By Mike Anderson This week has been a hot start to the mobile ecosystem battles expected in 2013. Apple has seen its glow begin to dim. Samsung’s earnings shine to record levels because of smartphones. Microsoft hits its numbers even though Surface hasn’t arisen to drive Windows. And Lenovo has made public its interest as [...]
iPad Mini is just the Beginning of the Tablet Explosion
November 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Jim Lundy It was just a year ago and the only serious Tablet on the market was the iPad 2. Apple sold 15.43 million iPad 2s in the fourth quarter of 2011. Jump ahead to the holiday season for 2012 and the iPad Mini and Google Nexus 7 just started shipping in volume. In numerous [...]
BYOD Shifts to Bring your Own Tablet
September 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
By Jim Lundy As we put some finishing touches on a Research Note about the coming Tablet Wars, there is one key finding that we’ve seen with enterprises. Much of the focus of BYOD has been on supporting Smart Phones, such as iPhone, Android and existing RIM Blackberrys. Tablets raise more issues because you can [...]
Apple’s Lawsuit Victory Over Samsung: Will It Stifle Innovation?
August 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Mike Anderson Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung has been big news. On August 24 the jury ruled that Samsung had violated some of Apple’s patents, and awarded Apple more than $1 billion. The legal wrangling is far from over, but the implications are far reaching. Apple Samsung Verdict Implications Views about the possible impact have varied [...]
The iPad as a video and web conferencing device
July 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Jim Lundy The last two days at our Aragon Research offsite, we had a need for video sharing with a remote colleague and we did not have a room based or dedicated video conferencing system. To make a long story short, we ended up using an Apple iPad 2 as a video capture device [...]
Tablet Wars: User Experience Expectations are High
July 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
By Jim Lundy In the Tablet Wars that are coming, the expectations of users of how a Tablet behaves are very high. Just ask anyone that has used an iPad and then tried to use something else. This blog post is the result of a conversation I had with an IT Leader over the weekend. [...]
HCM -Talent Go Cloud, Windows 8 and iPad 3
February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Jim Lundy This week was full of announcements from major HCM players, such as SAP (solidified its Cloud Roadmap based on SuccessFactors) and Oracle (which sought to reassure customers on its pending acquisition of Cloud Talent provider Taleo). In related First Cuts, we predicted the move by Oracle and we also think this will not be [...]
How Apple Ushered in a New Era of Computing
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Jim Lundy A new era of computing is upon us. It involves touch and voice, simplicity and apps that let people do amazing things. It is one in which the operating system stays in the background and doesn’t get in the way of people doing work, watching movies, playing games or listening to music. [...]
HP Committed to Tablets, Not So Much to webOS
December 21, 2011 By
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Mike Anderson Topics: Mobile Issue: What are the trends impacting mobile computing? Summary: In just under four months since HP’s announced discontinuation of the TouchPad tablet, HP has decided to open source webOS. Event: On December 9th, HP announced that it would contribute its [...]
Stars Aligning for Tablet Turmoil in 2012
December 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
By Mike Anderson 2012 is shaping up to be an exciting year for tablets and the mobile industry overall. The battle, through 2011, has been won, and Apple has taken the prize. With a new leader at Apple, expectations continue to be high. Just the media whiplash with the great iPhone 4S not being an [...]
The Tablet Era is Here
December 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Jim Lundy I’ve been covering Tablets since before the iPad came out. In fact, I wrote about future eBooks and Digital Paper way back in 2000, seven years before they actually appeared. When it launched last year (note, the iPad has been on the market for just over 19 months), the iPad was met with surprise [...]
Responding to the Tablet Invasion of Your Workplace
December 5, 2011 By 8 Comments
By Mike Anderson I have been involved in the technologies and strategies in the workplace for many years. The changes with us today are more diverse, challenging and exciting than I’ve seen before. We’ve approached tipping points in mobility, cloud and new approaches to connecting ourselves like social software. And this is happening at a [...]
iPad Envy: How Apple Caught the PC Industry Off-Guard
August 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Jim Lundy Editors Note: This Blog Post was originally posted on August 1, 2010. 2010 will be remembered most in technology circles as one in which Apple caught the entire PC industry off guard. We’re talking about the Apple iPad and the Tablet wars it has stoked. Was this a stroke of genius or [...]
