Category: iOS
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Android, Apple, China, Components, Google, iOS, Mobile OS, Qualcomm, Roll Your Own, Silicon, Strategy, Wireless
2021 State of the Mobile Baseband
2021 State of the Mobile Baseband – Apple’s share gains, its leading Apps Processor, and growing pricing pressure for Android phones risks creating a vicious cycle for Qualcomm.
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Could? Should? Would? – Mobile OS
Could? Should? Would? – In which we totally make up a scenario in which mobile operating systems get better.
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Android, Appconomy, Apple, Components, Home Networking, iOS, IoT, Mobile OS, Mobile Web, Multiverse, Net Neutrality, Networking, Qualcomm, Silicon, Strategy, WirelessAnarchy in the OS – Revisited
Anarchy in the OS – Revisited – The way we think of computers has changed. The days of compatibility and common operating systems are over. Low cost hardware and bandwidth will fragment…
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This is why we can’t have nice things
Recently, a friend of ours at the Haas School of Business asked us to review a case study he was preparing to analyze the poor level of profits that handset makers suffer.…
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Why is no one investing in games?
Traditional ventures have some good reasons for shunning investing in games, but that leaves a big blind spot for someone else to fill.
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Intel has 1,000 people working on a chip for iPhone? Of course they do
Late last week Venture Beat reported that “Intel has 1,000 people working on chips for the iPhone.” This prompted a bunch of inbound e-mails and a Twitter conversation. After a few back-and-forths,…
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Why Did Apple Launch the Upgrade Program? Apple Care is a big part of the answer
Executive Summary: This post went a little out of hand on me, so I want to sum it up here. Why did Apple launch its upgrade plan? My best guess is that…
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The Global Handset Industry is set for Self-Destruct
If a person does the same thing over and over again, each time expecting a different outcome, we call that insanity. If dozens of companies in a multi-billion dollar market do it,…
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The App Store needs a Refresh
There is an interesting post from Marco Arment today on “App Rot”. In it he takes a look at App Store economics. Like many people before, he points out that the structure…
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Coming of age in mobile. Yahoo buys Flurry
I wanted to comment briefly on the news that Yahoo! has acquired Flurry. This a turning point, or a milestone. A marker of some sort. The End of the Beginning of Mobile,…
