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iGR Weekly Blog
Insight and analysis for the changing wireless world
In the course of conducting our research, iGR is briefed my many companies, attends numerous trade shows and talks to many executives and engineers. iGR's new Weekly Blog provides a new outlet for this research and opinion and provides a new means for us to keep our clients, prospects and colleagues in the wireless and mobile industry updated.
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Iain Gillott
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Boring or Bold?
I have used Blackberries in the past. I understand why enterprises and businesses use them. I see them all the time on planes, trains and automobiles and even my technically-challenged lawyer uses one. Yes, the guy who asks which end of the screwdriver |
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More on cell phones on planes…
A few weeks ago, I discussed the illogical rules associated with cell phone use on planes. For example, you can use the cell phone immediately after landing but not after leaving the gate prior to take-off. I posed the question as to why this was and if |
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Windows Mobile: The Enterprise Device OS of Choice?
At CTIA, Microsoft launched version 6.1 of its Window Mobile (WM) platform. The first time I saw the updated was on two of the new phones from Velocity Mobile (the 111 and the 83). Both the OS and those devices looked pretty good, especially compared to s |
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Viral growth, virus decline
Much has been made in various Web-based industries about the power of viral growth, where one person tells another about a product or service and penetration grows. Viral growth can obviously be very powerful and has built some significant businesses – F |
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CTIA Wireless 2009 Recommendations
For those of you in the wireless industry who live under a rock, last week was the annual CTIA bash in Las Vegas, also known as Wireless 2008. I have been going to this show for about 15 years and this was probably the least news-worthy event. Aside fro |
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More on device management
In large mobile device deployments, corporate IT departments face various challenges related to device provisioning, configuration, troubleshooting and repair. In a discussion with Odyssey Software last week, the company’s President and CEO Mark Gentile, |
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The mobile mysteries of air travel
It was Spring Break this week for much of Texas and so we took the family to LA for a few days – Universal Studios, Santa Monica Beach, Lakers game, the Hollywood Sign, etc. On the way out there from Austin, my wife asked a very logical question: why ca |
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A BlackBerry Killer? Doubtful.
This blog is probably premature, but like many wireless analysts I'm curious to see what enterprise-related news Apple will reveal this week regarding its iPhone/iTouch SDK. The SDK will allow independent software developers to create applications that ru |
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Do handsets effect churn? One does…
s long as I can remember (well, at least since 1994), we have asked people in our surveys about why they churned operators. As much as the handset OEMs would like you to think that people change operators to get a specific phone, this is simply not true. |
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KISS
Remember when Clinton (Bill) was running for president and he (or someone on his staff) coined the phrase “it’s the economy, stupid?” Well, jump ahead 16 years and we have another Clinton running for president (Hillary, of course) and, despite many chang |
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