Our report is released!

You can check out our report on Android as follow, or download it in this MoCoBe Lab website link.

Google Android Thesis

Will the Google's CEO still be an Apple's Director?

When reading this article, I was just aware that Eric Schmidt, the Google's CEO, has also been a board director of Apple since 2006! 

Anyway, as reported in the article, there is concern from FTC USA on the competition fairness between Google and Apple pertaining to Eric's position in those two companies. Related to Android v.s. iPhone, although I believe that there is no direct competition in this case, there is a huge indirect competition. As we know that Google is basically an advertising company, about 98% revenue from ads and Android does not give any cent to Google directly, except from the potential ads revenue via Android-based phones. Moreover, Android is not "own" by Google, but it is an open-source promoted by the OHA. The only matters is that if Android-based phone can eat the iPhone pie to be the main player in the game. To achieve this success, Google is not the player, but it is the OHA (ecosystem) itself. So I think I agree to what Schmidt said that Apple is not the 'primary competitor' for Google. They can even work together like they have shown for the success of Google apps on iPhone, which in turn increase the iPhone popularity in their users.

Anyway, who knows what is happening actually. Lets just see...

Android and Amazon

Please read this article carefully, and check out what's been said about Android and its impact on Amazon, etc..

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10140244-93.html

Wow!

Konnichiwa !

Just wanted to drop by and say `Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas `. Can everybody please upload the summary of research papers or atleast links that you have gathered so far ? TQ

Here is a Forrester report on mobile internet adoption in Europe. The author explains why mobile internet adoption is slow and what companies need to do if they want to have a bigger piece of the mobile market share-cake.

Coming to Google`s business model. Given that they will not be getting any app revenues (TQ Thao for the link) and from the survey we find that mobile browsing is the least used application/functionality amongst the current mobile internet users, how will Google get revenues ? (other than the 30% cut from advertising)

Secondly, mobile users prefer widgets or stand alone apps over general browsing like search, what are the options available for Google to do mobile advertising ?

PS: Rizki san Arigatto Gozaimashita for the blog.