Archive for the ‘Mobile’ Category
Intrebarea diminetii
joi, martie 14th, 2013Intrebarea diminetii dupa plecarea lui Andy Rubin de la conducerea Android si preluarea jobului de catre Sundar Pichai, cel care coordoneaza Chrome OS:
Ati dat aproape 13 miliarde USD pe Motorola ca sa protejati Androidul inainte de a-l ingropa in Chrome OS?
Mobilio Awards 2013
miercuri, martie 13th, 2013De astazi pana pe 27 martie va puteti inscrie aplicatiile mobile pentru premiile Mobilio ’13, premii ce vor fi acordate in cadrul evenimentului ZF Mobilio ’13. Pe membrii juriului ii gasiti aici, iar mai multe detalii aici. Succes!
It’s marketing, stupid!
marți, martie 12th, 2013Cheltuielile de marketing, telefoane mobile, piata din SUA, 2012:
Samsung – $401 milioane
Apple – $333 milioane
Blackberry – $39 milioane
Nokia – $21 milioane
Sursa o voi posta maine dimineata, e un tweet, mai greu cu embedul pe iPad :)
Motivul pentru care Google se teme de Samsung
marți, martie 12th, 2013Google se teme de Samsung, nu doar pentru ca Samsung = 40% din vanzarile smartphone-urilor cu Android ci si pentru ambitiile pe care producatorul coreean le are pe entertainment si distributie continut:
David Eun once led Google and YouTube’s partnerships with media companies, turning their sometimes adversarial relationships into licensing deals. These days, he’s doing something similar, but from the hardware side of the business. As EVP of Samsung’s Open Innovation Center, Eun is charged with developing new digital content and services for a consumer electronics juggernaut that’s gunning for supremacy in everything from TVs and smartphones to refrigerators.
Onstage at D: Dive Into Media, Eun talked for the first time about Samsung’s plan to tap Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to drive its content and media business, and to turn its device portfolio into a massive content-distribution platform.
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Bonus, o stire care a trecut oarecum neobservata, Google l-a angajat ca advisor pentru Motorola pe Guy Kawasaki, ex „marketing guru” la Apple:
„Kawasaki is the reason Mac enthusiasts are crazy online. He organized the first attack squads, nurtured that whole culture of guerrilla evangelism”.
Graficul zilei
luni, martie 11th, 2013Oarecum normal, consumul de internet pe tableta l-a depasit pe cel de pe smartphoneuri. In doar 3 ani.
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Tweet-ul diminetii
joi, martie 7th, 2013Android share of US smartphone users dropped for the second consecutive month. (First time this has happened).
— Horace Dediu (@asymco) March 6, 2013
Cinci de la CEO-ul Orange
marți, martie 5th, 2013De fapt sunt cinci despre piata de telecom de la CEO-ul Orange, Stephane Richard, opinii interesante tinand cont de pozitia detinuta si cum vad operatorii ceea ce se intampla acum in piata:
1. Apple e mai flexibil si mai putin arogant:
Apple has [become] more flexible, paying more attention to everyone else, probably a little less arrogant than they used to be. I think they are probably a little more under pressure, and it is quite nice.
2. iOS + Android domina piata dar operatorii spera ca Blackberry, Windows, Mozilla sau mobile Linux sa ameninte duopolul Apple – Google
And while carriers are rooting for Mozilla, Microsoft, BlackBerry and mobile Linux to emerge as rivals to Android and the iPhone, there’s no way the market is large enough to support that many competitors.
“There is probably not room for everyone,” Richard said. “But all of us hope that among those initiatives, at least one will be able to emerge as a third ecosystem.”
3. Windows phone, direct in engleza:
Richard said that Windows Phone has a “very difficult” road to truly compete with iOS and Android. Richard said devices running the Microsoft-developed operating system are neither better designed nor cheaper, nor do they offer a better application experience than iOS or Android. Put simply, Windows Phone is good but lacks a “wow” factor, Richard said. Making things worse, he said, hardware makers have generally been selling Windows Phones for the same price as the more popular devices.
4. Despre Nokia, tot in engleza:
The Nokia family in my opinion is nice, but there is no ‘wow’ effect,” Richard said. “When you have a market with very steady players like Apple and Samsung, you need to have a ‘wow’ effect.
5. Despre competitia din telecom:
“We are living through incredible competition. He implored regulators to prevent further companies from entering the crowded market. At the same time, Richard acknowledged that this is a case he and other European operators have been making for years.
“It is a little tiring to sing the same song,” he said.
Bonus, despre comisarii UE:
He called one particular regulator “dumb” and said another, while holding a decent view of the marketplace, appears powerless to improve the situation.
iMessage = +2 miliarde/zi
luni, ianuarie 28th, 2013Apple a anuntat volumul de iMessages schimbat zilnic intre posesorii de iPhone/iPad: mai mult de 2 miliarde. Mi se pare foarte mare, nu-mi dau seama cate s-ar fi transformat in sms-uri normale, platite, dar oricum am da-o, pare o gaura de cateva zeci de milioane euro/usd, bani care nu mai intra in buzunarelor operatorilor de telecom.
+ 700 milioane
vineri, ianuarie 25th, 2013Piata de smartphone-uri pe 2012:
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Apropo de Samsung, rezultate spectaculoase pe Q4, 52.4 USD miliarde venituri si 8.3 miliarde USD profit. Desigur, pretul actiunilor a scazut si la ei.
Patru din mobile
luni, ianuarie 14th, 20131.
Apple Inc. has cut its orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday. Apple’s orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of what the company had previously planned to order, two of the people said.
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Shares of Research In Motion rallied on Friday as investors positioned themselves ahead of the launch of its new make-or-break BlackBerry 10 smartphones at the end of the month.
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Nokia said strong sales of Lumia smartphones helped its mobile phone business achieve underlying profitability in the fourth quarter, raising hopes the struggling handset maker may be past the worst.
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Android cumulative shipments to hit 1 billion mark in 2013. Cumulative shipments by the end of 2013 will be 1.1 billion since the first Android device shipped in 2008, according to research firm IHS.
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