Three new TV spots in advance of the holiday selling season
Following a pair of exceptionally well-produced spots from Samsung -- one tasteful, one clever -- pushing their newest Google (GOOG) Android phones, we have three fresh TV ads from Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Verizon (VZ). The latter doesn't seem to have gotten the memo that this season's fashion on Madison Avenue is the soft sell.
Amazon's Kindle Fire:
Apple's iPad 2
Motorola's Droid Razr
The Galaxy Nexus "Calling all pretty faces" is an homage to Apple in more ways than one
Android marketing has come a long way from the 2009 TV ad for Motorola's Droid that asked:
"Should a phone be pretty?"
Judging from the spot that debuted Thursday for the Galaxy Nexus -- the new Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung for Google -- Google's (GOOG) answer in 2011 is an emphatic "yes!"
The ad -- like MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 20, 2011 7:05 AM ET
Google doesn't actually have to make money on its Motorola-brand smartphones
Click to enlarge. Source: Trefis
"A year from now, would you purchase an iPhone 6 for $200 if you could get a Google-Motorola Droid 5 smartphone for $50-100 with a 2-year plan from AT&T or Verizon?"
So begins an intriguing thought experiment conducted by the team at Trefis, the stock analysis firm that breaks down companies' stock prices based on the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 16, 2011 2:54 PM ET
With one $12.5B deal it gets two weapons: a manufacturing arm and a rich IP portfolio
Google's (GOOG) announcement Monday that it has agreed to buy Motorola's recently spun off mobile devices business -- listed on NASDAQ as Motorola Mobility (MMI) -- for $12.5 billion could mean one of two things.
Either Google really wants to get into the Android manufacturing business -- putting it into direct competition primarily with Apple (AAPL), MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 15, 2011 9:14 AM ET
Doing some extrapolation, Deutsche Bank figures that XOOM sales are around 100,000 so far.
The math isn't hard. Look at Android Dev's latest numbers for Android sales (April 1st)...
Android Dev
Duetsche Bank figures that .2% of Android devices that accessed the Android Market translates to 100,000 units. This means that they estimate 50 million Android devices accessed the Android Market over the last two weeks. Considering Android's run rate is about 10 MORE
Seth Weintraub - Apr 6, 2011 3:02 PM ET
The "Queen of the Mommy Bloggers" makes a curious revelation
Armstrong with iPhone. Photo: Catherine Ledner for the New York Times
Lisa Belkin's marvelous piece in the New York Times Sunday magazine on mothers who blog is filled with juicy details about Heather Armstrong, whose dooce.com draws 100,000 daily visitors and reportedly generates ad revenue of $30,000 to $50,000 a month.
Armstrong, who famously got fired from an L.A. start-up for nicknaming MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 27, 2011 7:21 AM ET
Arguably the best Android phone available has gone to free with a two year contract. Why?
If you head over to Amazon from now until Nov. 22, you can pick up a Droid X phone for free if you sign up for a two year contract. In fact all of Verizon's (VZ) Droids, including the just announced Droid Pro are free. The fact that arguably the best Android phones in the U.S. MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 19, 2010 11:47 AM ET
There is a lot happening next week in Android-land, but the biggest impact may come from the biggest U.S. carrier.
from Verizon, click to enlarge
Along with the Samsung Continuum and possibly a new Nexus Two, Verizon (VZ) is going to release its Android App Store next week. Or at least that's what a note says on its website:
"Verizon Wireless will begin pushing a software update to the DROID Incredible next MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 4, 2010 3:14 PM ET
Over the Air (OTA) updates, like those issued on most Android phones, bring more rapid movement to a new platform than desktop updates like Apple's iPhone utilizes.
According to Localytics, Android phones who receive OTA updates are much more likely to update to new mobile OS's than users who must use the desktop to update. The illustration below compares the adoption of a new OS by iPhone 3GS users who must use their MORE
Seth Weintraub - Sep 15, 2010 7:27 AM ET
Mysterious Worldphone (LTE Android device?) with 1.2GHz processor set to debut in 2011.
Verizon (VZ) is notoriously bad at keeping their handsets a secret. For instance, its Droid 2 smartphone has been pictured all over the web for months, yet Verizon or Motorola (MOT), the manufacturer, haven't officially said anything about it.
Is it possible that the Droid 3 is already making the rounds at the rumor sites, even before Verizon and MORE
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