Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee, and was previously a Research Director at Gartner, focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer...
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Sony was not early in the plasma TV market even though consumers showed interest in it. Other Asian competitors were able to get products out faster and capture the minds of consumers.
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Microsoft has been able to keep this product secret for a year. For Microsoft, that's absolutely incredible.
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The problem was that the devices weren't very good, the screens were terrible, the prices were too high and there was a terrible selection of content.
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One of the reasons we saw the iMac targeted first is because it is the line that is going to be least impacted by the pro apps.
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No doubt, I'm sure, the senior executives at Microsoft were pretty upset (with the latest Vista delay). Steven has a track record of shipping products (and he can) potentially take the reins and get the thing out the door and fix whatever process problems there are.
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It's a bigger deal in name than in substance, ... Microsoft added some bells and whistles, but it's not a dramatic release. Unless you have a pressing need for one of the specific features that were added, it's not a product that most users will want to upgrade to.
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There are some real competitive issues going on, and (Microsoft) needs to respond, not just with products and offerings for consumers but also (with) compelling products and APIs for developers, ... There's a recognition that people are embracing the Web as a platform, and they (Microsoft) want to be there as well.
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This is not such a watershed moment for Microsoft, but another step in a process that's been years in the making to get the right devices and the right partnerships out there and demonstrate to the market that this is a viable platform for these types of large scale projects. Typically what you do see in situations like this is that success breeds success.
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This is significant because people have been waiting for 802.11n for quite some time. There are limitations in the existing standard that create problems for vendors who are trying to build network solutions in the home to handle things like video or music.
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Keeping it persistently available is a pretty big deal. I can position things so I can be working on my e-mail or word processing and still have the information available.
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The first steps will be to reorganize what they need in terms of head count, and the second is to reinvigorate and revitalize the product lines.
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The strategy here of under-promising and being able to over-deliver is the right approach. Typically one of the thing that curses startups is when you peak too early, when expectations are set way too high, they discover there are issues.
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Enterprises must understand that TCO (total cost of ownership) reduction is not a justification for a Windows 2000 desktop migration. Because of the high cost of migration, enterprises can actually lose money before they touch the first system.
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Browsing is a secondary feature that is very important on today's modern devices, but no one wants to spend the time and effort to reinvent the browsing experience when there are already great solutions on the market, ... Nokia is using a best-of-breed browser without the expense of having to build it all themselves.