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Gerry ChristensenFounder and CEOWireless Waypoint

VoIP over Cellular Data is Interesting Development for Wireless Carriers

March 16, 2009

Analysis of:New Carrier Promises Unlimited 3G Data, VOIP | www.pcmag.com

The apparent decision by ATT wireless to partner with Zero1 to allow the MVNO to offer VoIP services using the ATT data network is an interesting move by the wireless carrier.  This is one way for ATT to monetize its data network through wholesale arrangement with the MVNO.  On the other hand, it also risks a more longer term trend of voice marginalization.

Gerry ChristensenFounder and CEOWireless Waypoint

Facebook should add New and Valuable Lifestyle Application(s): Shopping and Reviews

March 13, 2009

Analysis of:Facebook begins rolling out revamped home page | www.livemint.com

The improvements for facebook are good, but there are many opportunities for Facebook to leverage it's position as social networking platform for adults to include sharing useful lifestyle events such as shopping, product reviews, couponing and discounts, and other commerce activities.

Gerry ChristensenFounder and CEOWireless Waypoint

Economic Stimulus Package: An opportunity for Softswitch providers

March 10, 2009

Analysis of:MetaSwitch Dialing Up Rural Telecom Business | www.tmcnet.com

Some of the Economic Stimulus Package may be spent on telecommunications and a good place to spend it is on upgrading legacy TDM based digital switches to Softswitches.  Companies such as MetaSwitch can become beneficiaries.

Peter Shih-Hsin YingPresident Knight Investment Consulting

Chewing Before Swallowing

March 5, 2009

Analysis of:Nokia considering entering laptop industry | www.reuters.com

Chewing before swallowing. It may be an elephant this time. When Nokia can not swallow the current hot smart phone soup and looking over other table's dish for internet content from PC, it could end up with no meal in either table. Late 90, Intel announced so many times wanting to enter communication market. What is Intel's position in the handset market today? Bottom line is that business models are fundamentally different between PC and handset market. PC is driven by performance and handset is driven by delivery. It is impossible for one of them to transform from one to another.  Nokia may spell "P" into profit and "C" into cheap. But the point is that Nokia has no experience in PC business.  Take away: Do not read too much. Giants like Intel or Nokia, talk nonsense sometime. The information released, while reading between the line, showing that Nokia is in denial mode of failing smart phone market and does not know what to do about it.

Gerry ChristensenFounder and CEOWireless Waypoint

Application Discoverability, Ease of Navigation and UI lead to Spontaneity and thus Adoption and Frequent Usage

March 4, 2009

Analysis of:Report: iPhone has “commanding lead” on Web | apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com

The title of this news request is ‘iPhone has “commanding lead” on Web’, but the real title should be, “iPhone has commanding lead on web-based applications".   The key factors for iPhone are application discoverability, ease of navigation user interface.  This leads to adoption and frequent usage.   This is true for ANY application.  As it pertains to Apple’s iPhone, it is so easy to find applications and use the phone, end-users discover and navigate to new Web-based applications and use them more frequently with one-touch invocation.

Gerry ChristensenFounder and CEOWireless Waypoint

iPhone and Mobile Web Usage

March 4, 2009

Analysis of:Apple iPhone controls over 66% of all mobile web use | www.appleinsider.com

The trend for smart phones to become increasingly easy to use with touch screens, widgets, and application stores will lead to broad and deep mobile web usage. Ease of use leads to spontaneity and the willingness to try new applications and ways to benefit from always-on connectivity and location-based services. Most applications will find limited usage, but the more engaging and viral ones will enjoy great success.

Sharon FlankPrincipalDataStrategy LLC

RFID: Expect slowing in health applications

October 13, 2008

Analysis of:RFID Monthly News: R W Baird & Co. | www.rwbaird.com

Smarter RFID is leading to growth in some applications, such as vehicle tracking and food freshness, and even management of assets such as laundry.  But some of the hype from the Wal-Mart requirements and California drug e-pedigree legislation is dissipating: the technology is complicated and expensive, and there are continuing privacy and health concerns.

Sharon FlankPrincipalDataStrategy LLC

Meta-Metadata: Picture Info Starts to Make Sense

October 3, 2008

Analysis of:Metadata Working Group Introduces First Specification for Interoperability and Preservation of Metadata in Digital Photography | www.examiner.com

Until visual image searching gets a lot better, you'll be relying on words (metadata) to find and make sense of your images, whether personal photos or a corporate image library.  Thousands of hours have been spent muddling toward standards, and it would take thousands more to get compete agreement.  Now an industry working group, led by Microsoft, has made excellent progress in getting the standards to interoperate.  What does this mean?  New tools (Picasa and beyond) can all understand how to manage your pictures, and corporate media managers will have fewer setup and maintenance headaches.

Hong JiangPresident and Chief Executive OfficerHJ Solutions, LLC

HTC Android vs 3G iPhone

September 22, 2008

Analysis of:First Google Android phone to cost $199: report | news.yahoo.com

China Mobile is keen on the Android phones.  In addition to HTC, China Mobile has formed a joint venture with a local startup to build Android phones. 

Hong JiangPresident and Chief Executive OfficerHJ Solutions, LLC

HTC Android vs 3G iPhone

September 22, 2008

Analysis of:'Android' Cellphone to Showcase Google Brand | online.wsj.com

The HTC Android phone will be closely compared with the 3G iPhone.  Most likely the look and feel won't be as sleek as the iPhone.  However, Android phones will have the processing speed that is hard to beat.  In addition, the open handset model features may not initially be impressive.  But as time goes on, when the application development community catches on, there will be some impressive apps coming out... 

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