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    1. How to Take On The iPad

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Sep 1 2011) Marketing

      There was a valuable lesson learned in the demise of HP's WebOS tablet. Price matters. In iPad met its match in the TouchPad Cnet's Brooke Crothers discusses that the blowout sales matched the passion and excitement of an Apple product. WebOS "wasn't really a product failure, it was a pricing failure." I confess that I wanted one too, for $99 it would be great for movies and email - forget the other apps ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cnet   Amazon.com

    2. The Problem with Tablets: For Some, They Replace Nothing

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Jul 12 2011)

      The Problem with Tablets: For Some, They Replace Nothing My problem with tablets is they don't replace anything. My smartphone replaced a lot of things, my laptop replaced my desktop. My Kindle replaces lots of books. From what I see, tablets don't replace anything. They are a new device joining the primal fight for airport power outlets. They do seem kind of fun. On planes I sometimes watch videos on my laptop, and it would be nice to have something smaller - the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Samsung   Apple   Jon Arnold

    3. The Post iPod Era

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Jun 18 2011)

      In my personal version of Toy Story, my iPod plays the role of Woody - a former favorite toy that just can't compete with the latest technical toys.  It is hard to pinpoint when an era begins or ends, but I believe the iPod Era passed. I was an early adopter on the Apple iPod. I still have my first, the 5 GB Firewire model with a real wheel. It was introduced in October 2001 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple

    4. IBM Worth A Billion More than MIcrosoft

      Explore pindropsoup.com (May 23 2011) Marketing

      It took 15 years. Last Friday, IBM edged out Microsoft on market cap for the first time since April 1996. Great news for IBM, a company that continues to survive the test of time. Not so good for Microsoft who can't blame the economy on its performance. Now two major rivals; Apple and IBM are now more valuable than Microsoft. However, Microsoft is significantly more profitable than IBM.  Market Caps IBM $207.52 B ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   IBM   Apple

    5. Google Misses The Big Picture

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Jan 11 2011)

      Today Google pestilently announced that its Chrome browser will no longer natively support H.264. It’s altruistic logic reasoned that: To that end, we are changing Chrome’s HTML5 [video] support to make it consistent with the codecs already supported by the open Chromium project. Specifically, we are supporting the WebM (VP8) and Theora video codecs, and will consider adding support for other high-quality open codecs in the future. Though H.264 plays an ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Chrome OS

    6. My Chat with Craig

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Dec 14 2010) Marketing

      At NoJitter, I posted Craig’s Wild adVentures. The sixth of my interviews with VoIP (Very onusual and Interesting People). Craig was quite the coup because until recently, all conversations have been unquotable. He even once shared that he didn’t like being off the record. He said as an entrepreneur you want to share and sell your vision and ideas. But as a Google product manager that’s an internal exercise. But Craig’s ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google Wave   GrandCentral   Google

    7. An Industry in Transformation

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Oct 25 2010)

      An Industry in Transformation Unified Communications is a clever name for telecom in transformation. Everything is changing and everyone is confused (though not everyone will admit it). In the days of yore, telecom was pretty stable. It is far more than just the technology that is shifting. The rules, roles, and vocabulary are changing as well. That’s why I have three sets of business cards. Ten years ago, anyone in telecom could easily define terms such as carrier ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   PBX   Google Voice

    8. What is With All the Scanning?

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Oct 18 2010)

      What is With All the Scanning? Anyone who follows my tweets knows I read a lot of online news. Several unrelated tidbits suggests barcodes are an important and increasing part of our lives. Yes, barcodes – I’m serious. The barcode was born in the 40s, but didn’t take off until the supermarkets adopted the UPC in the 70s. The technology is everywhere today – well beyond retail. So what is this obsolete technology doing in my telecom blog? Lucy, let me ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Motorola   Polycom   PDA

    9. Priority Inbox – Spam in Reverse

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Sep 3 2010)

      The concept of Google’s newest email feature – Priority Inbox is fairly simple, but I have my doubts about its usefulness. If you are not familiar with the feature, take a look at this simple video. It is a SPAM filter in reverse. Google does a very good job of identifying SPAM. Not only does it keep most SPAM out of my inbox, but it doesn’t put very many “false positives” in my SPAM ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   MG Siegler   Priority Inbox

    10. Video far from Clear

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Sep 2 2010)

      Lots of news in video recently. A few months back, Google announced WebM – a royalty free licensing program using the GIPs VP8 video codec it acquired (Skype uses VP7 for video between Skype clients). The move threatened the patent heavy H.264 which is the predominant standard in video streaming and SIP based video conferencing (Skype uses H.264 to hardware endpoints like televisions). H.264 (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Apple

    11. Google, Gmail, and Voice

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Aug 28 2010) Business Models , IP Telephony

      Google, Gmail, and Voice I write a lot about Google Voice. I am am a user of the service, and I respect its potential disruption to the enterprise telecom space. I am a big fan in general of virtual number services and believe the model will emerge as a default solution for many types of organizations. It rides two powerful waves: The cloud (pay as you, as a service, no capital, feature rich, etc.) and mobility (make (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Cisco

    12. The Nexus One Failure?

      Explore pindropsoup.com (May 11 2010) Marketing

      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 more... Today's news was triggered by Sprint's decision to pass on the Nexus One. Verizon also recently declared it would not offer the Nexus One. That means the Nexus One only works on Tmobile and AT&T (unsubsidized) in the US. I (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Motorola

    13. Megatrends in Voice

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Dec 26 2009)

      Instead of customary year-end future predictions, I thought I would write about voice megatrends I am seeing in telecom as 2009 comes to a close. I think it is important to do some kind of year-end reflection and these trends are more insightful than predictions as they are real; now and in 2010. The Megatrends concept put forth by John Naisbitt in his 1982 book of the same title suggested the " (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   BroadSoft

    14. No Moore's Law

      Explore pindropsoup.com (Aug 27 2009)

      Moore's Law has provided the IT and telecom industries a good run for over 50 years. Moore's Law states that the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit roughly doubles every two years. This has created a wonderful game of never ending sales and obsolescence. The Apollo Spacecraft's on-board computer had 64 bytes of memory (not 64 KB), my current key chain (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Linux Foundation   Jim Zemlin