GLG News by Handset Evaluators

In this article, I give a preview of my 11 step analysis to mobile commerce usage, driven quickly forward by the introduction of the Apple iPhone, then adjust it slightly for mobile Internet.  But I was appalled by Nielsen's failure to be able to correctly parse the differences between the hideous...

Admittedly a next generation / innovation proponent, I have long held Nokia as my "old world" wireless players or those not named Apple or Google.  Nokia can combine great market presence with true software knowledge to compete in an ever-changing smartphone world.  Music may be a tough entry...

Sprint completely missed the ball on their acquisition of Nextel, resulting in an awful acquisition that also laid waste to the main brand.  Now, SK Telekom or Deutsche Telekom is poised to do exactly the same thing.  You want due diligence, come to the true experts for answers.

Whilst the US has seen an explosion in Mobile Banking it is yet to see the users trust the service for Payments. Payments needs to address not just the Banked but the Unbanked, in Africa Vodafone and MTN have  established services that allow micropayments to be made to those that have no Bank Accounts. ...

AT&T first terminating DirecTV and now Dish might not be intended to drop satellite-television from bundled marketing, but instead to adopt mutual-selling roles in the relationship.

The market is still fragmented. In the big five we still see a wide spread of take up as consumers are yet to be won over. The mobile networks are still to discover a range of products that make the investment pay off. This talks about terminals rather than handsets and so a slowing of sales of phones...

Verizon Wireless’s announced agreement with Brightpoint to support handsets for indirect retail channels appears to be an attempt to separate company-owned direct distribution.

Virgin Mobile USA’s acquisition of Helio is favorable for platform efficiencies, handset inventories and cash infusion, but the saturated teen market trends are questionable for retention and growth.

The strong initial sales of the $130 Samsung Instinct indicate that Sprint Nextel can thwart churn with handset upgrades and that there could be a price war of smartphones and unlimited data.

Different from healthcare dictation and call center IVRs, Nuance faces the challenge of the fragmented mobile market of device manufacturers, mobile carriers and application developers.