SlashData TeamSep 13, 20114 minPlatform warsA game of ecosystems: Crashing the Android party[In a game of ecosystems, it it possible to bend the rules? Research Director Andreas Constantinou examines the few technologies that can...
SlashData TeamApr 18, 20114 minPlatform warsThe mobile services landscape: Can OEMs compete with platform vendors?[Growing competition and price pressures push handset makers to seek new ways to differentiate. This increasingly means services....
SlashData TeamJan 9, 20116 minPlatform warsRIM: a leap ahead in user experience, but can it execute?[RIM’s acquisition of UI firm TAT marked the largest mobile software M&A of 2010. Research Director Andreas Constantinou explains why the...
SlashData TeamNov 15, 20105 minPlatform warsBlackBerry: A Dual Personality Disorder?[RIM is torn between two very different market segments: Enterprise mobile messaging and text-addicted consumers. Amidst troubling signs...
SlashData TeamSep 27, 20107 minPlatform warsWindows Phone 7: Tipping the Scales of the Smartphone Market[Windows Phone 7 has the potential to redraw the smartphone competitive landscape and accelerate the evolution of the mobile value-chain....
SlashData TeamJul 26, 20107 minBusiness Models and StrategyRemapping the handset OEM landscape: squeezed in between a rock and a hard place[In a race for profits, the mobile industry finds itself squeezed between vertically integrated players like Apple and horizontal players...
SlashData TeamJul 20, 20106 minDeveloper ResearchDeveloper Economics 2010: The Role of Networks in a Developer World[In the final part of our series on our latest research – Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond – Telefonica’s James Parton...
SlashData TeamJul 16, 20104 minApps and app storesMobile Developer Economics: The Building Blocks of Mobile Applications[In part 3 of the 4-part series on our latest research – Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond – guest author Tor Björn Minde takes...
SlashData TeamJul 13, 201010 minApps and app storesMobile Developer Economics: Taking Applications to Market[In part 2 of the 4-part series on our latest research – Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond – Andreas Constantinou looks at how...
SlashData TeamJul 5, 20105 minDeveloper ResearchMobile Developer Economics 2010: The migration of developer mindshare[In part 1 of the 4-part series on our latest research – Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond – Andreas Constantinou looks at the...
SlashData TeamJun 3, 20104 minBusiness Models and StrategyLead, innovate or assemble: three choices for handset OEMs as mobile starts to look like the PC indu[Android has triggered more changes to the mobile industry than anyone had imagined. Research Director, Andreas Constantinou looks at the...
SlashData TeamMay 17, 201010 minPlatform warsAn X-ray of Mobile Software: The 11 vital organs of mobile[Sales of mobile phones remain healthy, but can the same be said of the software designed for them? Guest author Morten Grauballe offers...
SlashData TeamMar 8, 20106 minBusiness Models and StrategyThe Wintel future for mobile: a wake up call for network operators[The PC-esque commodisation of the mobile industry has been prophesied many times before, but never before has it become so lucidly...
SlashData TeamFeb 26, 20104 minMobile TrendsDemolition Derby in Devices: The roller-coaster ride is on[The economic realities will lead to a roller-coaster ride that will shake up the mobile industry. Guest blogger Richard Kramer talks...
SlashData TeamJan 24, 20108 minPlatform warsBehind the Smartphone Craze: redrawing the map of mobile platforms[Thought Android and iPhone are taking over the world? Think again. The device platforms map is more fragmented than ever, while the...