Mobile and Connected Device Strategies
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Samsung Releases Lowest-Priced Android Phone
Daily Insight | May 24, 2013
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The Indian mobile market is getting Samsung’s lowest-priced Android-powered mobile phone yet, the Galaxy Star. The phone is now available to Indian consumers and comes with a price tag of 5,420 rupees, or U.S.$97.49.
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Post-PC DevicesQualcomm’s RF360 Pops the Cork on Spectrum Fragmentation
Perspectives | May 16, 2013
What if every mobile operator, no matter how obscure their spectrum holdings, could be assured that even the most popular devices would work seamlessly over their networks? Qualcomm's RF360 aims to make that vision a reality.
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Battle of the BrandsKnow Your Smartphone Centers of Gravity
Perspectives | May 22, 2013
The endless debate around who is winning the smartphone war assumes smartphones are interchangeable commodities, but that's a false assumption. The reality is that all smartphone ecosystems today have a unique center of gravity, and users and developers must align themselves with the best fit to prosper.
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BYOD Transforms ITThe Enterprise Tide Turns Against MDM
Perspectives | May 10, 2013
As BYOD takes off and mobile devices become more commonplace tools within enterprises, organizations are beginning to shift their focus away from securing the devices themselves and toward securing the apps, data and content residing on them. The result? Traditional mobile device management (MDM) is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
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M2MShould the Car You Buy Drive Your Mobile Operator Choice?
Perspectives | April 26, 2013
As T-Mobile's latest deal with Audi underscores, connected car makers are intent on pursuing one-to-one relationships with mobile operators, and that's a strategy fraught with pitfalls. In the end, forcing consumers to add yet another data plan (and bill) just to use the connectivity-related perks of their car will end up stifling opportunities for both automakers and operators.
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Patent WarsWhy Samsung Needs a Plan B vs. Apple
Perspectives | April 23, 2013
Apple and Samsung are waging what amounts to World War III in the mobile device patent world. As Yankee Group examines the many battles being fought around the globe, however, the likely long-term winner--and loser--are becoming increasingly apparent.
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OS WarsWill Firefox OS Be the New No. 3?
Perspectives | March 6, 2013
Mozilla's debut of a Firefox OS device at Mobile World Congress offers a good glimpse of the eagerly anticipated Web-based mobile operating system. With three device manufacturers already on board and plans to distribute to nine countries globally, the phone is off to a great start. But is it enough to catapult Mozilla to third place in the device ecosystem race?
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