@elctrnx_Iyf, True, there's already a record decline in the sale of PC desk top and laptops. Whilst tablets and smartphones sales are on the increase. It has been forecasted that 2012 will witness a further increase in mobile operating systems market.
Jacob, The patent war remains a distraction for all the players in the market. Yes, it is possible some infringements have occurred and these need to be resolved but it's not going to hobble competitors that much. Based on everything that's been reported so far, the combatants, whether they win or lose in patent court, only have to slightly modify their products and they are back in the market.
Dave, It's a complicated situation for consumers and service providers alike. OEMs in the consumer electronics sector make their money from volume shipment and not simply by charging higher margins -- the days of lofty margins are going fast. So, as you observed, the more products proliferate, the better for manufacturers and their service partners. Many of these are licking their chops everytime they tell us we should get our systems and household equipment hooked up to the web. My newest printer is wireless, which is convenient but did I really need for it to be wireless? It was available in the store at the same price as tethered printers so I got. Now, I have a printer on which I can read the news on its tiny screen!
@Anna, many if not all of the major carriers are now looking seriously into M2M and embedded device connectivity.People can switch carriers pretty easily today and just transfer their numbers and get a new mobile phone, but with embedded devices the amount of devices is more numerous and they are part of a much needed solution making it harder for the customers to jump ship from the carriers and the potential for ongoing business will be typically a lot more than the usual cell phone contracts too.
@Dave, you are absolutely correct. This is why the likes of AT&T,Verizon, Sprint and T-mobile have tapped into this segment. There is vast market potential in M2M embedded cellular - based consumer electronics such as e.readers,digital photo frames,netbooks, home security monitoring and navugation device.
What's more it is forecasted that m2m cellular connections will triple by 2014 to 75million.
@Jacob, I read that too. That is good news for Samsung. I don't think that's going to be the end of the patent war. IDC, in its report, predicted that the next high tech products war will be in the communications area. The outlook is that the large tech companies have got battles on their hands. We are going to see more upstarts company competing with the long established ones. So I foresee more courtroom drama in the coming year. What's your thoughts?
I was asking myself the same question. It would appear that the general population is considering tablets to be completely separate from PCs. Yes they both have some differences, some good and some bad, but they are both PCs, the tablets just being more portable.
Ann, yesterday Samsung wins a patent war against apple in Australia and the ban for galaxy tab has been removed. I think this is the first time Samsung winning against Apple. More over I had read that they had filed a case against Apple 4S in Australian court. So I think the mobility patent war is going to be heaten 2010
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