With the growth of the ‘prosumer', Telco customers continue to search for
the ultimate experience at the lowest possible price, and who can blame them?
But with the vast redistribution of wealth from the operators to the ever
creative software/hardware companies, is the implementation of cloud
solutions just another headache for the industry?
Leaders in Voice such as AT&T, NTT and Virgin Mobile USA have called an
urgent meeting at the NGT Summit (hosted by GDS International) to discuss the
implications of the Cloud phenomenon in an already volatile and competitive
market place.
"As with all business the customer will ultimately drive the move," said a
spokesperson for NGT 20 consortium. "Disintermediation is a key concern for
the industry which must be addressed."
Ther... (more)
iPad on Ulitzer
Ulitzer.com, the first revolutionary "new media" platform in the
world, announced today that a new Ulitzer topic site, iPad
(http://ipad.ulitzer.com), was launched today to provide the most
comprehensive breaking news and blog coverage of iPad.
iPad could potentially be the miracle which the newspaper industry is waiting
for.
Launch time authors and contributors to the ... (more)
Consumer Electronics on Ulitzer
Note from Bob Gourley: The following article was written by enterprise
technology and mission IT expert Danny Proko and was originally seen on
Facebook (you can find Danny there or on LinkedIn).
A number of my friends asked me about my new gadget…the Droid…of which
I’m the proud owner. Here’s my assessment after 3 months of intensive
use. I’ll break it do... (more)
Wilson Kerr launched today Location Based Services (http://lbs.ulitzer.com)
topic on Ulitzer with more than 5,000 articles.
The power of Location allows information (including advertising) to be
delivered to consumers most-able to act upon this information, based on their
real-time proximity to the physical locations where transactions occur.
Location is changing the very nature of adverti... (more)
Spotted this on Engadget, which was picking up on an iSuppli analysis of
the build cost of the new Google Nexus One smartphone.
iSuppli reports a preliminary estimate of $174.15 for the cost of materials
needed to build each handset.
The research firm also congratulates Google on keeping a bill of materials
comparable to most recent smartphones while having "the most advanced
features of... (more)