Archive for May, 2006

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Who’s Going To Kill Blackberry?

Om Malik, Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 7:30 AM PT Comments (32)

Not a day goes by, when some device maker comes out of the woodwork, claiming to be the Blackberry killer. The e-mail device which has turned many into addicts is under assault this summer from a plethora of devices - Motorola Q, Nokia E61, Cingular 8125, Palm’s New Treos - in various price categories, and [...]

Cooqy - Giving eBay A Facelift

Jackson West, Friday, May 26, 2006 at 1:38 PM PT Comments (1)

By Jackson West
Robert Yeager of Atlanta-based Cooqy feels there are problems with eBay’s feedback system. “eBay users have two personas — one as a Buyer, one as a Seller. eBay’s feedback forces a singular system for two competing interests. As a Buyer, I have to be worried about a seller retaliating against my feedback. [...]

The Future of PON in China

Andrew Schmitt, Friday, May 26, 2006 at 10:32 AM PT Comments (0)

By Andrew Schmitt
Fiber to the Home (FTTH) and Passive Optical Networks (PON) in particular have received an inordinate amount of attention from the financial community in the last year. Attention has been focused at every level of the value chain, from component companies that make chips and optics to Telecom Equipment and Set-Top box makers [...]

Vonage IPO - Good News or Bad News?

Jon Arnold, Friday, May 26, 2006 at 8:30 AM PT Comments (9)

By Jon Arnold
There are so many ways to interpret today’s disappointing reception to Vonage’s big day, and you’d be pretty hard pressed to call it V-Day. I’ve been pretty busy sharing my take with the media and on my blog (http://blogs.pulver.com/jarnold/), and Om has been nice enough to give me this soapbox as a guest [...]

Vonage: Post IPO Analysis

Om Malik, Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 1:23 PM PT Comments (20)

Vonage IPO post game analysis has begun, and there is a lot of interesting opinions out there. Mathew Ingram’s take is here. Andy has his take. I have Jon Arnold’s guest column coming up here, but more than anything, I just wanted to get your feedback and thoughts on the IPO. Take the poll!

221 Million Broadband Users

Om Malik, Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 12:53 PM PT Comments (10)

Telegeography estimates that there were 221 million broadband lines worldwide at the end of 2005, and that number will reach 286 million by end of 2006, and 448 million by 2010. (Of course, this doesn’t include those who will be using 3G and other wireless technologies to access the Net at high speeds.)
Asia-Pacific [...]

Sprint Likes Place Shifting

Om Malik, Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 12:14 AM PT Comments (11)

Sprint-Nextel and Sling Media (makers of Sling Box) are in talks and trying to figure out ways to work together. Sprint is also talking to Orb Networks and Sony, betting that the three companies have the magic potion that will add more oomph to their mobile entertainment services.
Actually it is a smart strategy. Place Shifting [...]

Photo Matt Shares His Wisdom

Om Malik, Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at 11:05 PM PT Comments (5)

Niall and I met with Matt Mullenweg, lead developer of open source project, WordPress, and founder of Automattic, this week and asked him about his experiences with starting, building and scaling WordPress.com and Akismet, the spam plug-in which is often coming to the rescue to most bloggers. Matt, outlined his way of doing things, and [...]

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