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Four Biggest Mobile Service Providers are Tied for Customer Satisfaction, ACSI Study Suggests
Explore MobilityTechzone (May 15 2012) Mobility
.... Four Biggest Mobile Service Providers are Tied for Customer Satisfaction, ACSI Study Suggests By Gary Kim Contributing Editor It is only one measure of overall product perception or value, but the latest A......t to 63. Time Warner improved to 63. Comcast scored a 61, with Charter Communications at 59. At 83, Apple iPhone leads satisfaction in the mobile device category, while RIM (Blackberry) lags behind ranks l...
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Are Smartphone Profits Cannibalizing Service Provider Revenues?
Explore TechZone360 (May 4 2012) Business Models , Marketing , Mobility
...obile phone manufacturers that are public companies and report mobile phone divisional performance, Apple earned 73 percent of operating profits, Samsung 26 percent and HTC one percent, according to Asymco...... dominance of industry profits. Are Smartphone Profits Cannibalizing Service Provider Revenues? By Gary Kim , Contributing Editor Tweet Share Among mobile phone manufacturers that are public companies and re... (Read Full Article)
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Is the Post-PC Era a Myth?
Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Apr 16 2012) Marketing
...ould imagine once again that the phrase "Post-PC" means that there aren't going to be more PCs sold.Gary Kim writes on IP Carrier that while global tablet sales are growing at 98% YoY for 2012, the PC market ......ng a post - bland, nontransportable PC market phase. Let's just call is "Post-PC" for short. Tags: apple, gartner, ipad, mac, pc, smartphone, tablet Related tags: market, sales, tablets Follow ... (Read Full Article)
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Will Telcos and Cable Companies Really Compete with Apple and Google?
Explore tmcnet.com (Mar 22 2012)
...a catchy headline. But is it a serious reality? Will Telcos and Cable Companies Really Compete with Apple and Google? By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor One hears more talk these days that telcos and cable companies are competing w...
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Mounting Signs of Readiness for a Shift in Entertainment Video
Explore High Definition Digital (Feb 21 2012) Applications
... in end user entertainment video consumption continue to be put into place, as recent activities by Apple, Amazon and Verizon indicate. Verizon is launching a nationwide streaming video service, working wi......deo to users of hundreds of millions of additional screens will simply be too compelling to ignore. Gary Kim (News - Alert) is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Gary’s articles, please visit h...
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Tablet Explosion has Mobile Marketing Implications
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Feb 17 2012) Marketing , Mobility
...ontinue reading → Tablet Explosion has Mobile Marketing Implications Posted on February 17, 2012 by Gary Kim No product in Apple’s history has sold faster than the Apple iPad, about 55 million units so far. “It took us years to sell iPhones, Macs and iPods,” says Apple CEO Tim Cook. “This thing is on a trajectory that’s off the charts.” To the extent that advertisin... (Read Full Article)
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Apple's New Mountain Lion Has Over-the-Top Video Implications
Explore iPhone News (Feb 17 2012) Applications
...relessly beam what's on the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to your TV, if you have an AppleTV. Apple's New Mountain Lion Has Over-the-Top Video Implications By Gary Kim Contributing Editor AirPlay (News - Alert), a feature of Apple's new “Mountain Lion” operating system, allows users to wirelessly beam what's on the screen of you...
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Global Internet Access From Mobiles Doubles in 2011
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Feb 6 2012) Applications , Mobility
...ontinue reading → Global Internet Access From Mobiles Doubles in 2011 Posted on February 6, 2012 by Gary Kim Global Internet usage on mobile devices, exclusive of tablets, has almost doubled to 8.5 percent ......every year since 2009. Nokia leads worldwide, most probably driven by its dominance in India, while Apple is second globally but leads the U.S. and U.K. markets. Global use of mobile devices to access ... (Read Full Article)
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Tablet Adoption Changes Content Consumption
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Jan 31 2012) Marketing
...cent … Continue reading → Tablet Adoption Changes Content Consumption Posted on January 31, 2012 by Gary Kim That shipments of tablets are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million uni...... Web browsing, gaming and reading preferences. According to survey conducted by Cooper Murphy Webb, Apple’s iPad is the preferred method of reading newspapers and magazines among consumers already owning t... (Read Full Article)
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Profitability Now Drives Smartphone Business
Explore tmcnet.com (Jan 27 2012) Marketing
...cs of market share in the global handset business. Profitability Now Drives Smartphone Business By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor Profitability, more than anything else, now is shaping the global smartphone b......mate by Strategy Analytics (News - Alert) of market share in the global handset business. Globally, Apple and Samsung have, over the last 12 months, surged to the top of the charts in terms of smartphone s...
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Profitability Now Drives Smart Phone Business
Explore tmcnet.com (Jan 27 2012) Marketing
...s of market share in the global handset business. Profitability Now Drives Smart Phone Business By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor Profitability, more than anything else, now is shaping the global smartphone b......mate by Strategy Analytics (News - Alert) of market share in the global handset business. Globally, Apple and Samsung have, over the last 12 months, surged to the top of the charts in terms of smartphone s...
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Mobile Screen Size: Tablets Do 3-4 Times Better Than Smart Phones
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Jan 26 2012) Marketing , Mobility
...g → Mobile Screen Size: Tablets Do 3-4 Times Better Than Smart Phones Posted on January 26, 2012 by Gary Kim Where click through rates are concerned, screen size matters. Simply put, larger screens tend to ge......ghs at about a two-percent to four-percent rate. Larger tablet screens such as those sported by the Apple iPad or Samsung Galazy get CTRs of about nine percent. The results are generally similar across ... (Read Full Article)
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U.S. Mobile Advertising Grows Faster than Expected
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Jan 26 2012) Marketing , Mobility
...Continue reading → U.S. Mobile Advertising Grows Faster than Expected Posted on January 26, 2012 by Gary Kim The U.S. mobile advertising market is growing far faster than expected, driven by the rapid asce......tablet and smartphone devices, and the growing roster of mobile ad networks such as Google’s AdMob, Apple’s iAd, and Millennial Media, eMarketer says. Mobile advertising spending in the US reached $1.45 bi...
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Alcatel-Lucent to Sell Mobile Wallet Platform in U.S.
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Jan 12 2012) Marketing , Mobility
...tinue reading → Alcatel-Lucent to Sell Mobile Wallet Platform in U.S. Posted on January 12, 2012 by Gary Kim Alcatel-Lucent is bringing its mobile coupon and e-commerce platform, known as “Optism,” to the Un......upports near field communications, will become available to consumers who are using devices running Apple and Android operating systems. What strikes us as interesting is that s a white-label service, the ... (Read Full Article)
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Who Wins Mobile Wallet Wars?
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Nov 27 2011) Marketing , Mobility
... [...] Mobile Marketing and Technology Who Wins Mobile Wallet Wars? November 27th, 2011 | Author: Gary Kim The existence of mobile wallet services operated by Google, PayPal and Isis raises an obvious quest......e leading providers of such services. Researchers at ABI Research say it is the likes of Google and Apple that ultimately will lead the market, though mobile service providers are highly likely to claim th... (Read Full Article)
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Will Google Video Service in Kansas City be Disruptive?
Explore Razorsight (Nov 8 2011) Applications , Business Models
...co TV providers do, which would limit the amount of innovation Google, Dish Network, Hulu, Netflix, Apple, Amazon or any other provider could attempt. Google Ponders Pay-TV Business.That is not to say cons......ng an access network. That, and almost that alone, could be the difference in end-user retail cost. Gary Kim is an active industry writer and analyst, editor of Mobile Marketing & Technology, Content Marketi...
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Another Illustration of How Ecosystems Now Enable Business Success
Explore Razorsight (Oct 4 2011) Marketing
...h a good answer. It is much cheaper than an iPad and offers a digital content ecosystem that rivals Apple’s (fewer apps, but more books).Also, Amazon built an alternative to the iPad, rather than a direct ......n” is the analogy to the use of a rich content ecosystem to support a device, making it a platform. Gary Kim is an active industry writer and analyst, editor of Mobile ... (Read Full Article)
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Who Could, or Should, Buy Sprint, Clearwire or T-Mobile USA?
Explore tmcnet.com (Sep 27 2011) Marketing
...igure roughly in the $20 billion range might work. Though it is not clear they would wish to do so, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Intel have plenty of cash. Research in Motion and Nokia or a few cable compa...... position to consider such a move. Who Could, or Should, Buy Sprint, Clearwire or T-Mobile USA? By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor By some rough estimates, it might cost $20 billion for ...
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When It Comes to Content and Communications, Vertical Integration is Out - Ecosystems Are In
Explore Razorsight (Aug 30 2011) Business Models , Marketing
...y, though it might not always seem intuitive, it matters that Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, or that Google is buying Motorola, just as it matters what success Amazon has with its cloud compu......m of directly coupled relationships, because the big new businesses cannot be created any other way.Gary Kim is an active industry writer and analyst, editor of Mobile Marketing & Technology, Content Marketi... (Read Full Article)
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Apple: 'Nothing Will Change' (But Ultimately it Will)
Explore tmcnet.com (Aug 25 2011)
... out several years into the future, the company could easily execute with no hiccups for some time. Apple: 'Nothing Will Change' (But Ultimately it Will) By Gary Kim, Contributing Editor New Apple (News - Alert) CEO Tim Cook apparently has sent an email to Apple employees assuring them that “the company isn't going to change.” For the time being, it is hard to...
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Subway to Make Big Mobile Marketing Push in 2012
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Aug 9 2011) Marketing
... has dabbled with mobile marketing activity in the past, including display ads from vendors such as Apple’s iAd unit – but [...] Mobile Marketing and Technology Subway to Make Big Mobile Marketing Push i......arketing and Technology Subway to Make Big Mobile Marketing Push in 2012 August 9th, 2011 | Author: Gary Kim Subway is preparing a global mobile marketing and m-commerce push, and plans to roll out transactio... (Read Full Article)
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PayPal, Google, Apple, Facebook Taking Different Tacks in Mobile Payments?
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Jun 28 2011) Business Models , Marketing
...Verizon Wireless were on a collision course [...] Mobile Marketing and Technology PayPal, Google, Apple, Facebook Taking Different Tacks in Mobile Payments? June 28th, 2011 | Author: Gary Kim “AT&T challenges Visa, MasterCard” is an irresistible and compelling headline. So is “PayPal, Go... (Read Full Article)
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Google Wallet Will be Ported to iOS
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Jun 23 2011) Marketing
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Mobile Marketing and Technology Google Wallet Will be Ported to iOS June 23rd, 2011 | Author: Gary Kim If iPhones get near field communications, Google will port its Google Wallet to iOS, says Eric Schm...... limit the reach of its Google Wallet service based on operating system or even handset dimensions. Apple hasn’t yet clarified what it believes its own role will be in the ecosystem, but it does not ...
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21% of Respondents Want Mobile Payments or “Wallet”
Explore mobilemarketingandtechnology.com (Jun 20 2011) Marketing
...keting and Technology 21% of Respondents Want Mobile Payments or “Wallet” June 20th, 2011 | Author: Gary Kim Here’s a marketing question for you: if you conducted a survey about a product almost nobody has ev......if respondents had been asked whether they were interested in an “easy to use” mobile phone,” as if Apple had asked respondents (it never did) whether they were interested in an easy to use ...
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