DISQUS

rohit · 6 months ago

sigh... when was the last time "IBM Research" created an "easy to use" service that had mass adoption....

The SmartMobile marketplace is going to be big though - there will be a Billion plus smartmobile devices in about five years (up from 100m today). That number is bigger than all TVs in the world, all the world's newspaper circulation, number of email users, or number of landlines.... This is a secular trend across multiple technologies that are evolving fast and we will see a number of large companies created as a result. We are witnessing nothing short of a birth of a new mass media channel.

iPhone is first proof of this marketplace and Android, Palm, others will follow. SmartPhones is just the beginning, Netbooks are no less smart and no less mobile... I want the same App screen on my next netbook as I have on my iPhone today.

see http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/20...

I am just cynical about IBM playing a large role in this marketplace.

Peter Antypas · 6 months ago

I agree, it's laughable to say the least. Even Microsoft has failed in the mobile space, becoming increasingly marginalized and irrelevant. Nobody associates IBM with anything consumer facing to begin with ... and for good reason. Heck, they didn't even successfully capitalize on the PC!!!

Ran"Forklifts"Tan · 6 months ago

It’s nice to know that the company has plans to compete with the other high edge mobile technology communication company.