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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
Feb 10, 20114 min read
Mobile Megatrends 2011
[We ‘re excited to release our fourth annual Mobile Megatrends 2011 – themed around what else? how software is fundamentally changing...
SlashData Team
Jan 30, 20115 min read
Haptics and Sensors: The new toolset for handset differentiation?
[Haptics, sensors, gesture tracking, intelligent texting and pico projectors; a taste of the technology soup headed our way. Guest author...
SlashData Team
Jan 24, 20114 min read
[Survey] Developer Economics 2011: The evolution of app development
[Developer Economics 2011 is here! As we launch our new survey on all things developer-related, Marketing Manager Matos Kapetanakis looks...
SlashData Team
Jan 9, 20116 min read
RIM: a leap ahead in user experience, but can it execute?
[RIM’s acquisition of UI firm TAT marked the largest mobile software M&A of 2010. Research Director Andreas Constantinou explains why the...
SlashData Team
Jan 5, 20119 min read
Open Source community building: a guide to getting it right
[Everyone – from carriers to OEMs – is busy building developer communities. But many have failed and more have seen disappointing...
SlashData Team
Dec 27, 20108 min read
VisionMobile's top 10+1 blog articles for 2010
[As 2010 draws to a close, Marketing Manager Matos Kapetanakis reveals the 10 most influential articles in the VisionMobile blog for...
SlashData Team
Dec 13, 20106 min read
Connect, Interact, Transact: How mobile operators can bridge the communications gap
[As mobile operators compete with the over the top players (Skype, Google and Facebook), many question whether operators have a real...
SlashData Team
Dec 5, 20105 min read
Bringing the 'social' out of the operator walled gardens
[Mobile services have long been a carefully guarded commodity, kept within the ‘walled gardens’ of network operators. But as innovation...
SlashData Team
Nov 23, 20106 min read
Apps is the new Web: sowing the seeds for Web 3.0
[With the phenomenal success of mobile apps, the world of content is migrating from web 2.0 to apps as the new format for creating,...
SlashData Team
Nov 15, 20105 min read
BlackBerry: A Dual Personality Disorder?
[RIM is torn between two very different market segments: Enterprise mobile messaging and text-addicted consumers. Amidst troubling signs...
SlashData Team
Nov 7, 20108 min read
The MeeGo Progress Report: A+ or D-?
[Eight months after the announcement of the MeeGo project by Intel and Nokia, guest author Dave Neary analyses the progress made to date...
SlashData Team
Nov 3, 20101 min read
[Infographic] The Mobile Developer Journey
The Mobile Developer Journey A few months ago, VisionMobile published Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond, a research report that tracked...
SlashData Team
Oct 31, 20105 min read
The Android UI Dilemma: Unify or Differentiate?
[The UI of Android mobile devices is at the epicenter of a conflict between Google and the OEM struggle for differentiation. Guest author...
SlashData Team
Oct 24, 20105 min read
The Tortoise and the Hare: The tale of Android evolution
[Android is moving too fast with software releases – too fast for the smartphone ecosystem to follow. At the same time, Android is moving...
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
Oct 13, 20104 min read
The Snowball Effect of Mobile Application Analytics
[It takes time for your eyes to adjust when you’ve been blind-sighted for so long. Especially if you are an entire industry. Research...
SlashData Team
Oct 6, 20108 min read
30 Tablets in Q4 2010: packed train arriving at empty station
[There are 30 tablets coming by Q4 2010, but who is going to buy them? Guest author Jonathan Goldberg, Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank...
SlashData Team
Sep 27, 20107 min read
Windows Phone 7: Tipping the Scales of the Smartphone Market
[Windows Phone 7 has the potential to redraw the smartphone competitive landscape and accelerate the evolution of the mobile value-chain....
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