I was thinking back to when our alternative narrative on mobile becoming the central platform started. I think it was when Divakar Goswami and I were invited chair some sessions at ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong in December 2006. I listened to the various talks on fiber to the cabinet and home and felt like I was on listening to Martians. Our demand-side work was telling a completely different story.
Our alternative narrative went into the 2008-10 research proposal that was written shortly after that. The alternative narrative was sketched out in Samarajiva_Dhaka_8Oct08. It was fully fleshed out in a talk that I gave in Cape Town, at SA Connects.
We were out alone then. Now, it’s different.
The research firm Trefis said Microsoft “faces headwinds” in the tablet market, which is growing rapidly while PC sales are slipping.
“Since the competitive tablet industry has already established products such as Apple’s iPad and Google’s Android tablets, Windows 8 faces strong headwinds as it tries to increase market penetration,” the firm said in a note.
Gerry Purdy, analyst with the research firm MobileTrax, said companies need to start thinking about mobile first, and that Facebook successfully did so.
“Mobile is becoming the center of the information technology world,” he said.
“Many companies launch with mobile and then figure out Web and desktop. Mobile is a lead rather than a follower.”
Comments are closed.