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A game of ecosystems: Crashing the Android party

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Sep 13, 20114 min read

Platform wars

A game of ecosystems: Crashing the Android party

[In a game of ecosystems, it it possible to bend the rules? Research Director Andreas Constantinou examines the few technologies that can...

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

admin81073

Apr 17, 20115 min read

Platform wars

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....

RIM: a leap ahead in user experience, but can it execute?

admin81073

Jan 9, 20116 min read

Platform wars

RIM: a leap ahead in user experience, but can it execute?

[RIM’s acquisition of UI firm TAT marked the largest mobile software M&A of 2010. Research Director Andreas Constantinou explains why the...

BlackBerry: A Dual Personality Disorder?

admin81073

Nov 15, 20105 min read

Platform wars

BlackBerry: A Dual Personality Disorder?

[RIM is torn between two very different market segments: Enterprise mobile messaging and text-addicted consumers. Amidst troubling signs...

Windows Phone 7: Tipping the Scales of the Smartphone Market

admin81073

Sep 27, 20107 min read

Platform wars

Windows Phone 7: Tipping the Scales of the Smartphone Market

[Windows Phone 7 has the potential to redraw the smartphone competitive landscape and accelerate the evolution of the mobile value-chain....

Remapping the handset OEM landscape: squeezed in between a rock and a hard place

admin81073

Jul 26, 20107 min read

Business Models and Strategy

Remapping the handset OEM landscape: squeezed in between a rock and a hard place

[In a race for profits, the mobile industry finds itself squeezed between vertically integrated players like Apple and horizontal players...

Developer Economics 2010: The Role of Networks in a Developer World

admin81073

Jul 20, 20106 min read

Developer Research

Developer Economics 2010: The Role of Networks in a Developer World

[In the final part of our series on our latest research – Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond – Telefonica’s James Parton...

Mobile Developer Economics: The Building Blocks of Mobile Applications

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Jul 16, 20105 min read

Apps and app stores

Mobile Developer Economics: The Building Blocks of Mobile Applications

[In part 3 of the 4-part series on our latest research – Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond – guest author Tor BjÃ¶rn Minde takes...

Mobile Developer Economics: Taking Applications to Market

admin81073

Jul 13, 201010 min read

Apps and app stores

Mobile Developer Economics: Taking Applications to Market

[In part 2 of the 4-part series on our latest research – Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond – Andreas Constantinou looks at how...

Mobile Developer Economics 2010: The migration of developer mindshare

admin81073

Jul 5, 20105 min read

Developer Research

Mobile Developer Economics 2010: The migration of developer mindshare

[In part 1 of the 4-part series on our latest research – Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond – Andreas Constantinou looks at the...

Lead, innovate or assemble: three choices for handset OEMs as mobile starts to look like the PC indu

admin81073

Jun 3, 20104 min read

Business Models and Strategy

Lead, innovate or assemble: three choices for handset OEMs as mobile starts to look like the PC indu

[Android has triggered more changes to the mobile industry than anyone had imagined. Research Director, Andreas Constantinou looks at the...

An X-ray of Mobile Software: The 11 vital organs of mobile

admin81073

May 17, 201010 min read

Platform wars

An X-ray of Mobile Software: The 11 vital organs of mobile

[Sales of mobile phones remain healthy, but can the same be said of the software designed for them? Guest author Morten Grauballe offers...

The Wintel future for mobile: a wake up call for network operators

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Mar 8, 20106 min read

Business Models and Strategy

The Wintel future for mobile: a wake up call for network operators

[The PC-esque commodisation of the mobile industry has been prophesied many times before, but never before has it become so lucidly...

Demolition Derby in Devices: The roller-coaster ride is on

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Feb 26, 20104 min read

Mobile Trends

Demolition Derby in Devices: The roller-coaster ride is on

[The economic realities will lead to a roller-coaster ride that will shake up the mobile industry. Guest blogger Richard Kramer talks...

Behind the Smartphone Craze: redrawing the map of mobile platforms

admin81073

Jan 24, 20108 min read

Platform wars

Behind the Smartphone Craze: redrawing the map of mobile platforms

[Thought Android and iPhone are taking over the world? Think again. The device platforms map is more fragmented than ever, while the...

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