Charles Golvin
Charles Golvin
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Microsoft in the long term wants the kind of strong position in mobile devices that it has in PCs,
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Demand is limited, and the use models are at odds with the business goals of device makers' biggest customers: the mobile operators.
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The fewer clicks it takes to get you to the place that has the information you need, the more likely you are to use the mobile phone for that purpose.
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Generally speaking, browsing on your mobile phone is a lousy experience.
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Carriers have invested a lot of money in their networks. And at this point it's a lot like throwing spaghetti on the wall to see which applications will stick. I doubt there will be any single killer application, but social networking on mobile phones could certainly be one that generates usage.
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Rather than be eaten away from below, Cisco gets to protect its business a little longer.
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Brands by themselves, and especially new brands, you can't really judge it on their own. It's how it's presented.
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BellSouth customers could eventually see IPTV much faster through AT&T than they ever would have with BellSouth.
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Consumers won't actually begin to see any real change in services for at least two to three years. Eventually, an integrated company could introduce new services more quickly. But there is a risk that a bigger AT&T could move slower.
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Customers in nearly a third of American households make at least half their long-distance calls at home from their cell phones rather than their more reliable and often cheaper land lines.
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Users are less likely to switch when it means replacing a functioning home network.
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I won't necessarily ascribe evil intent to this, ... but if they make it a little more difficult for you to get out of that service, even for a month or two, then that's better for their financials overall.
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Manufacturers need to synchronize handset releases with network launches.
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Manufacturers make a lot of money selling these accessories.