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The 3 key Apple Watch features that nobody talks about. Yet.

[If Apple wants to create a new, large product category out of smart watches, they need to create mass-market demand for their new...

The trillion dollar choice for car makers: control or cooperate?

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Jul 9, 20148 min read

The trillion dollar choice for car makers: control or cooperate?

[Will the car become little more than a smartphone accessory on wheels? This question is highly relevant after the recent CarPlay and...

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Jun 26, 20146 min read

Who will be the iOS and Android of IoT?

[Put together, the announcements at Google I/O and from Apple, Samsung, Nest, Quirky and others in the past weeks paint a crystal clear...

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Jun 6, 20144 min read

iOS 8 – Apple’s Hidden Agenda

It’s abundantly clear from WWDC announcements that Apple is working hard to lock users into the system by combining devices into one...

To understand Beats you need to understand Lady Gaga

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May 29, 20146 min read

To understand Beats you need to understand Lady Gaga

The news are finally out — Apple is buying Beats for 3 Billion Dollars. Headphone sales? Music streaming service? Wearables? Music label...

From 4 to 4000 apps: disruption deja-vu in the car industry?

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Apr 14, 20143 min read

From 4 to 4000 apps: disruption deja-vu in the car industry?

[What if cars were like mobile phones? There are some eerie similarities between the approaches of car makers in 2014, and operators and...

The evolution of handset business models: From source of profits to distribution channel

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Aug 5, 20137 min read

The evolution of handset business models: From source of profits to distribution channel

The evolution of the PC and mobile handset industry have been mirror images of each other, as both saw two distinct disruptions: a new...

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Jun 17, 20133 min read

Profits are Life Blood

[Is profit share overrated as a measure of company viability? Guest author Jay Goldberg takes a contrasting viewpoint to our recent...

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Jun 5, 20135 min read

Apple & Samsung's "Profit Share" Trap

[Are the smartphone wars about profit share or market share? Guest author Sameer Singh argues that the case for profit is fundamentally...

The Xiaomi Tribe: New hope for handset makers?

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Jan 16, 20136 min read

The Xiaomi Tribe: New hope for handset makers?

[Chinese handset maker entrant Xiaomi is putting itself in the spotlight with impressive first year sales and innovation across hardware,...

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Dec 19, 20126 min read

Apps and app stores

The changing landscape of app discovery

[The explosive growth of app ecosystems is creating serious bottlenecks in app discovery that only popular apps can overcome. Having 700...

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Dec 5, 20127 min read

The Apple and Samsung Profit Recipe

[Apple and Samsung are sucking the oxygen out of the room. What’s the recipe of their profits and why are all the other OEMs struggling?...

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Sep 10, 20124 min read

The Kindelization of Tablets – Part 1

[Did you think that the Kindle Fire and the iPad are in direct competition? Think again! VisionMobile Product Manager, Stijn Schuermans,...

The yellow brick road of app store monetisation

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Jul 31, 20125 min read

Apps and app stores

The yellow brick road of app store monetisation

[Apple and Google dominate the app store game – but only in terms of size. Senior Analyst Andreas Pappas discusses the key success...

Beyond Siri: Breaking down the Virtual Assistant market

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Jun 8, 20123 min read

Mobile Trends

Beyond Siri: Breaking down the Virtual Assistant market

[Helped by Apple’s successful launch of its Siri technology in 2011, voice-activated mobile virtual assistants (VAs) have crossed the...

The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments

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Nov 2, 20115 min read

The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments

[The era of smartphones is upon us, as penetration increases from 11% in 2008 to over 25% in 2011. But what of the remaining three...

Discovery kills distribution: why the web needs a new leader

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Sep 29, 20114 min read

Discovery kills distribution: why the web needs a new leader

[Apple and Google have locked app discovery and distribution within their app stores. VisionMobile’s Andreas Constantinou explains how...

The mobile services landscape: Can OEMs compete with platform vendors?

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Apr 17, 20115 min read

The mobile services landscape: Can OEMs compete with platform vendors?

[Growing competition and price pressures push handset makers to seek new ways to differentiate. This increasingly means services....

The Android UI Dilemma: Unify or Differentiate?

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Oct 31, 20105 min read