Author Archives: Omar Tellez

Driving the Cross-Channel Experience

Last night I scoured the Web to research a new television. During my search, I visited several manufacturer sites, read countless third-party reviews and user-generated comments, scanned a few blogs and also tapped into my network of friends across Facebook and Twitter. Times have certainly changed. From a buyer’s perspective, I would argue that the [...]

It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane—No It’s the 5 Billionth Device!

According to a recent report from IMS Research, we are currently about to surpass the five billion number for devices connected to the Internet. IMS also forecasted that there will be 22 billion connected devices globally by 2020. A lot has been said about the size of the connected devices marketplace. And whether you believe [...]

Battle of The Smartphone Operating Systems (SOS) – Are You Prepared?

SMART OPERATING SYSTEMS – A RELENTLESS WAR FOR DOMINANCE For the past five years we’ve been witnessing a relentless turf battle to dominate the smartphone operating system market. One can easily infer the factors of this battle and point to a very large market with considerable growth as the key driver behind this “gloves off” [...]

Computex Takeaways – More Tablets, Processors and OS Options in the Connected Devices Arena

We’ve been keeping a close eye on the 2010 Computex Show in Taipei. Drawing many of the top companies in technology and mobility, Computex never disappoints with exciting product announcements and setting new trends. This year three different topics around the excitement of connected devices caught our attention: Tablets Becoming Ubiquitous: While connected devices continue [...]

Takeaways From the 2010 Connected Devices Summit – The Connected User Experience

We were truly honored to be joined by over 50 participants representing a broad slice of the connected devices ecosystem (Accel Partners, Asus, Best Buy Mobile, Brightpoint, Cricket, CTIA, DELL, NTT DoCoMo, HP, Lenovo, Level 3, Motorola, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony, Sprint, Time Warner Cable, and US Cellular) in Calistoga, CA to address the key [...]