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10 Reasons Why RIM Won’t Die
It has been fun to kick RIM. Text book example of why incumbents get disrupted/ RIM owned/invented email on a mobile phone. They invented the smartphone. We used to call…
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Industry Update
The iPhone and iPad have broken more records than the iPod did CDs. Microsoft buying Skype was a game changer, but the new game remains a mystery. Here is the…
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“Open” Android’s Closed Box Office
Interesting situation developed this week. Android Central reported that Google’s Android App for movie rentals won’t work on rooted phones. This decision by Google, “due to requirements related to copyright…
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Defending Avaya
Avaya sure looks stupid, their desktop video device is the most expensive tablet on the market. But armchair quarterbacks don’t always see the whole game. Eric Krapf in I’m With…
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A Tale of Two Phones
There is a common tiresome discussion about iPhone vs. Android. This is not that. This is a discussion of Android vs. Android. My household has now purchased a total of…
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My gRIM Prediction
I’ve always liked RIM. I remember being in a meeting where everyone had a Blackberry and I had a Sidekick – I think that was when my feelings of inadequacy…
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Is That a Phone in Your Pocket, or
Are you just glad to UC me? T-Mobile launched the MyTouch 4G phone this week. Yet another Android phone is hardly newsworthy, but this one caught my attention. It has…
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Telecomputer Android IP Phone
At the recent LA ITExpo conference, a StartupCamp event roasted five young companies and audience participants were given the opportunity to “invest” in the firms of their choice. The darling…
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About Dave
Dave is a self-proclaimed Tele-communications Contemplator. Most industry professionals gravitate toward the role of Analyst, Consultant or Journalist, but Dave blends all three as a professional Contemplator. Learn more →.
Microsoft Has a New Phone
Today’s, and probably this week’s, RSS clogger is news around the new Microsoft mobile phone. I think it is great that Microsoft has a new phone – it needed one….
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ADVDwAFE
In my world of communications and technology, there are three orgasmic topics that are guaranteed to get attention: Android and the next mobile device. New devices are being rumored weekly…
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Why Tethering (Thus Rooting) Is the Killer App
Tethering is a very clever notion. It means the cell phone can act like a Mi-Fi. It combines its wireless Internet connectivity with its Wi-Fi connectivity and turns a smartphone…
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Where did T-Mobile Go?
I try not to get hung up on the carriers – they are or at least should be, dumb pipes. Though if there is any carrier I have any loyalty…
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APPL: I’ll Buy That For a Dollar
Last week, the web was abuzz with Apple’s market cap being greater than Microsoft’s. In a nutshell, my how times have changed. Market capitalization is the theoretical value of a…
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The Nexus One Failure?
Is the Nexus One a Failure? Certainly a number of news outlets think so. Easy conclusion, didn’t sell much and two major carriers are rejecting it. But wait there is…
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Long Distance Choice is Back (Mobile)
U.S. cell phone users rarely complain about the cost of long distance because its hidden. Rather than charge extra for long distance, they simply charge equally for all domestic calls…
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iNatives are Getting Restless (Against AT&T)
Grass roots rebellions in the telecom world are rare. Normally, when service is an issue people just switch carriers (at least since divestiture). But cell phones are far too emotional…
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Droided: After a Long Detour Around the iPhone
The Droid is the best phone I have owned. I’ve been using an MS Mobile phone (Tmo Dash) for about 3 years. It was the best phone I ever owned…
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Carriers are Blowing it with Android
The wireless carriers are making a big mistake with Android phones – they are requiring they be purchased with data plans. I can see their (flawed) logic. What they really…
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VoiceCon – Clear Signaling and No Jitter
This week is VoiceCon-SFO. This event is fueling a number of upcoming posts. But let me just share a few observations. First off, VoiceCon always exceeds my expectations. This year…
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The Android Anigma
The HitchHiker’s guide to the Galaxy described the Earth this way: …an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape- descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still…
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