Trend Radar 2008: Miniaturization

Our wish list for what features we want on the convergence device keeps getting longer, while form factor keeps getting smaller. Familiar movie. Unfamiliar outcome.

Trend Radar 2008: Device Usability

Legend has it that John Rubinstein, father of the iPod, left Apple last year because he and Steve Jobs could not agree on one fundamental usability element for the iPhone. Rubinstein wanted the iPhone to have a keyboard. Jobs didn’t. While the iPhone has broken many records in achieving better usability, the lack of a

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Tessera’s Growth Should Continue

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (TSRA) was last reviewed here in February 2007, where I covered the basic strategy of the company in rolling up important technology modules essential in the miniaturization trends in consumer electronics. On November 1, 2007, Tessera announced earnings for Q3 ending September 30, 2007. Versus previous Q2 guidance of total revenue approximately

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