The China Branded OEMs
I spent a lot of time talking to the China handset OEMs once known as the Shanzhai. As I said in my last note, […]
I spent a lot of time talking to the China handset OEMs once known as the Shanzhai. As I said in my last note, […]
There must be a metric that defines the ratio of how important something is compared to how obscure it is. If this ratio is not named yet, I am claiming […]
So Microsoft finally pulled the trigger and is buying Nokia. Big. Risky. Bet. The blogosphere is crowded tonight, but I have been watching these two flirt for so long that […]
HTC is reportedly working on a new operating system (OS), one that is specifically tailored to a Chinese audience. This is a smart strategic move for them, software is they […]
In the 1980’s we saw the emergence of the PC production complex around Taiwan. This decade we are going to see a smart-device complex emerge around Shenzhen and South China. […]
I spent the day listening to Google’s developer conference in the background, while trying to do real work in the foreground. So I can’t say that I caught all the […]
Google opened their I/O Developer Conference today. In the keynote they called out a bunch of statistics at their I/O Developer Conference today – “900 million activations to date”, “1 […]
A big topic here at D2D Headquarters is exploring ways for app developers to get paid. So first, credit where credit is due. Smartphones have opened up a huge market […]
If you have been around the mobile industry long enough you may remember when the great topic of the day was “Location-Based Services” (or LBS). No one really knew what […]
Yesterday and today, all the attention seems to be on Facebook’s new “Home on Android”. The stock is up, and the new product is being covered all over the blogosphere. […]