Interesting view in Forbes on the impact of 99$ HP TouchPad on the iPad future: “Why The Undead $99 TouchPad Might Portend The iPad’s Doom” However I can not really share the analysis and conclusion. Clearly the 99$ sale of the remaining TouchPads, which HP announced…
iMessage + Facetime = Skype ?
One of the more suprising announcements in Apple’s WWDC keynote was iMessage in iOS5. Besides the already mentioned fact that the operators will not like this replacement of their SMS services, especially as it seems to be seamlessly switching between…
iNFC
The new iPad will have cameras (front- and/or rear-facing), higher resolution (or not), it will be using carbon-fiber or still a unibody and it will support NFC or Near-Field-Communication. So the rumors go. And NFC is also rumored to be part…
Who owns the customer ?
Again and again I come across remarks about the fight for “who owns the customer”. Especially in the telecommunications industry there is a lengthy debate about this with regards to telecommunication operators, device manufacturers, Internet companies, content owners. My first point is that…
State of the RIM address
Just want to point you to this really great analysis of today’s Research-in-Motion / Blackberry business facing the iPhone and Android competition. Michael Mace does an excellent job in putting the business essentials together and not only looking at design…
Nokia – Apple – Hardware – Software
Over at daringfireball John Gruber has an interesting piece on the challenges Nokia and especially their new CEO is facing. The main conclusion is that Nokia today is a Hardware company that needs to turn into a Software company in…
#momoMUC: some thoughts on yesterday’s Mobile Monday Munich
We had a very hot mobile monday yesterday with a perfect line-up of speakers and presentations as it turned out afterwards. Here are my personal thoughts and takes on this. Thomas Aidan Curran, CTO Software, Deutsche Telekom opened with a view…
Push Notifications: Amazon, Apple and Android moving forward
Amazon just announced and released the next service on their Web Services / Cloud Service for Notifications (Amazon SNS), giving applications http- or email-notifications for free (up to a limit). At the recent keynote announcing the new iPhone OS 4…
Google meets the Telco Industry
Today I found time to watch the complete recording of Eric Schmidt’s (CEO of Google) appearance at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February. Already commented heavily as “Google got the heat from Telco” (here) I was surprised to see that in…
The collapse of organisation: awesome must read
Just came across this outstanding analysis of Clay Shirky. It covers many interesting aspects of how the Internet effects traditional, complex business models. He compares business models with old cultures (e.g. Mayas, Romans) and uses the theories of Joseph Tainter about…