GLG News by Council Members who Sell Consumer Electronics

1. There is a lot of noise about WiMax being 4G technology for mobile devices including cellular phones. While this is probably true Wimax standard is not finalized yet and this fact makes the technology developers a risky companies to invest in. 2. NextWave is spending huge amount of money...

BOM and Cost of Typical Cell Phone Bill Of Materials (BOM) for cell phone is constantly falling. This is especially true for gsm/gprs/edge phones built in high volumes. I summarize the BOM cost of typical and mature phone based on Nokia 7820. Nokia 7820 is the mid/high end phone that has been introduced...

Mobile advertising is coming. Implementation will determine how successful this new revenue generator will be.

1) Palm’s Foleo was an ill-fated and short-lived project 2) Palm made the right decision by cancelling the Foleo and should instead focus on its core smartphone product line

1) iPod innovation continues 2) iPhone is facing pressure in a competitive mobile market

1. 3D Imaging & display technology international conference 2007 2. 3D interaction & display alliance congress, 3DIDA 3. 3D industry, Present and future

Cracking and unlocking phones is a continual activity in the mobile world. The latest revelation of a successful iPhone unlocking is unlikely to affect Apple or AT&T.

Apple has a leadership position in digital music distribution but is not making friends in the industry. This will likely come to a head as the music labels are trying to reverse their declining sales trend.

It seems inevitable - mobile phones will be in the hands of nearly everyone who can hold one and talk.

1) The mobile handset industry, now a 1.1 billion unit annual market, is continually evoloving, 2) Apple’s iPhone has raised the bar for the smartphone segment and its influences will be seen in forthcoming products