Rob Enderle

Todays laptop computers go to two extremes: the ultralights, of which the smallest are only available in Asia (primarily Japan); and the transportables, which are large, heavy and designed to move from station to station. While we wait for the modular computers from companies like OQO to transform the ultralights, the transportable class of machine […]

On November 24th the cell phone companies have been ordered by the US government to allow you to switch vendors but retain your phone number. This should make the migration from one carrier to another much less painful and less risky than it has historically been. There is clearly pent up demand in people who […]

Although most of the interesting mobile products at Comdex Las Vegas 2003 already will have been announced before the trade show starts, there will still be plenty of interesting things to see at the show. Two prominent vendors will have coming-out parties, the most powerful vendor in the PC segment will showcase its newfound consumer […]

As those of us who are preparing to depart for Comdex next week get ready for our trip to the big amusement park known as Las Vegas, its time to reflect back on why Comdex has declined as sharply as it has and to pause to remember how important and necessary an event like this […]

On Friday, the Tablet PC turned one year old. It has been an interesting year for this new product: In some ways, it was both premature and late. Premature, in that the processors and battery technology that would make this product work properly had not arrived by the time it launched; and incredibly late considering […]

My quest for truly mobile computing is complicated by the number of power adapters that I have to carry on the road: one for my PDA, one for my cell phone, one for my laptop computer … No wonder I look and feel like Ive been ridden hard and put away wet after I arrive! […]

Editors note: Microsoft Corp. is a client of the Enderle Group, the consulting firm headed by Rob Enderle. LOS ANGELES—At Microsofts Professional Developers Conference here, Microsoft made fun of its Tablet PC Platform in a film with John Sculley (the ex-CEO of Apple who fired Steve Jobs) making snide comments about how “innovative” a small […]

Editors note: Microsoft Corp. is a client of the Enderle Group, the consulting firm headed by Rob Enderle. On Monday morning, Microsoft finally rolled out the prototype of its new operating system, currently codenamed Longhorn and likely to be called Windows 2006 when it is released (following Microsofts current naming convention). Longhorns launch pad was […]

Dont you wonder what it would take to get Apple Computer to resurge in the market? While I havent worked with Apple as an analyst since it killed the Newton in the mid-90s, its still facing some of the same hurdles to acceptance in the general market. Could the new Version 10.3 of Mac OS […]

The signs are strong for consumer electronics this quarter, but you couldnt tell from the buzz out of Sony. Speculation that the company will lay off about 10 percent of its workforce (after troubling financial results and too much dependence on the PlayStation 2 as its primary revenue source) has prompted some analysts to revive […]

Editors note: The Enderle Group, of which Rob Enderle is principal analyst, has a business relationship with the companies mentioned in this article. Transmetas Efficeon represents a make-or-break proposition for the company. Unveiled at last weeks Microprocessor Forum, the processor is small and light. And Transmeta portrays it as being more than competitive with the […]

Reminding us a bit of the hit song in the “Chorus Line,” IBM is a case study in contradictions. Its new T41 laptop is arguably the best business model from any vendor. However they are competing with Toshiba for third place in laptop sales and, with desktop hardware, they really arent considered to be in […]