Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee, and was previously a Research Director at Gartner, focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer...
consumer longer
When it comes to consumer electronics, the longer you wait, it's always going to be smaller, faster, cheaper.
consumers department fairly house seems stuff
More importantly, they've done it in a way that seems to be fairly understandable by consumers so you don't have to have a whole IT department in your house to make this stuff work.
asian capture consumers early faster interest market minds products sony though tv
Sony was not early in the plasma TV market even though consumers showed interest in it. Other Asian competitors were able to get products out faster and capture the minds of consumers.
clear consumers decide situation until wait
When consumers look at this whole situation and the way things are fragmented, they may very well decide they are going to wait until the there is more of a shakeout or a clear standard.
changing consumers digital easy instead interact pictures printing realizing shows wallpaper ways
Often consumers don't have an easy way to get the pictures off the camera. So they use them as wallpaper and screensavers instead of printing them. It shows how consumers are changing the way they are interacting with digital technology. Consumers are realizing that there's many ways they can interact with their pictures other than just printing them out and pasting them into an album.
beyond blitz company consumer consumers extremely fact focus lost lucrative market move pcs reminder using word
This blitz is a reminder of the fact that while enterprises are extremely important to the company, HP has not lost the focus on things that it excels at. The consumer market can be very lucrative as consumers move beyond using their PCs just for e-mail and word processing.
compelling consumers embracing issues needs people products web
There are some real competitive issues going on, and (Microsoft) needs to respond, not just with products and offerings for consumers but also (with) compelling products and APIs for developers, ... There's a recognition that people are embracing the Web as a platform, and they (Microsoft) want to be there as well.
supposed
It does what it's supposed to do, and it does it well.
available information keeping position processing word
Keeping it persistently available is a pretty big deal. I can position things so I can be working on my e-mail or word processing and still have the information available.
developing effort microsoft phone taken
Microsoft has taken a lot of effort developing the phone first.
apple experience radically user
The experience isn't going to be radically different for the Apple user after this. There will be some adjustment, some tweaks here and there, but it is not going to be a dramatically different experience.
good short target term
For the short term they're already on target with a good relationship. Apple's already reaped a lot of benefits.
bad built changes core dna essence notion paid services somewhat
With Mozilla, its core essence has been this notion about doing things for free. So in that case, it is a little different because it somewhat changes the DNA the organization was built upon, and it comes back to the recognition that being paid for services is not necessarily a bad thing.
brand none talking
We're talking about Apple, so it could be all of those things, none of those things, or something brand new.