Palm’s Fate

With the mobile world awaiting the arrival of the iPhone, which I believe is positioned as a laptop replacement convergence device, Palm has just released its own laptop replacement product. Key points of the Foleo: [With my comments] * Positioning : ProSumer Mobile Companion, that works with a smartphone and keeps it synched. [Not a

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Turn Logic into Magic (4)

By Dominique Trempont, Guest Author The success of Starbucks is outstanding. Howard Schultz recognized and understood what is a cafe in Europe: a safe place to meet, a place not be alone, an engaging staff, conversation, good drinks and simple food. He designed the customer experience in detail, executed and scaled. He came up with

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Turn Logic into Magic (3)

By Dominique Trempont, Guest Author Brand has become so crucial in the 21st century because our purchasing choices have expanded and we do not have the time or energy to compare every product or service. Furthermore, our buying decisions have become increasingly confusing: everybody copies everybody, everybody claims superiority and best value. Increasingly we base

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iPhone and What’s Coming: Synthesis

Over the last few weeks, we discussed a number of iPhone related issues that are key blocks challenging the rest of the eco-system today. Here is a quick synthesis of the key nuggets: (1) It’s positioning as a laptop replacement device, which I believe will force most of the other laptop and cellular handset vendors

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iPhone and the Future of Palm

I have already written a few pieces on Palm over the last 2 years: Before the iPhone was announced: * PALM to the boonies * PalmPod After the iPhone was announced: * Palm’s Turnaround Formula * Should Dell Acquire Palm? * Palm Changing Hands? In the context of our more recent discussion about how the

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Wize Needs Integrated User Experience

We have reviewed the business story of Wize.com, now let’s take a look at their product from my Web 3.0 framework perspective. Context The Context in which you would come to Wize, is Product Research. The key to Wize is the Wize Rank, which is algorithmically derived from Expert Reviews and User Reviews culled from

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iPhone and the Future of RIM

Frank Levinson wrote an important piece when the iPhone was first announced. As we approach the launch of the iPhone, I would like to review what is going on in the rest of the ecosystem, and how the players are preparing. Let’s start with RIM. The company has recently announced results, and after a strong

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Clarify Your Story: Internet Business Checklist

Internet startups, web 2.0 startups – use this checklist for strategic planning.