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I'm now excited about Google's Android.  Large-scale apps are being created, Motorola is hiring Android developers, scads of Android downloads are being reported ... and Microsoft is denying any problem.  All the signs for a good 2008 and 2009 and a hefty complement to Apple's iPhone.

While these is a vocal group of Internet users who want to control their online experience, the vast majority who want as few choices as possible.

If it is easy to turn a free membership into a paying subscriber, why isn't everyone doing it?  Because it's not easy.  It requires focus and risk.

In an industry where very few account for the majority of usage, it is reasonable to expect some sort of price tiering.  However, an unrestricted upside pricing plan is unlikely to hold up - both in the consumers reaction and the competitive response.  What is more likely is something resembling...

RIM and Nextel both faced a limited business-only marketplace and strategized a move into the consumer market.   When Sprint merged with Nextel, they made all the wrong choices to attack this marketplace, losing a huge opportunity to leverage a powerful business brand in Nextel.  RIM Blackberry,...

Sprint is in dire straits, with a rapidly eroding core business.  This article suggests a complete refocus around their business lines and a move to creating a bold new strategy.  A new CEO helps them, as will strategic layoffs, but it is difficult to determine whether they will be able to...

I find it interesting that as gaming sector pundits look at console units sold, the handheld market is rarely mentioned.  As a result, it hasn't received it's due until now because of the DS shortage.  That signifies that there's plenty more growth & development to come in this space in...

Xbox 360 has no loyalties other than to itself, so it makes sense that it would support Blu Ray in an add-on device, much in the same way it supports HD DVD.  But with a video marketplace on Xbox LIVE, it might not matter much in the end.

The Sprint-Nextel merger has created an awful mess.  There is no doubt in my mind, unfortunately, that Sprint is completely lost in the wireless experience and needs something absolutely dramatic to shake things up.  Realigning around the customer experience and bucking the other wireless...

The iPhone, and Google applications most directly, has greatly increased my usage of and utility with blogs, maps, and podcasts.  The new Google application, though "buggy," presents a much improved user experience as I interact with these products and Gmail.  However, search is still weak....