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Probably the biggest announcement last week was Google's entry into the cell phone space. Regardless of whether it is successful or not, the entry will likely change dramatically what we will be using, even in the PC space, in a few years ...

"This doesn't look good for WiMax, as it makes it look like Sprint is walking away from the entire thing because they need to focus on its core business, which has been under-performing of late," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "This will slow the rollout of WiMax significantly in the U.S. and will cause more to question whether it will ever reach the saturation point it needs to be successful. Intel is a big backer of this and may need to up their investment now if they want to assure WiMax comes to be."

Although Clear Channel's SEC report insists nothing has occurred that could be construed as a breach of contract, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle said he wonders whether something turned up during the past six months "I have hard time believing Providence is going ...

In addition to using the media-rich context of MySpace, where users fully expect to launch videos and players, the attack also exploits the trust on which many social networking sites are built, Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

"These are important initial offerings for the company because the showcase Lenovo breaking out from underneath IBM's umbrella and starting to establish themselves as a fully independent complete solutions provider in the hardware space," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group...

Vectrix USA. The world's first fuel cell/electric hybrid scooter has arrived. The environmentally sound high-end electric motorscooter was the recipient of last year's Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation and Leadership of the Year Award. "This is actually a serious ride," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at technology consulting firm Enderle Group. "They just started selling them in San Francisco." The dashboard features a sophisticated instrument pod that displays speed, odometer, trip mileage, time, estimated range, system status, battery status and charging status on an advanced and easy to read LCD (liquid crystal display) and analog display. The best part? Its environmentally sound: The Vectrix scooter utilizes innovative zero-emission technology. The worst part? This bike will run about $11,000.

Saturation is already fairly high in the MP3 category, but there's a good chance accessories for the devices could be hot as well, Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "A lot of companies are coming to market really aggressively with accessories for use with the iPod or other MP3 players -- these could be a kind of sleeper gift this year."

I've been covering the Leopard launch for the last three weeks and will now wrap it up. There have been some issues with the new OS, but nothing critical, and it appears to be a near-flawless launch ...

This time around could be worse for Take-Two, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It's worse because the general media has picked this up and it's an election window," he told TechNewsWorld. "This is an easy topic to talk about if you don't want t...

"Price can make a huge difference in a technology area like this. The HD DVD players at $100 are actually a good value for their DVD content and have competitive -- to regular DVD players with up-conversion -- performance," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld...

LucasArts brings its overall focus on reality and creating very beautiful games with its visual expertise, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. BioWare, meanwhile, tells great stories and can take a good idea and weave it into something that is compelling and powerful...

Because the accounting issue took so long to play out, the types of dramatic head-rolling that other companies have used to clean house became unnecessary at Dell, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "The CFO and the CEO from that time period ...

When Intel recently turned the key on a new chip fabrication plant in Arizona, it stressed the environmental protections that are in place at the facility. Environmental enlightenment seems to have arrived for the tech industry, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle said...

Last week was one of the busiest of the year. California, where I live, was mostly in flames, and that had me thinking about what we need to do to prepare for a catastrophic event ...

The forecast may have some investors thinking about Microsoft as a growth story again after a long stretch in which Microsoft seemed to be unable to get traction in the online marketplace and had relatively slow growth in its core software businesses, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times...

For Microsoft, the payout is reasonable -- even after recent dividends and an aggressive stock buyback program, it had more than $23 billion in cash on hand as of June 30 -- and has plenty of strategic value, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times...

"At one time, IBM owned like 80 percent of the storage segment. They were as dominant in storage as Apple is in MP3 players," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for The Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld While EMC has "been taking some of that mindshare" in terms of storage managem...

In the long run, what Microsoft is doing is "trying to turn the smartphone into more of a laptop-like device that can be fully managed and centrally controlled and secured," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "This makes the mobile phone more of a corporate asset than a security liability."

"It puts things into context and then connects them based on that context," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. "The benefits should be richer information coming from related research, deeper ideas and some real breakthroughs that otherwise probably wouldn't have happened."

Microsoft never did prevail in its arguments, but may have won a victory by having the case put to rest, allowing it to devote more resources to the competitive threats it faces, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "Microsoft lost their battle...