Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
advanced competition entered looks microsoft product search
Microsoft has entered as a full-fledged competitor. The (Windows Live) search product looks to be more advanced by a generation, and we're going to have a leapfrog competition as the two firms try to out do each other.
absolutely advance cannot hopefully learn lesson list product talk wish
Hopefully they'll learn this lesson -- that they absolutely cannot come out years in advance of a product and talk about a wish list of things that may or may not make it in.
affordable growth market navigation poised products rapid simple strong successful user
The GPS navigation market is poised for rapid growth in the US in 2006. The most successful GPS products will be those with affordable prices, strong performance, and a simple user interface.
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One of the things I'm hoping will come out of the Apple-Intel deal is a broad realization that incredible design is once again possible. Over the years the hardware OEMs have consistently used Intel and Microsoft as reasons they can't build really cool products. Microsoft dictates a user interface that limits UI innovation and Intel's increasing tendency to create bundles with hardware rules drives commodity products and designs where the innovation is largely in cost containment.
anybody attractive few laptop point products seen single suggest
A few years back you couldn't point to a single Dell laptop and suggest that it was something anybody wanted to carry. We've seen these products become much more attractive over time.
broken company far focus forget launch merger open people product products running shows
It's the product launch you look at to see if they got the merger right. This shows they're back up and running and open for business, which is important because in a merger, people forget the company has products and focus on the merger only. So far they haven't broken anything.
almost degree desktop existing fact given high market move product relieve results space unusually
Given the fact that the desktop market space is predominately Windows, the results show an unusually high degree of dissatisfaction with the existing product and . . . a willingness to move to something else -- almost anything else -- to relieve their pain.
call describing foundation media personal problem technical trying
I think it's the foundation of something really big. But there will be a problem in trying to find a way in describing this without all the technical jargon. I call it a personal media portal.
ideas potential transform
It is one of the more interesting ideas that has come up of late. And one that I think has the potential to really transform the way we play with the Web.
anyone behind disney doubt easily forget king maker power
I see him more as a king maker at Disney than a king. However, he could easily become the power behind the throne, and I doubt he will let anyone forget that.
disney king maker
I see him more as a king maker at Disney than a king.
groove light microsoft time turn
Microsoft has always been light on the collaborative side, ... It's about time they show what Groove is going to turn into at Microsoft.
analogue car design impact market share side
The analogue on the car side is probably Porsche. Because its design is so important to users, it has a lot more impact on the market than its market share would indicate.
broadband capacity reason
It expands the capacity of USB so that you can use broadband devices, which was the whole reason for 1394 to exist.