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Business Observations: November 5, 2008 Edition

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Standard disclaimer: don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out.)

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Now playing: Judd and Maggie – Sebastian

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Beyond the Phone: October 2008

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Bonus: Sue Marek asks “Can wireless be embedded in every device?”

Converging products into a cellphone is one way that mobility is getting built into every product, but it’s not the only way. Every month, I’ll focus on devices that are integrating the power of mobility into products themselves in ways that create new value for the customer. Power up!

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Now playing: Sixpence None The Richer – My Dear Machine

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Big Bell Dogma: October 2008

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

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Now playing: Waterdeep – Heart Attack Time Machine

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Recent Research: October 2008

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

Brands Set to Treble Spend on Mobile Marketing by 2013 (Telefonica O2)
70M handset navigation users by 2014 (Berg Insight)
Nearly a billion WiFi-enabled consumer electronics devices by 2012 (In-Stat)
A quarter of broadband homes to be mobile only by 2013 (Analysys Mason)
$27B in UMD revenues by 2013 (ABI Research)
$6.8B in mobile gaming revenues by 2013 (In-Stat)
$1T in mobile operator revenues by 2011 (Portio Research)
400M mobile ticketing users by 2013 (Juniper Research)
Digital signage market to reach $1.4B by 2013 (ABI Research)
83M embedded cellular modem sales by 2013 (ABI Research)
14.1M European machines connected to cellular networks by the end of this year (Berg Insight)
1B consumer electronics devices to ship with WiFi in 2012 (In-Stat)
$2.7B in mobile broadcast TV consumer spending by 2013 (Juniper Research)

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Now playing: Chris Thile – Faith River

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Converged Products: November 2, 2008 Edition

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

The most convenient way that mobility is getting built into products is through the convergence into the cellphone of capabilities that previously existed as standalone products. That way, those products are now with you and available for your use whenever you need them wherever you go.