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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Dec 30, 2013

Thoughts on Google’s Android version charts

Google regularly updates the data it provides to developers on Android versions in use, screen sizes and screen densities, and I’ve been diving into this data today for a report I’m working on. In the next few days, Google will update the data again and…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Oct 23, 2013

Beyond Devices

This post is intended to encapsulate the philosophy behind this site and its name. If you spend any amount of time working in or covering the consumer technology industry, you quickly find that it’s dominated by devices — principally, smartphones and tablets. At Ovum, our relatively small devices team…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Nov 26, 2013

Instagram’s advertising problem

Companies participating in the consumer technology market have to generate revenue in one or a combination of these four ways:

Charging users for hardware
Charging users for services

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Nov 22, 2013

The risks in T-Mobile’s Un-Carrier strategy

Laptop Magazine just made T-Mobile one of their “Game Changers” for 2013 for its Un-Carrier campaign. I spoke with the author of the piece on T-Mobile and emphasized some of what I perceive as the risks around the campaign, but many of my thoughts didn’t…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Nov 12, 2013

Google’s strategic decision around maps on iOS

Charles Arthur of the Guardian wrote a very well-circulated piece this week about Comscore’s latest numbers for Google Maps and Apple Maps. The title was “Apple Maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won” and I have two main objections…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Oct 25, 2013

Microsoft’s intertwined consumer and enterprise businesses

At the time Steve Ballmer’s retirement was announced, there were calls for Microsoft to be split up into two businesses, serving consumers and enterprises respectively. I believed then, and believe even more strongly now, that…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Dec 13, 2013

Why Sprint — T-Mobile makes sense

There were rumors today — not for the first time — that Sprint might be interested in making a bid for T-Mobile. This is not all that surprising given recent remarks from T-Mobile execs and Dan Hesse that they would be open to a merger. But there’s been a predictable…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Nov 14, 2013

Articles of Faith in tech

Each of the key companies in the consumer tech market has its fans and its detractors — those who believe the company is destined for future success, and those who believe it’s doomed to fail. Some of these beliefs are founded in facts and figures, while others stem from gut feel…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Dec 5, 2013

What John Chen needs to tell customers (and investors)

Earlier this week, BlackBerry’s CEO John Chen posted a letter to customers. While he provided some sense of his strategy going forward, he unfortunately continues the tradition started by his predecessors of failing to answer the most…

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A blog about consumer technology from Jan Dawson and Jackdaw Research. Original home at www.beyonddevic.es. Jan Dawson is an analyst and consultant who helps consumer technology companies understand market trends and devise strategies for success.

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