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1. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... in it someplace, unfortunately for Google the iPoop  name was already taken.   (If you didn’t pick this up, the links are half the fun of this piece).   Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. ...

2. Traveling with the MacBook Air Butt Kicking Dell Adamo 9.99

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... there are serious problems with getting everything in the backpack and when I pull the laptop out to work, a serious risk of exploding my underwear all over the room.   This stuff is under pressure ...

3. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   ... new platform. You can see the ads here but broken promises and PC News are pure but well done FUD. Granted Microsoft is having a few problems with its “Family Guy” special (and who else now ...

4. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 22 October 2009

   ... saved only by Steve Jobs return. The mistake that Microsoft made was they hadn’t budgeted for sustaining marketing. This allowed Apple a huge opportunity to point out Windows 95 problems and showcase their ...

5. Windows 7 Starter Edition: The best version of Windows yet

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 13 October 2009

   ... Want Starter Edition Now, don’t get me wrong, even they think Starter Edition is better than Windows XP, but they have always argued people don’t want a stripped down OS.   The problem, they ...

6. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 06 October 2009

   In watching Microsoft deal with the world since the iPhone launched you have to wonder if the Robbie Bach and the other Microsoft executives leading the Windows Mobile Effort think they somehow dropped ...

7. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

   Thursday, 01 October 2009

   ... making the impossible possible is what we do, and that should put fire back into the market and the technology products we use.   Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. Inquiry Analysts are ...

8. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   ... - yes, decades - to recover from its own consent decree. Microsoft likely isn’t even half way through its related problems. AT&T was killed and has since been reborn as a new company.This ...

9. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

   Tuesday, 15 September 2009

   ... impressive jump in performance. This is small, light, should have very good battery life and still price out a hair under $400.  This product probably won’t even be available until October 22nd. ...

10. IFA and 3D Wars: Blu-Ray is Once Again Obsolete

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... screen angle can be a problem and the result generally isn’t as realistic (at least not to my eye).    In short the Sony approach is more affordable and the Panasonic is more interesting ...

11. Apple’s iPad: Like Apple TV or like iPod?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    ... chance to make this a hit.  However, the iPad reminds us of the problems Apple had with AppleTV - and AppleTV was one of Apple’s rare failures. Even though it is arguably the best product in an ...

12. Google Chrome OS: Gcrap reveals the next Netscape

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ... comes the closest of any Apple OS to doing this and it will hit the market 30 days before Windows 7 does, showcasing a combination of market savvy and technical execution. The problem with Snow Leopard ...

13. Steve Jobs, the unique artisan CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    ... is an inherent beauty to his offerings that few other products have.     Wishing for more artisans The problem with most products from cars to personal technology is that, by the time ...

14. The death of the netbook

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    ... factor is coming: Smartbooks and Apple may actually have one of the first of these. What? You thought your choices were going to get easier? Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. Inquiry ...

15. Intel + Nokia: In search of relevance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 25 June 2009

    ... may be something in the market you'd rather have.  Smartphone buyers, welcome to the wonderful world of high-tech!   Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. Inquiry Analysts are paid ...

16. Microsoft does Reality TV with Jack and Suzy Welch

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    Analyst Opinion - This is an interesting idea.  Do a reality TV program on the web using Jack Welch, who is arguably a more famous success than Donald Trump and focus on a real problem. In this ...

17. Apple WWDC: How to take on Windows 7

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 10 June 2009

    ... a problem for Apple who is enjoying growth, but still needs people to swap off Windows if they want to continue to see it. In my view, regardless of the improvements in Snow Leopard, Windows 7 could stall ...

18. Disappointing Palm Pre launch, iPhone extravaganza today

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    ... device received favorable reviews overall and analyst Rob Enderle even went as far as saying that it is the best smartphone on the market today. Apple is expected to launch the new iPhone 3.0 software ...

19. The Palm Pre: The best smartphone yet. Period.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 04 June 2009

    ... the new bar as the best phone I've ever had the honor to carry. Congrats, Palm! Incredibly well done.   Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. Inquiry Analysts are paid to stay up to date ...

20. Palm: Dead company walking?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Thursday, 28 May 2009

    ... We know they have been working a lower cost device that could probably move an impressive number of devices.   Whatever this is, it will show up soon, because they have already bought the memory ...

21. Can Palm or Zune beat Apple?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    ...   Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. Inquiry Analysts are paid to stay up to date on current events and identify trends and either explain the trends or make suggestions, tactical ...

22. Intel and AMD may be radically changing the future of the PC

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 14 May 2009

    ... the mindset to be looking for change was the roll out of OnLive, which is an On-Line gaming service promising to provide full scale game system experiences from a cloud based service.   The problem ...

23. Apple, Marvell and the promise of changing the world

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Opinion)

    Thursday, 07 May 2009

    ... due to capacity problems.   Savings in energy and new power plants will easily scale to the billions and, widely deployed, this would have a material impact on global warming. This product is ...

24. Why Apple needs Microsoft to survive the coming OS battle

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    ... dominant the bundle created anti-competitive problems, first with the U.S. and then with Europe. This got the government involved and, coupled with some other mistakes Microsoft made, caused them to lose ...

25. Tradeshows: IFA shows CES the way

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    ...  In following CES for the better part of a decade and watching Comdex fail, the problem of these shows often seems to be one of focus. Most shows seem to focus more on revenue than on content and, when ...

26. The netbook-killing HP DV2

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 April 2009

    ... an AC/DC aftermarket power adapter like the new iGo everywhere85.         Blu-ray One of the problems with Blu-Ray is that there are no portable players in the market yet and, ...

27. Acer Revo: The perfect desktop for an imperfect world

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    ... at the same time. In addition, the best performance parts for a product for this mixed up market comes from Intel which has the Atom platform, and Nvidia, which has Ion. The problem is that Intel hates ...

28. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    ... which was for storage. But applying the concept to processors though replacing the "D" in that word with a "P" is somewhat problematic for the naming folks.   Google had been scaring the hardware ...

29. Will Apple lose its power to drive market trends?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 24 March 2009

    ... even more of them.     Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. Inquiry Analysts are paid to stay up to date on current events and identify trends and either explain the ...

30. Dell's Adamo: A sign of hope for a better tomorrow

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 March 2009

    ... sporting clays shotgun that has a similar feel and think that high-end sports equipment probably comes closest to providing something you could compare this to.   Appearance The look of this product ...

31. Lies, damn lies, and energy benchmarks

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    ... live up to the ideals we aspire to.Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts. Inquiry Analysts are paid to stay up to date on current events and identify trends and either explain the trends or make ...

32. How HP accomplished what Apple could not

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... understand what is being asked of us before fighting the request, we'll likely miss a number of great opportunities. This year, we'll need every opportunity we can get.  Rob Enderle is one of the last ...

33. Intel wins TSMC support to gear up for historic battle with ARM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... and is now on a direct collision course with what will soon prove to be its bitter rival:  ARM.Frequent TG Daily readers may recall Rob Enderle’s recent article on the coming Intel vs. ARM battle, ...

34. The coming ARM vs. Intel PC battle

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    ... that reside on the web that make these devices work. The more software that doesn't run locally there is, the more problems represented by ARM are mitigated and the more important connectivity is. You ...

35. Bartz may announce major Yahoo reorganization this week

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 23 February 2009

    ... downturn. Many also believe real innovation and company turn-around plans will likely not come before the end of this year. Rob Enderle, a regular TG Daily contributor and principal analyst for The ...

36. Cell phone battles in Barcelona

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 February 2009

    ... even though it was more of a hardware software beta test. Capable of multi-touch (but deciding to turn it off to avoid problems with Apple), their platform is one of the most similar to the iPhone and ...

37. Kindle vs. iPod and AMD Dragon vs. Intel 32 nm: The power of marketing

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 11 February 2009

    ... audience for both products is about equal in number, though the Kindle's demographic probably trends older. Both products have compelling unique capabilities to enhance the experience; iTunes has music ...

38. The problem with 3D: Where it works and where it does not

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 04 February 2009

    ... been part of the problem with the Intel experience.   The other problem for the Super Bowl and Chuck was that people who did not have glasses needed to be able to enjoy the commercials and TV show. ...

39. Palm vs. Apple: Old play, new roles

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 28 January 2009

    ... happened. Steve Jobs, who never takes no for an answer, wanted his folks to patent the iPhone. They did this in what appears to be the mother of all patents.  But this may reflect one of the problems ...

40. Windows 7 vs. the World: Change is in the Wind

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

    ... This same problem plagues Windows Vista and has plagued every OS Microsoft has released. Opinion - Chicago (IL) - As Windows 7 moves through the beta process, you'll see a number of complaints that typically ...

41. A view of CES: Storm clouds give way due to a little Apple-sourced magic

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Monday, 12 January 2009

    ...  Opening Microsoft keynote and CES problem Bill Gates has historically done the opening keynote and was always a kick to watch. One of the most fun aspects was trying to guess which demo would fail, ...

42. 2009: Year of mergers, platform changes and conservation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 26 December 2008

    ... financial pressure, and several years of folks working on this problem will come together in 2009 and by the end of the year we will have the first affordable whole house media solutions that rival Kaleidescape ...

43. Obama’s Mac: Will it accelerate the Mac move into the mainstream?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 10 December 2008

    ... to take the view that security isn’t its problem and governments have a tendency of disagreeing with positions like that. Obama’s Mac may change Apple in ways that it has been resisting since Steve Jobs ...

44. Why there isn’t an $800 MacBook Air-like product

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

    ... potential sales, because they don’t have the right products at the right price in the market and are aggressively trying to find ways around this problem. There is some speculation that Apple may actually ...

45. 10 not so ordinary Christmas gifts

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 30 November 2008

    ... what we believe will make special Christmas presents. But we also asked Rob Enderle to compile a list of not-so-ordinary gifts for those who have everything already.  We are sure these gifts will ...

46. Microsoft moves to take back the antivirus market

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 19 November 2008

    ... of primary security for Windows from the start. I applaud this move, because it corrects a problem Microsoft created itself. Apple should learn from Microsoft's lead here, because if Microsoft is successful, ...

47. AMD Shanghai: We are back!

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 13 November 2008

    ...     Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts.  Inquiry Analysts are paid to stay up to date on current events and identify trends and either explain the trends or make suggestions, ...

48. AMD Shanghai: Is it enough?

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

    ... competition: So let's hope that AMD, with the Shanghai launch, has brought their "A" Game.   Rob Enderle is one of the last Inquiry Analysts.  Inquiry Analysts are paid to stay up to ...

49. PC 3.0: Visions from the Phoenix Technology Annual Conference

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

    ... see more innovative products more quickly; the problem is it isn’t the design that is the most expensive part of the problem. A lot of it is the cost of creating the prototypes, building out the lines ...