Spotlight: Home Entertainment during COVID
This year’s pandemic accelerated existing trends in the media and entertainment business, including the decline of movie theater attendance and traditional pay TV subscriptions.
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Spotlight: The Future of Gaming Phones
Gaming-focused phones have failed to set the world on fire so far and are better known for their fails than their successes (think Nokia N-Gage). Is that set to change with the launch of 5G and streaming-based gaming services?
Spotlight: Mobile Retail Futures
COVID-19 has driven more consumers to buy devices online rather than in carrier stores. That's not necessarily bad news for the carriers, as long as the transition is handled carefully. Will the trend continue in a post-COVID world?
Spotlight: Evolving Ecosystems
As voice assistants continue to grow in adoption, and importance, how is consumer device purchase impacted? This short video explores the changing adoption of technology driven by voice assistant choice.
Spotlight: The Emerging Wearables Opportunity
The wearables arena is dominated by smartwatches. But as the market evolves to a more health and wellness focus, is there an opportunity for alternative wearable devices?
Spotlight: Broadband in Rural America
31 percent of households in the US do not have broadband and that is causing a significant inequality in how we shop, do business and educate, especially during this pandemic. Based on our Rural America and Technology report, published last year, this short video (under 5 minutes) highlights the broadband issue and some of the consequences.
The New Foldable Motorola razr Creates a Conflict Between the Heart and Wallet
Last week Motorola revealed its much-awaited foldable smartphone, built on the foundations of its once-iconic RAZR V3 clamshell design. As one of the lucky few to have hands-on time with the device prior to launch, two words sum up my experience: painful excitement.
Teetering On The Edge Of Innovation
The last couple of weeks have confirmed to me that there is a lack of compelling innovation in the consumer electronics space… at least right now. Phone and smartwatch launches have become small iterative enhancements rather than substantial innovations, while IFA, the large European consumer electronics show, was a muted affair with little to set the world on fire.
What’s Up Apple’s Sleeve This September?
For those of us living in the northern hemisphere, the beginning of September marks the end of the summer with colder weather ahead. But if you are one of the 900 million iPhone owners, and especially if it’s time to replace your current device, September also marks the grand unveiling of Apple’s latest and greatest in the iPhone series and more.
IFA Goes (A Bit More) Mobile
IFA is often considered to be the CES tradeshow of Europe, where global consumer electronics vendors would showcase the commercialized products they previously previewed at CES. Held in Berlin every year in early September, the show would get little attention from the mobile world but that has been changing lately as smartphone vendors shift their focus from overly mature markets like the U.S. to EMEA markets.