Smartphones Roar in Holiday Sales

It’s no secret that smartphones are one of the hottest products offered in the current market…

Team Europe Asia (Venture Capitalist)

For us, as new business developers and company-builders a thorough assessment of the market-size and its drivers is always the final factor in a go/no-go decision, and Counterpoint’s insights into the mobile and smartphone industry have been extremely helpful for…

Google acquires Motorola, replicating the Apple business model

Nokia’s already resolved to team up with Microsoft and abandon its own Symbian platform. Now it’s Google who’s surprisingly announced to acquire Motorola! The previous top 2 handset vendors are coincidently pledging…

HP scraps plans for webOS after writing off $3.3 billion

After 2 years HP has decided to cease all webOS products, which are smartphones and tablets. HP had bought Palm in 2010 at a price of $1.2 billion. The price they paid was the equivalent of 9% of their total cash reserves at the…

How big a success will Kindle Fire be?

Amazon has surprised the industry by announcing a new tablet out of the blue, the Kindle Fire. It’s an evolution from the e-book reader series it has been releasing and a very interesting product. We think the question is not ‘will it succeed’ but ‘how much will…

CES 2011, the year of the tablet ahead ? Not so fast.

It was all about tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, the biggest event in the industry.

Almost 80 new tablets were announced after, a new market sprung up from nowhere with the Apple iPad. Apple…

Verizon’s ambitious LTE plan will it succeed?

After the announcement of the HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon Wireless has announced it is going to offer its 4G technology, LTE in 147 US cities by the end of this year. That is an impressive roll out compared to the initial 39 markets they launched in…