GLG News by Mobile Phone Handset Evaluators

This is a significant milestone in the business sense.  So far, Wimax had been viewed as a threat to the incumbents from the left field.  With this approval by ITU, it begins to legitimize WiMax among the cellular incumbents.

The V3 was something that was a victim to fortune. Motorola built a very sexy looking handset they just forgot to do something with the software.  So you got a large number of users who discover that this is not a Nokia or a Sony Ericsson and you need to read the instruction book. Life is too short...

Broadband, especially wireless, is seen as the holy grail - its great when its everywhere and prefereably free or low cost. At the same time everyone is so dependent on internet access that it is hard to imagine what the world would be like if it wasn't there? In reality something else would have/or...

The strongest supporter of WiMax Intel has announced that it will embed its WiMax technology in the processor dubbed Montevina in May of 2008. Intel intends to establish their own Intel-based handsets as well. The biggest US WiMax operator Sprint Nextel also announced that they will deploy WiMax to...

Over the long-term (five years and out), the low-cost Asian phone manufacturers are becoming more competitive with features and low cost, making it diffult for the large vendors to sustain their R&D in the US or Europe.  In the short run, the Asian manufactures are still more focused on the...

A Vodafone and Verizon joint initiative in Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology represents an important 4G step.  However, to truly hit 4G, the product will need to deliver on end-to-end integration, 100Mbps speed, and a better customer value proposition, as Apple is exploring via the U.K. iPhone...

This article provides an analysis of Google's latest moves, including their huge advances into telco, their potential as a competitor to Microsoft Office, and the Apple rumors.  As a follow-up to an earlier blog, this one also deals with the risks Google faces.

Motorola, by failing to listen to their customer base, hiring true innovators, or partnering with other UI innovators or software providers, has accelerated their fall.  Re-hashing the RAZR and the Q is laughable. 

There has been an exciting and inevitable shift in the power structure in the wireless industry.  Google has joined an active Apple, a slightly less powerful Yahoo, and a somewhat passive Microsoft in elevating the stakes in the wireless game, setting to snatch it right under the noses of the wireless...

From DVRs to audio portability to the rise of the Internet, all signs have been pointing to downward trends in TV ad revenue.  And it will just get worse, with social media and the power of consumer beginning to take hold. TV, print, and radio to innovate to maintain some ground, and only NBC appears...