Tag archive: Rob Enderle

A couple months ago, we learned that Apple had pre-purchased 65 million iPad screens. Today, we've learned why. By arriving first on the market and pre-purchasing so many screens, Apple is now consuming roughly 60 percent of the entire world's touch panel capacity, causing competitors to pay more in an attempt to outbid one another for the remaining screens, reports Digitimes. While this is good for Apple, it is one of the major… Read More

Next week, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 products officially launch, and we’ll know whether they have another Zune or another Xbox on their hands. Microsoft’s luck with consumer products range from the first Zune, which was a well-funded failure, to the Xbox, which was surprisingly successful, and we could toss in Windows Vista and Windows 7 as additional bad-to-good examples. I’ve looked at Windows Phone 7 now at length, and I think it could be… Read More

The Blu-ray organization has really upped the pressure in terms of driving the perception that Blu-ray is winning in the market. Sales are increasing sharply, but they were coming from such low numbers in the first place that the total numbers still aren’t that impressive. It is a massive effort, and it does appear to be helping drive a slow increase in Blu-ray sales. However, I remain largely unconvinced that Blu-ray is anything more,… Read More

Blu-ray and HD DVD are among the greatest things to happen to my little subculture, the audio/video community, since the debut of HDTV. They’re also among the most disappointing.   Though most format wars originate in a scramble for licensing revenue, every one has its own trajectory. The one between SACD and DVD-Audio ended up killing both formats while leaving the obsolete CD format still standing—much to the disgust of… Read More

There’s plenty of secrecy surrounding the major announcement Apple is due to make on September 5, and the speculation is that the company is set to announce the launch of a new iPod. At least, that’s the betting among observers who have specialist knowledge, and the general consensus is that it will be a high-end model with an interface very similar to Apple’s new iPhone. It would certainly make sense, with the… Read More

If the home video enthusiast in you has been holding off on going high-def, the time may be approaching to make the switch. On the hardware side of things, new HD camcorders are popping out of the woodwork, and on the software side, low-cost packages for editing HD video are also springing up. Avid unveiled Pinnacle Studio 11 with HD-editing capability last week, and on Monday, Corel introduced their own solution in the form of Ulead… Read More

Although Cingular is the exclusive service provider for the newly announced Apple iPhone, at least for a several years, Apple doesn't need to worry about revenue – the iPhone is generating a 50 percent margin for partners Cingular and Apple. With a selling price of $599 for the 8GB version after a 2 year service agreement, hardware costs for the iPhone fall between $264 and $280 dollars ($264 for the 4GB and $280 for the 8GB… Read More

Last week we wrote that CyberLink will be supporting the Blu-ray format with their latest software, now Nero will be as well. Designtechnica's Rob Enderle is predicting that Blu-ray will be the format of choice despite its short-comings. Nero 6 Reloaded, the all in one CD/DVD/blue laser burning solution, possesses the ability to record data and video with a blue laser onto Blu-ray media. Nero ShowTime 2 allows users to play back all… Read More

Reports from Japans's Kyodo News agency indicate talks aimed at producing a unified next-generation DVD format have broken down between consumer electronics giants Sony and Toshiba. Toshiba heads a group of companies supporting proposed "HD-DVD" technology, while Sony heads up a bloc supporting a competing "Blu-Ray" standard. The Blu-Ray and HD-DVD standards were developed independently to increase the storage… Read More

Last week NVIDIA announced their new GeForce 7800GTX video card designed for hardcore gamers, and this week we have AMD's new Athlon FX-57 processor. The Athlon FX-57 is a single core processor running at 2.8GHz that is designed with reduced memory latency and increased performance specifically for gamers.

“With the acquisition behind it, Lenovo is promising immediate results. In a statement, the company says it expects to see lower procurement and marketing costs. Lenovo also promised a wave of new product introductions to come in the coming weeks. Those announcements could include the introduction of Lenovo-brand products into markets outside China. Upcoming product introductions could also include a version of the ThinkPad X41… Read More

“We were able to get unanimous agreement from the members of the committee,” Stephen Ward, the general manager of IBM's Personal Systems Division, said in a telephone interview. Ward is to become chief executive of Lenovo, which is headquartered in Beijing, once the deal closes. The merger of the IBM PC business with China's biggest PC maker

Kevin Rollins: “It's interesting the iPod has been out for three years and it's only this past year it's become a raging success. Well those things that become fads rage and then they drop off. When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman - a rage, everyone had to have one. Well you don't hear about the Walkman anymore. I believe that one product wonders come and go. You… Read More

Roku today announced that it is making its SoundBridge network music player technology available to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for use in consumer electronics products such as audio/video receivers, televisions, radios and music players. Based on Analog Devices' Blackfin processor and Roku's award-winning SoundBridge software, the Embedded SoundBridge network music module allows the easy addition of powerful,… Read More

Delivering on the company's digital entertainment strategy, the products help create new consumer experiences by leveraging HP's rich heritage in the PC and digital photography markets. As a strategic partner at the Microsoft Experience More launch in Los Angeles, HP is showcasing three key Media Center solutions: the HP Digital Entertainment Center, HP Media Center Extender and HP Media Center m1100 series Photosmart PC. All… Read More