SlashData Team
The 3 key Apple Watch features that nobody talks about. Yet.
[If Apple wants to create a new, large product category out of smart watches, they need to create mass-market demand for their new...
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SlashData Team
Jun 26, 20145 min read
Who will be the iOS and Android of IoT?
[Put together, the announcements at Google I/O and from Apple, Samsung, Nest, Quirky and others in the past weeks paint a crystal clear...
SlashData Team
May 28, 20144 min read
How Samsung enlists developers to make sense of health data
Samsung unveiled its vision on mobile health. The company wants to provide the “voice of your body” with two new intiatives: a...
SlashData Team
Jun 5, 20135 min read
Apple & Samsung's "Profit Share" Trap
[Are the smartphone wars about profit share or market share? Guest author Sameer Singh argues that the case for profit is fundamentally...
SlashData Team
Jan 16, 20136 min read
The Xiaomi Tribe: New hope for handset makers?
[Chinese handset maker entrant Xiaomi is putting itself in the spotlight with impressive first year sales and innovation across hardware,...
SlashData Team
Dec 5, 20127 min read
The Apple and Samsung Profit Recipe
[Apple and Samsung are sucking the oxygen out of the room. What’s the recipe of their profits and why are all the other OEMs struggling?...
SlashData Team
Nov 2, 20115 min read
The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments
[The era of smartphones is upon us, as penetration increases from 11% in 2008 to over 25% in 2011. But what of the remaining three...
SlashData Team
Oct 16, 20117 min read
From MeeGo to Tizen: the making of another software bubble
[Just a short 1.5 years from MeeGo’s birth, Intel dumps it to shift focus to a new platform, Tizen, in partnership with Samsung. Guest...
SlashData Team
Apr 17, 20114 min read
The mobile services landscape: Can OEMs compete with platform vendors?
[Growing competition and price pressures push handset makers to seek new ways to differentiate. This increasingly means services....
SlashData Team
Feb 11, 20115 min read
The Android Monopoly and how to harness it
[Behind Android’s stellar success is a love and hate relationship with handset vendors. Android is a critical launchpad for PC-borne OEMs...
SlashData Team
Oct 23, 20105 min read
Symbian is dead. Long live Symbian
[Is Symbian coming to the end of its shelf life? Research Director Andreas Constantinou dissects the motivations behind Nokia’s strategy...
SlashData Team
Oct 18, 20105 min read
Smart < feature phones = the unbalanced equation (100 Million Club series)
[Smartphones get all the media attention, but it’s feature phones that are still driving the mobile industry. Marketing Manager Matos...
SlashData Team
Jul 26, 20107 min read
Remapping the handset OEM landscape: squeezed in between a rock and a hard place
[In a race for profits, the mobile industry finds itself squeezed between vertically integrated players like Apple and horizontal players...
SlashData Team
Jun 27, 20103 min read
Mapping the mobile ecosystem: top-20 most connected companies
Back in March we released the 3rd edition of the Mobile Industry Atlas, the definitive who’s who of the mobile industry. Since its humble...
SlashData Team
Jun 3, 20104 min read
Lead, innovate or assemble: three choices for handset OEMs as mobile starts to look like the PC indu
[Android has triggered more changes to the mobile industry than anyone had imagined. Research Director, Andreas Constantinou looks at the...
SlashData Team
Apr 25, 20106 min read
Wholesale Applications Community: The Operator Love Affair with Developers
[The Wholesale Application Community has made big headlines in the last two months. But beyond the affectionate operator feelings and...
SlashData Team
Feb 26, 20104 min read
Demolition Derby in Devices: The roller-coaster ride is on
[The economic realities will lead to a roller-coaster ride that will shake up the mobile industry. Guest blogger Richard Kramer talks...
SlashData Team
Jan 24, 20108 min read
Behind the Smartphone Craze: redrawing the map of mobile platforms
[Thought Android and iPhone are taking over the world? Think again. The device platforms map is more fragmented than ever, while the...
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