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Alternatively, Nintendo might use two screens on its console, along the lines of the lenticular lense approach, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. These screens would be stacked such that each would give a slightly different image than the other when viewed from any angle. "When you have two screens, you get 3D vision, so you don't need to use glasses," he explained...

"Ideally, we should be moving towards an arcology type of structure, particularly in situations such as those which existed in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina or in Haiti after the earthquake," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "The trouble is, even in the face of catastrophic disaster, people seem unwilling to change how we do things in favor of more efficient forms." ...

If Palm had tried something like this a few years ago, it might have worked, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times, "but now they have a fraction of the funding they initially had, and the Palm Pre is looking dated. It is actually not a bad phone -- particularly with the mobile hot-spot on the Pre -- but they can't really afford to get the word out now, and another infusion of cash seems unlikely."

If Palm had tried something like this a few years ago, it might have worked, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times, "but now they have a fraction of the funding they initially had, and the Palm Pre is looking dated. It is actually not a bad phone -- particularly with the mobile hot-spot on the Pre -- but they can't really afford to get the word out now, and another infusion of cash seems unlikely."

If Palm had tried something like this a few years ago, it might have worked, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times, "but now they have a fraction of the funding they initially had, and the Palm Pre is looking dated. It is actually not a bad phone -- particularly with the mobile hot-spot on the Pre -- but they can't really afford to get the word out now, and another infusion of cash seems unlikely."

Some weeks, truth is stranger than fiction. As I was thinking that nothing strange would happen this week, up pops a new Google hire, Tim Bray, and he starts trash-talking Apple ...

"This may be one of the most important projects the government has undertaken since the national freeway system was constructed," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "It could make the difference between whether we are a has-been country at the end of this decade, or are still on top," he added...

I've been struggling with the Google model, which survived the dot-com mess, but its success seems based largely on the belief that advertising can fund everything. If the users are unhappy, well it doesn't really matter. In fact, Google's customers (the folks paying them money) and the folks they actually serve are quiet different, causing me to question the viability of many of their non-search efforts. Often we look at Microsoft's struggle to expand out of Windows and Office and find the result troubling, but if we look at Google's ...

Sony might win out against the Wii, contended Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "The price disparity between the Nintendo Wii and the PS3 has closed, and folks have high-definition television sets that the Nintendo doesn't make good use of," he pointed out.

Last week I was asked to comment on a study of CEOs. It found that young ones do better than old ones do, which kind of pissed me off. At the same time, like a lot of folks in my business, I've been looking back at the lessons learned from Steve Jobs, who is kind of the CEO gold standard, and comparing him to Eric Schmidt, who appears to be the most highly paid empty suit since John Sculley, and thinking about the differences. ...

"The problem with video is, because it's not a text medium, it's awful hard to index or match ads to the medium unless you can add something that a program could read and analyze," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Auto-captions could help index the content and also help align ads more effectively with the content."

"TiVo is good at making things easy. I think it could make a lot more of this stuff go mainstream," Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld Under the Hood...

"This appears to be a system software problem that may extend back to the beginning of the line," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. " "They are likely using different firmware and a different software image for the newer machines because they use different core hardware than the early PS3s did."

"The patent's pretty general, so I wonder if it's defensible," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Clearly, Google and News Corp. will try to break it right off the bat." News Corp. owns MySpace, which launched its own news feed-type feat...

This isn't to ask whether it will be successful. Apple is a master at setting goals and then exceeding them, and a lot of folks are clearly excited about the iPad -- but the first generation iPhone was kind of a mistake that got corrected in later versions. As I look at similar products that seem better thought through, I'm increasingly thinking that Steve Jobs' initial concerns with this offering were well founded and that, at least initially, the iPad will have trouble reaching its potential. ...

While it may seem as though Google is being singled out, there is a case to be made for the EU's request regarding Street View, Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "The belief that Google Maps was being used by burglars was widespread in E...

Indeed, the problem with existing fuel cell technology has been price, said Enderle Group President and Principal Analyst Rob Enderle. "You can actually buy one for your home, but it will set you back $80,000, and the payback isn't that great." A blended solution of solar and fuel cells from Panasonic that's in the works could be another interesting green energy solution, he added, so Bloom Energy needs to strike while the hype is hot...

This past week, two rather interesting events got me thinking about how Apple, Google and Microsoft seem to be changing places. Microsoft announced Windows Phone Series 7, and Google announced Buzz (also known as "Buzz Kill") into the market. ...

"As long as the technology we know is 'good enough,' the vast majority of us won't move despite how good the replacement is," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "The challenge for any competitor is to make the existing dominant product appear undesirable. You saw Apple do this with their PC vs. Mac campaign, Verizon with the coverage wars and Android, and GM has recently been pounding on Honda and Toyota."

"Microsoft took a look at both Android and the iPhone OS, figured out what the next generation might be and built it," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "It's both simple and elegant; it's kind of hard to believe it came from Microsoft." ...