MB of free UK data for Facebook".
Now the interesting question is exactly what that means, and how that policy is constructed / enforced. Is it an "application-specific" charging mechanism, or perhaps more "device-specific", similar to a BlackBerry plan?
Some supporting evidence comes from the brochure. More...
A volte-face – Apple should start selling TVs
Apple has just reported yet another record quarter. As a company it is experiencing revenue growth rarely seen in any sector. Looking at its financials closely reveals that the company that once built its reputation as a computer manufacturer is now, for all intents and purposes, a mobile device manufacturer. It is striking that desktops now only account for about 5% of all of Apple’s revenues. But the continued success of all these mobile devices only serves to highlight where Apple is so very weak – the living room.
There has been a great deal of speculation about whether Apple will develop its own TV to compete with Samsung, LG et al. More...
Why Consumers in China Will Respond to Mobile Ads
This perhaps counters the conventional thinking that consumer response to mobile advertising -- and the use of mobile devices for financial transactions -- are limited to the mature North American and European markets.
ABI's online survey of 1,000 Chinese consumers was conducted in March-April 2011. Note, however, that given the online approach to the survey, the sample is entirely drawn from the technology-enabled part of the Chinese population. More...
