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Wither the 'smartphone': Reorganizing the mobile market when all devices get smart

Wither the 'smartphone': Reorganizing the mobile market when all devices get smartSkyfireAny of you mobile geeks using Skyfire yet?On my N95 it takes 1st prize as the 'best app'.If you haven't tried it, you must. You can run it and launch any web site in Flash, Silverlight, for example...

Tags: Smart phones, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Cellular phones, smart phone, mobile, mobile market, Skyfire

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

How Dell can win in mobility

How Dell can win in mobilityThey can't.Their computers are garbage and Dell should shut down and return the money to the shareholders.yes rightwhat do you know?it seems not much."What today?s phone makers do is make a bunch of different phone designs, with different feature sets sold at different price points."as...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Wireless and Mobility, Wi-Fi, Wired Network, mobile market, Dell Computer Corp., phone, mobility, mobile, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Can open source save the mobile market?

Can open source save the mobile market?I was waiting for somebody to.......pick up on MS using NetBSD.Now how about you all write something on the Super supercomputer the government asked IBM to build that will run on Linux. :-)Did you overlook the obvious?[i]The President should ask why that device in...

Tags: Wi-Fi, E-mail, Wireless and Mobility, WiMAX, mobile market, open source, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Google phone, Motorola Razr2 will finally catapult role of open source, Linux in mobile market

Google phone, Motorola Razr2 will finally catapult role of open source, Linux in mobile marketExcellent story!nt

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Motorola Razr2, Google Phone, mobile market, Motorola Inc., open source, Google Inc., Linux, mobile, phone

Discussion threads 2007-10-30

Google bets on mobile market

Google bets on mobile marketThe 700MHz frequency band is analog broadcast TV.As they move to digital spectrum, this will more than likely remain for that purpose though perhaps digital TV. The people in America want heir TV, they want to be pacified, they want their ads for stuff they...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, RSS, TVs, TV & Home Theater, spectrum, Google Inc., mobile, mobile market

Discussion threads 2007-07-31

AMD's Centrino challenger: Turion

AMD's Centrino challenger: TurionAMD already owns IntelAMD has taken market share from Intel in every segment including laptop-desktop and the lucrative server market. In fact AMD had greater desktop sales than Intel last quarter, which is a milestone.The 35W A64 laptop chippies have basically made Centrino obsolete like the rest...

Tags: Notebooks, Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, Mobile Market, AMD Turion, AMD Sempron, Intel Centrino, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., laptop computer

Discussion threads 2005-01-07

Additional Resources

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Samsung overtakes Motorola in U.S. mobile phone market

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Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

T-Mobile Tap photos

The T-Mobile Tap is Huawei's first major touch screen phone for the U.S. market. by CNET News.com

Tags: T-Mobile, Photograph, T-Mobile Tap, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-20

Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money

SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....

Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

iTablet goes OLED,??bumped until late 2010

$2000? I doubt it.Apple puts themselves in a "premium" price range, but $2000 for a 10" tablet? Even they're not THAT crazy.No ThanksDon't need or want either, waste of space...If I want real gaming, I'd rather play real games on my PS3 or Wii on my flat screen; or on...

Tags: SunSHINE, iTablet, organic light-emitting diode, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Hands-on with the HTC HD2, most impressive Windows Mobile device to date

I like what HTC is doingYou've got the Hero and the HD2. I'd like to see what the difference is in performance between the two, but the Hero has a slower processor. Personally, I like the Windows Mobile platform, and it is the best option for Windows-based IT...

Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, Operating systems, mobile device, Apple iPhone, HTC HD2, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Amazon slashes price of Palm Pre to $79.99, Pixi to $24.99

I don't want ......ANY misleading bargain with a two or three year contract. Sell me the HW at a fair price and let me select the carrier and package of my choice.I am not an idiot. RE: Amazon slashes price of Palm Pre to $79.99, Pixi to $24.99When you limit...

Tags: Smart phones, Price-cutting, Palm Inc., Pixi, Palm Pre, Amazon.com Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup

To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, operating system, John Gruber, Linux, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

AT&T loses bid to stop Verizon ads, responds with its own

AT&T could use Apple's patentApple has patented a technique where a user is forced to watch an ad and then answer a quiz about that ad before they are allowed to use their Apple device. AT&T could use this to force all iPhone users to watch AT&T ads.AT&T has no...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4

Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft may have blown opportunities, but all hope is not lost

Time to let it goThe erosion has started, it cannot be stopped and the longer you try to hold on to something that fleecing away the more you lose.Game over.Android wins.:)Blown OpportunitiesThis reminds me of MS failing to see the internet coming and allowing Netscape to dominate the market. They...

Tags: Operating systems, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile, phone, Windows Monopoly

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Microsoft may have blown opportunities, but all hope is not lost

Two articles were posted today talking about Windows Mobile, one with no analysis and the other making some valid points about Microsoft's past mobile actions. The smartphone market is still quite small and there are many opportunities available for Microsoft and others to compete and succeed in the space. by...

Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-17