I like analysts, I think they provide a good look at the overall performance of the mobile market and provide detailed information on how different phone makers and operating systems are competing against one another. I love reports from IDC, comScore, Nielsen and others. It's the financial analysts that are really pushing my buttons these days. Every morning I wake up to a new report...
I’m both an iOS and Android user. (Yep, I’m one of those dual OS people.) I was also a big fan of webOS, and so was greatly saddened by HP’s decision to end its WebOS device line. But despite all that, I actually find myself rooting for BlackBerry these days. I know, I know — a lot of people think the platform has one foot in the grave. Maybe I can’t resist cheering for an underdog,...
Apparently the cushiest job known to mankind is that of an analyst. About the only other job out there where people are paid to make predictions, and no one seems to blink when they get it wrong, is that of a weatherman. When you're wrong, everyone just kind of shrugs and moves on with their lives, quickly forgetting those times you were off the mark. Course, those rare occasions...