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Motorola’s Droid Sales ‘Troubling,’ Analyst Says

Published in November 24th, 2009
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
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Let me do the math: If Moto sold 100k units on the opening weekend (2.5 days), we know that they got 10% of opening weekend sales for both iPhone 3G and 3G(S). But what should trouble those who care is that iPhone outsold Droid on the very same Droid opening weekend. Consider that last quarter [...]

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Samsung to abandon Windows Mobile for Android? | Electronista

Published in November 23rd, 2009
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
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This prediction says that WinMo and Symbian are out at Samsung. Not a big surprise there. The real news is some new “proprietary” OS is to take a majority share of the portfolio moving Android out of the picture gradually after 2011. You will infer from my previous comments that the reason any deep pocketed [...]

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App Storage on Droid

Published in November 20th, 2009
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
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The Motorola Droid will be the most powerful Android phone to date when it launches on November 6, 2009. However, the device still features the same shortcomings of all other Android phones. The Droid ships with a 512 MB ROM which contains only 256 MB available for app storage. Google does not support installing apps [...]

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Expanding on the Importance of Apple’s Integrated Approach

Published in November 3rd, 2009
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
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Any judgement on comparing Apple’s app store strategic positioning versus its competition requires a broader view of the product and market. The new “mobile computing” use case that smartphones try to serve is not going to be satisfied with solutions that are built from modular components.  The reason is simple: as the solutions are not [...]

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Nokia Sells Beer, Apple and RIM own Night Clubs

Published in April 8th, 2008
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Digital Thoughts
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Nokia is probably going to announce yet another stellar quarter on April 17 – unique in the industry where their traditional competition seems to fail – most notably Motorola.  Their 40% market share, a well-oiled product design and manufacturing machine and a $3.6 billion marketing budget will keep them executing well in the direction they [...]

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MEOW! Mobile Entertainment Opportunity Watch #2, 2006

Published in April 17th, 2006
Posted by ChairmanMEOW! in Archived Content
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The winter has passed fast living in the ‘fast lane’ with the mobile industry doing extremely well. Hopefully the young ones will believe me when I say that this all will come to an end at some point. Cycles have not gone anywhere, they still exist. Wise are those who are holding a sustainable job [...]

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MEOW! Mobile Entertainment Opportunity Watch #1, 2006

Published in February 9th, 2006
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The New Year is starting with a bang and many of us are gearing up for a successful 3GSM in Barcelona next week. The glacier is starting to finally melt and there are some major new technologies and application areas starting to take off. Many of those were invented in the late 90s when I [...]

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MEOW! Mobile Entertainment Opportunity Watch #10, 2005

Published in December 29th, 2005
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It was in November 2005 – I was at a bar in Kiev, Ukraine. I am on a business trip in a land of Bentleys and a missing middle-class. Around 2am a young lady sitting at the bar looks at me between puffs from her waterpipe and clearly wants to say something. I approach her [...]

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