Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
content devices valuable
With these devices content is king, ... The more content you can get on them, the more valuable they are.
appear device devices instead single
It doesn't appear to be particularly well-integrated. It's not elegant. Ideally, you'd have one single device instead of two devices bundled together.
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These devices are quite costly, and they are complex, so they tend to be prone to failure. So far, nobody has figured how to make them at a low enough cost so that the average person can afford one. They are showing up in mil-spec implementations and particularly in larger types of uses. It's in the small-system area that they seem to be having the most problems.
appeal becomes devices male move
For the most part, the appeal of these devices is very generational. In many cases, as you move up in age, it becomes increasingly a male audience.
guy microsoft whenever wins
Whenever Microsoft wins one in this space, it's the little guy winning.
confuse whenever
Whenever you confuse the consumer, they defer purchases.
consider largest likely online others whenever
Whenever the largest online retailer makes a decision, it's going to be a big deal. They're the bellwether for their segment. What they do, others will likely do or consider doing.
bid competition increased multiple people players tend
When you've got multiple players going after a property, like anything, you get increased competition and people tend to bid higher.
ages cell growth phone seeing
We're seeing cell phone growth from ages 8 and 9 on.
forefront major
We're right now at the forefront of another major change.
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Walker Digital doesn't look like much more than an idea house that comes up with ideas, then sues people who come up with similar ones. I think that kind of behavior is very similar to what happened on the high seas with pirates. It's being done under the auspices of a legitimate business practice, but in fact it's concealing behavior that is anything but fair business practice.
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Linux keeps Microsoft working hard in the government and education markets. ... Without Microsoft, they would be a lot more fragmented, ... Both of them require the other to be in place.
broadband capacity reason
It expands the capacity of USB so that you can use broadband devices, which was the whole reason for 1394 to exist.
ideas potential transform
It is one of the more interesting ideas that has come up of late. And one that I think has the potential to really transform the way we play with the Web.