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Linux client market share gains outside the Android? Instead of gains will it shrink to 5% in the next 3 years?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Nacsa Sándor

The Linux Foudation quite proundly referred to ReadWriteMobile: The ‘Year of the Linux Desktop’? That’s So 2012 [Feb 3, 2013] For those Linux enthusiasts still pining for the mythical “Year of the Linux Desktop,” the wait is over. In fact, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, consumer computing, consumer devices, notebooks, smartphones, tablets | Tagged Allwinner, Android, Apple, China, client market share, clients, emerging markets, entry-level tablets, Goldman Sachs, Google, Google Glass, Greater China, HTC, iPad, iPhone, Linux, mainland China, mainstream standard, mainstream tablets, Marvell, Microsoft, non-iPad vendors, Onda, OS, quad core, Rockchip, Samsung, SoC market, SoC vendors, Taiwan, Tim Cook, touch panel market, touch panels, Ubuntu, white-box vendors | 1 Comment

Boosting both the commodity and premium brand markets in 2013 with much more smartphones and tablets while the Windows notebook shipments will shrink by 2%

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

This is my conclusion after reviewing The ongoing trends in the commodity and premium brand ecosystems of Android devices: – Smartphones- Tablets and The emerging new trends in the premium ecosystem of the Windows devices:- Notebooks – Smartphones as reported … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, notebooks, smartphones, tablets | Tagged 2013 ICT market, 2013 market, Acer, Alibaba, Aliyun, Allwinner, Amazon, Android, Android devices, Android smartphones, Android tablets, Apple, Asustek, branded Android tablets, China market, commodity, commodity markets, Compal, Coolpad, Dell, Digitimes, Digitimes Research, ecosystems, FIH, Flextronics, Foxconn, Gartner, global tablet shipments, Google, Haier, Hewlett-Packard, HTC, Huawei, IDC, iPad, iPhone, Lenovo, LG, major brands, market forecasts, market shares, Microsoft PixelSense, Microsoft Surface, Motorola, Nexus 10, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, notebooks, ODMs, OEMs, Oppo, PC brands, PC replacement, Pegatron Technology, premium brand markets, premium brands, price points, profits, Quanta, Rockchip, Samsung, smartphones, Tablets, Taiwan makers, Toshiba, trends, white-box tablets, Window Phone, Windows 8, Windows notebooks, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.8, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT, Wistron, Xiaomi, ZTE | 5 Comments

Entrepreneurial global brand building by the founder of the Chinese aigo [爱国者] company: a desparate attempt to avoid the death march of ruthless competition at home

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

What happens when you were immensely successful in the pre-iPhone/Android and pre-iPad era of digital products and you were not able to recognize the fundamental change which was coming? What happens when in addition to that your playing ground for … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, tablets | Tagged 1+1=11, AEA, aigo, Aigo Digital Technology, aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance, Aigopad, alliances, Android, Apple, business alliances, Chinese chess, 爱国者, Entrepreneurship, Feng Jun, global brands, global competition, global market, innovation, iPad, iPhone, local Chinese brands, Mahjong, mainland China, mainland China competition, Zhongguancun | 3 Comments

The low priced, Android based smartphones of China will change the global market

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

During the 12 months or so China took over the overall leading market role for smartphones from the key markets considered to be in the lead: US, Australia, Brazil, Great Britain (GB), Germany, France, Italy and Spain. An even more … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, Geopolitics, smartphones | Tagged Alibaba Group, Analysys International, Android, Apple, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Baidu, Brazil, Canalys, China, commoditization, commoditization of smartphones, Coolpad, devices and services, France, GB, Germany, Gionee, global market, Google, Gordon Frazer, Great Britain, HTC, Huawei, IDC, IHS iSuppli, India, iOS, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, Italy, K-Touch, Kantar, Latin America, lead market, Lenovo, low-end, Meizu Technology, Mexico, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Oppo, price, price tier, Ralph Haupter, RIM, Russia, Samsung, Shanda Interactive, smartphones, Spain, Symbian, United States, US, Windows Phone 8, Xiaomi, ZTE | 7 Comments

Apple’s Consumer Computing System: 5 years of “revolutionary” iPhone and “magical” iPad

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Updates: The real threat that Samsung poses to Apple [ASYMCO, Dec 7, 2012] - iPhone 3GS Prices Lowered Down To Rs 9,999 [US$ 179] in India [iPhone Help, July 20, 2012] - Fighting Android, The Apple iPhone Strategy [Only Gizmos, July 21, 2012] There … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, smartphones, tablets | Tagged 3d gen iPad, 3d generation iPad, App Store, Apple, Apple iPhone, Apple TV, consumer computing, consumers, education, iBooks, iBookstore, iCloud, iOS, iOS 5, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone, iPhone 3G S, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch, iTunes, iTunes Everywhere, iTunes in the Cloud, iTunes Match, iTunes Player, iTunes Store, iTunes U, new iPad, Retina, Retina display, Safari, Volume Purchase Program, volume purchasing, web apps | 3 Comments

Nokia under transition (as reported by the company)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Nacsa Sándor

Note and updates: stock price is up 3.17% as per above (those numbers are in US$) – see more: Nokia trying the first Lumia month in China with China Telecom exclusive [March 28, 2012] - Nokia seeks to retake China market share [Reuters, March … Continue reading →

Posted in "smart" feature phones, consumer devices, Mobile Internet, smartphones, tablets, Uncategorized | Tagged Accenture, advertising platforms, advertising services, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs, Android, Apple, application store, Asia, Asia-Pacific, automotive, billing platforms, Bing search service, Blackberry OS, broadband optimization, business model, Canada, carriers, China, churn, Cisco, Competition, component suppliers, consumer proposition, counterfeit products, Customer Experience Management, Customer Experience Management (Nokia-Siemens Networks), data plan, data traffic, developed markets, Devices & Services business (Nokia), Devices & Services Other (Nokia), digital map, distribution, distribution network, dual SIM, ecosystem, emerging markets, employee reductions, Ericsson, Europe, execution, feature phones, future technology disruptions, Google, handset vendors, hardware design, HP, Huawei, IBM, imagery, India, innovation, Intellectual Property, Intelligent Sensor Network, Internet companies, iOS, iPhone, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Licensing, Liquid Core, Liquid Net, Liquid Radio, Liquid Transport, Location & Commerce business (Nokia), location-based services, Lumia, managed services, manufacturing, mapping services, market conditions, MeeGo, Microsoft, Microsoft partnership, Middle East and Africa, mobile device industry, Mobile Devices, mobile networks, Mobile Phones (Nokia), monetization models, Motorola Solutions, navigation, navigation services, NAVTEQ, NEC, network architecture, network infrastructure, network management, new revenue streams, Nokia, Nokia Asha, Nokia Lumia, Nokia Maps, Nokia Siemens Networks, non-manufacturing patent licensing entities, Open Street Map, operational structure, operator billing, operator-driven distribution, operators, Oracle, outsourcing, patent portfolio, Patents, personal navigation device, platform support payment, price erosion, price pressure, pricing, product and sales package customization, product assembly, product development, product differentiation, profit margins, profitable growth, research, Research in Motion, restructuring, RIM, sensors, Series 40, smart devices, Smart Devices (Nokia), smartphones, social media, software expertise, software royalty, sourcing models, strategy, subscriber growth, Symbian, telecommunications infrastructure, TomTom, transition, trends, United States, unlicensed products, User Experience, value-added services, Vertu, visual media, war of ecosystems, Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone, wireless broadband, wireless carriers, ZTE | 6 Comments

China becoming the lead market for mobile Internet in 2012/13

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Update: China government not expected to issue TD-LTE operating license for the time being [Jan 16, 2012] While China Mobile has been actively promoting TD-LTE, the China government is not expected to issue a TD-LTE operating license to China Mobile … Continue reading →

Posted in Geopolitics, Mobile Internet, smartphones, tablets | Tagged 3G, 4G, Apple, China, China Mobile, China Mobile Terminal Co Ltd, China Unicom, Clearwire, cloud client, FDD LTE, Global TD-LTE Initiative, GSMA, GTI, iPhone, MIIT, Multi-mode 3G/4G SoC, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA, WiMAX | 9 Comments

Gartner: media tablets are the new segment next to mobile PCs and desktops, as well as web- and app-capable mobile phones

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Between March 30 and April 13 Gartner delivered quite new research on the IT spending forecasts till the year 2015. This presents a radically changed market outlook best viewed via the following April 5 Gartner webinar slide (warning: Gartner distinguishes … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, HTML5 et al, smartphones, tablets | Tagged Acer, Amazon, Android, Android Market, App Store, Apple, Apple App Store, Blackberry, Blackberry Playbook, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Curated App Store, Dell, Desktop PCs, Gartner, HP, HTML5, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Lenovo, media tablets, MeeGo, Microsoft, Mobile PCs, Nokia, PC, Playbook, QNX, RIM, slates, smartphones, Symbian, Tablets, Toshiba, WebOS, Windows 7, Windows 7 [Phone / Embedded / Handheld], Windows Phone 7 | 1 Comment

Be aware of ZTE et al. and white-box (Shanzhai) vendors: Wake up call now for Nokia, soon for Microsoft, Intel, RIM and even Apple!

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Nacsa Sándor

Update as of August 10, 2012: After acquiring the Qt commercial licensing business in March 2011 from Nokia, the Helsinki based, ~1000 people strong Digia, with 2011 sales of 121.9 million Euro, yesterday acquired all the rest of the Qt … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones, SoC | Tagged 14 nanometers, 2.5G, 2.75G, 22 nanometers, 2G, 3G, 40nm, 65nm, Alcatel, Android, Apple, Asian Telecom, Bing, Blackberry, Borqs, Broadcom, China, cloud client, Computers and Internet, DBTel, Digitimes, Digitimes Research, EDGE, Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics, Gartner, GFive, Gionee, GLX, Google, GPRS, Gsmart, HSPA+, HTC, Huawei, i-Mobile, IDC, IE9, India, Intel, Internet Explorer, iPhone, iSuppli, K-Touch, Karbonn, Kinect, KingTech Telecom, Konka, Leadcore, Leadcore Technology, Lenovo, LG, LG Electronics, LTE-Advanced, Marvell, MediaTek, MeeGo, Micromax, Microsoft, MIIT, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Motorola, MStar, NAVTEQ, Nexian, Ningbo Bird, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, open systems, Ovi, Qt, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, RIM, Rockchip, Samsung, Shanzai, Shanzhai, SoC, Spice, Spreadtrum, ST-Ericsson, Symbian, Taiwan, TCL, Thundersoft, TSMC, UX, Victor Infotech, WCDMA, white-box vendors, WiMAX, Windows 7 [Phone / Embedded / Handheld], Windows Phone 7, WirelessMAN-Advanced, WP7, Xbox, Xuntong Antian, Yuhua, Yuhua Teltech, Zerone group, Zoom Technologies, ZTE | 19 Comments

HTC: the most promising ICT brand in Taiwan

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Nacsa Sándor

Major updates: HTC expects business performance to bottom out in 1Q12 [Feb 7, 2012] Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC expects its business operation in the first quarter of 2012 to bottom out due to a decreased average selling price along with … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, smartphones | Tagged Android, Apple, China, cloud client, Computers and Internet, EMS, HTC, iPhone, Market Value, MediaTek, Nokia, ODM, Taiwan, Windows Phone 7 | 2 Comments

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Boosting both the commodity and premium brand markets in 2013 with much more smartphones and tablets while the Windows notebook shipments will shrink by 2%

Entrepreneurial global brand building by the founder of the Chinese aigo [爱国者] company: a desparate attempt to avoid the death march of ruthless competition at home

The low priced, Android based smartphones of China will change the global market

Apple’s Consumer Computing System: 5 years of “revolutionary” iPhone and “magical” iPad

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