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Kenneth EisnerSenior Vice President, Business Development and MaONE ECONOMY CORP.

Sprint's WiMax Begins in Baltimore: Why Baltimore, you ask?

October 29, 2008

Analysis of:With UMB Left Behind, LTE and WiMAX Battle for 4G Supremacy | www.instat.com

The Baltimore Sprint deployment tells us a lot.  In many ways, it shows us the predominance of relationships and ease in choosing a locale as opposed to the attraction of the demographic; if the opposite was the case, Baltimore never would have been selected.  As for the LTE v WiMax debate, the winner likely will be determined as much is not more so by the companies who are executing the campaign (as Verizon with LTE and Sprint with WiMax) then by the technology itself.

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.

Kenneth EisnerSenior Vice President, Business Development and MaONE ECONOMY CORP.

Android's Risk Factors in Taking on Apple: Multiple Winners in the Wireless OS Battle

September 23, 2008

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

Google's Android starts with one big disadvantage -- time -- and one big advantage -- brand name.  But they are competing against another huge brand in Apple who also controlled the hardware and software.  Though this is directly in line with their strategy, they are leaving part of the OS war winner platform up to chance.

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... 

Kenneth EisnerSenior Vice President, Business Development and MaONE ECONOMY CORP.

Apple iPhone is a Humongous, Game-Changer: Read this to Understand Why

August 1, 2008

Analysis of:Verizon Says iPhone Has Had Minimal Impact | www.ipodobserver.com

In this article, I discuss 10 points on why the Apple iPhone has made mobile / mobile Web / mobile commerce the most important opportunity of the coming year.  Whether it is the four "killer apps" on the iPhone, carrier disintermediation in tandem with Google, the speed to 4G, or the way it has made RIM, Palm, Verizon, and others change their strategy ... this product is revolutionalizing the way we look at wireless.  For years, we listened to the carriers and handset manufacturers say that we shouldn't build for the Web or convergence because consumers weren't using these elements, and now we know for sure that it is because that user experience wasn't ready for prime time.

Sharon FlankPrincipalDataStrategy LLC

Cuil vs. Google? Not Yet.

July 30, 2008

Analysis of:Former Google engineers launch new search engine | www.bizjournals.com

Google is a behemoth, but it rules because it delivers better search results than the competition.  That's how Google got ahead, and that's how they are maintaining their lead, against Microsoft, Yahoo!, and everybody else.  Does the Cuil team have the magic to beat them at their own game?

Sharon FlankPrincipalDataStrategy LLC

Citizen Photographers: Flickr's Opportunity with Getty Images

July 23, 2008

Analysis of:Flickr turns to Getty to sell amateur photos | www.usatoday.com

Flickr photographers dream of the big break - and that big break is getting both attention and money for their images.  So Getty Images is giving substance to that dream.  Flickr was right to make the deal: it energizes their users and upgrades their offering with a new veneer of professional viability.  Flickr is not the same as Getty's microstock arm, iStockphoto.  Flickr covers a broad range of personal tastes and agendas, while iStockphoto is calculated to sell popular images enough times for the fees to add up.  On iStockphoto expect lots of happy couples, cute children, and business metaphors.  Flickr users take pictures when something interesting happens, and post the good ones.  There is overlap, of course, but the aims are different, and so are the results.

Kenneth EisnerSenior Vice President, Business Development and MaONE ECONOMY CORP.

Sprint's PTT, aka a return to 8-track tapes: Are you kidding me?

July 22, 2008

Analysis of:Consumer push-to-talk: Does anyone really care ‘where you at?’ | telephonyonline.com

In general, I think Sprint has made a never-ending flow of tragic mistakes since their merger with Nextel.  But I rarely see a mistake so obviously devoid of consumer misunderstanding that a PTT revival.  These guys need a suitor, fast.

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