Android

Here's my lead story: Android has caught up to, and in some cases, surpassed iOS. I'll give this a personal twist. I own three Android phones and have another loaned out to my nephew. I also own two Android tablets, one Xoom and one Kindle…

In March, I wrote you about my concerns about Apple's ability to maintain growth expectations without margin slippage. My view was then and still is today that Apple faces a choice of maintaining either margins or growth in both handsets…

The Kindle Fire was a master stroke by Amazon to entrench it's content and shopping platform in consumer households, especially because Apple's premium pricing left the door open for Amazon to fill a void at a lower price point as the…

Last weekend, I got that familiar blue screen of death on my PC laptop, you know that blue screen with a bunch of cryptic lines of words on it that tells you your computer just crashed and everything you were working on was for naught. I…

The FT has a great story on Amazon out today that is a must-read. It chronicles how deeply Amazon has become embedded in the architecture of the retail world in today's digital age. In the other bit of tech news that I thought noteworthy,…

Tomorrow, the Samsung Galaxy S III goes on sale. There has been a lot of hubbub about the phone and all of the reviews have been positive. Likely, this will be a monster sales driver for Samsung.

Samsung and Apple produced record profits this past quarter. meanwhile companies like Motorola, Nokia, HTC, and RIM are all losing money. It seems like a winner takes all paradigm is shaping up in the mobile space. But going forward, I…

For Amazon, they are always willing to introduce loss leaders to build volume. I anticipate they will be successful here yet again. That is a wonderful story for their Kindle book sales, music sales, video sales and for their App store…

Android’s adoption is all about upgrades and not about switching. I see this as a land grab right now. The operating systems that can grab as much share as possible while people are upgrading from cheapie phones to inexpensive Smartphones…

I say fragmentation doesn't matter. Consumers are going to buy what is available and for offer. Distribution trumps ease of use. Ask Apple about Macintosh. And ask Microsoft about Windows. Market share trumps technological superiority too.…