Technology Pundits is the combined web log of well know industry analysts, Rob Enderle, Richard Doherty and Tim Bajarin. http://www.technologypundits.com Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:27:26 GMT FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=487 Smartphones like the Apple iPhone, the BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile and Windows Mobile–based devices represent the next major computing platform. But how will that platform cohere? Nokia bigwig Bob Ianucci recently compared the smartphone phenomenon with the way the mainframe, mini-computer, and PC markets developed—and what it took for them to succeed. He pointed out that when mainframes first came to market there were a lot of players—Control Data, GE, Honeywell, IBM, RCA, and so on—and al... contact@creativestrategies.com (Tim Bajarin) Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=483 MY Column in PC Mag, June 13, 2008 In 1989, I worked on a project that eventually led to the introduction of the Poqet PC. At the time, the Poqet PC blazed some new trails in personal computing by delivering a handheld computer that included a PC-class OS (MS DOS) as well as a built-in typeable keyboard. Although the screen was only 7 inches and grayscale, the PC was heralded as a breakthrough product that could change the face of portable computing. While a technological marvel, the Poqet could not really deliver a real PC experience. contact@creativestrategies.com (Tim Bajarin) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=482 What happens when you team up the animation & imagery genius of DreamWorks with the dedicated engineers at HP? The result is the HP's DreamColor Professional Display. A 24-inch LCD display capable of showing 30-bit color imagery sourced from stills, video or the meticulous animation frames DreamWorks is famous for. The DreamColor display was unveiled by co-developers HP and DreamWorks at a gala NAB event. Just one month later, production versions were made available to a select group of analysts and color savvy journalists. rdoherty@envisioneering.net (Richard Doherty) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=474 Play Ball! Spring 2009. Ah Spring! Baseball, apple pie, enjoying TV. Portable TV at the backyard barbeque, at the seaside, at work, at the ballpark. Oh well, at least we still have baseball and apple pie. In this case, two out of three IS bad - and yet can still be avoided. Because on Feb 18, 2009 - all that changes. Those battery-operated analog TVs become collector items at best and fluorescent night-lights at worst. Portable TV was born in 1959 when both Admiral and Sony developed the first fully transistorized, battery TV sets. rdoherty@envisioneering.net (Richard Doherty) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=486 Carl Icahn is attempting to take over Yahoo and Yahoo’s board and executive team clearly don’t want that to happen. Carl is in it for the money, as are most investors, and he simply wants a good return on his investment (which, this year, I’m pretty sure most of us can relate to) and so could be talked out of taking over the firm which he really doesn’t want to run for any length of time given his goal is to sell all or part of it to Microsoft. Earlier Yahoo reported that Icahn and Microsoft had put a proposal together in a last ditch effort (subtly indicating Icahn and Microsoft were losing the proxy fight) while giving Yahoo 24 hours to accept or reject, something the firm would likely be unable to do over the weekend. renderle@enderlegroup.com (Rob Enderle) Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=485 We’ll talk about the troubled 2nd generation product at the end but let’s look ahead to the 3rd generation first. At some point Apple is going to have to develop a phone line much like they have with the iPod to address the range of incomes and needs that users typically have. One size with two memory configurations defiantly does not fit all. With initial reviews of the iPhone indicating it is still missing a lot of critical stuff that have current smart phone users buying other products li... renderle@enderlegroup.com (Rob Enderle) Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=480 I remember years ago my astonishment when I began to understand “meta-reality,” the concept that with nothing other than key taps, mouse clicks, and lit pixels, people were changing reality far beyond their physical presence. Today, people take for granted that you can buy a Hobie Cat with a few clicks on eBay. As the Internet comes of age, we have begun to see many new institutions forming in the potent nexus of social and technological development. Recently, the rise of Internet video with sites such as YouTube, Digg, and VideoSift demonstrates that people have accepted short-form, low-production-value video for its relevance and immediacy. k@ndpta.com (Roger Kay) Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.technologypundits.com/index.php?article_id=479 Microsoft pleased thousands of its faithful developers at Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas this April by demonstrating that it has the juice when it comes to virtualization. During the keynote, conducted by Bob Muglia and amply punctuated with live demos run by his team and by cheers and applause from thousands of developers in the capacious room, Microsoft demonstrated that it will have a first-class hypervisor and virtual machine manager when it launches its System Center 2008 suite this summer. k@ndpta.com (Roger Kay) Tue, 27 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT