Rob Enderle

It wouldnt take a degree in logic to deduce that last weeks Consumer Electronics Show focused primarily on consumer technology. But despite the shows moniker, some of the products announced at CES hold promise the corporate market; you just have to look a little harder and (in some cases) exert a little imagination. For me, […]

Mobile technologys new year started off with a bang: Based on technologies on display at this weeks Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and Macworld Expo San Francisco, Intel, AMD, Via, Hitachi and Toshiba have collectively ensured that 2004 will bear smaller, faster, less-expensive laptop and handheld computers. Lets start with Apple Computers main course […]

With a nearly vertical trajectory, demand for desktop LCD monitors and TVs has pushed production to radical levels; the economies of scale have resulted in incredibly low cost LCD panels. The most aggressive form factor as we move into 2004 is the 15.4-inch panoramic display, which lets users put more work onto their screens. Laptop […]

The years dramatic turns in the global economy and geopolitics were echoed in the PC industry. Here are some of the good and bad events that crossed that smaller stage. The Good Intel makes waves: After being slapped upside the head by Transmeta Corp. a few years ago, Intel Corp. came back with a bang […]

At Decembers Eco-Products 2003 show, Hitachi announced its entry into the race to obsolete the battery. The company is now one of two major mobile technology vendors racing to ensure the battery is obsolete as a power source for portable computers long before this decade is over. Battery technology has languished in the face of […]

As individual customers, we often focus our attention on high-profile companies, the ones with the flashiest designs or coolest offerings. For large organizations, however, other considerations may outshine the flash of a marketing campaign or a high-profile halo product. MPC Computers, formerly Micron Computers, has been quietly executing in the background through the market downturn—and […]

PalmOnes and Microsofts handheld computers have had their ups and downs in competition with Research in Motion Ltd.: While their devices comfortably lead RIMs for multimedia and third-party applications, they trail substantially on messaging. Unfortunately for Palm and Microsoft, while most users can live without MP3 players, video games and pretty pictures, many of us […]

Now that Research in Motion Ltd. has announced that it will support Wi-Fi on a new generation of handheld computers, its time we compare each of the companies that define this category. PalmOne and RIM compete for the best-connected device today. Palm, with the Handspring 600, arguably has a better phone; the RIM BlackBerry remains […]

Recent reports from financial analysts and feedback from large enterprises agree: Dell and Hewlett-Packard currently top the heap in mobile sales, despite their very different routes to that position. Outside the enterprise, Dell and HP have pursued distinct sales channels. Dell mostly sells direct (notwithstanding some localized efforts, such as mall kiosks and placement in […]

For those who thought Linux had no chance in mobile devices, Sharp clearly begs to differ. With its latest Zaurus handheld, the SL-C860, Sharp could have a product with legs. Sharp, along with Casio, owned the PDA space a few years back, but it virtually vanished as a player once Palm and Microsoft entered. Then […]

Is the bloom off the BlackBerry? Research in Motion Ltd., which has fought a losing battle so far on the intellectual-property front, is now under yet another attack. InPro II, a Luxembourg-based licensing company, is suing RIM for patent infringement, according to Dow Jones Business News. RIM has already lost two recent cases: one against […]

Two-thousand four will be a watershed year for the mobile worker. After a season of dramatic technological change, vendors of mobile systems are reaching a steady state. The new status quo will change dramatically in 2005, but 2004 should be relatively uneventful with regard to core technology. However, dont write off 2004 as a non-event: […]