J. Gerry Purdy

Now that the New Year is here, I could try to predict what will happen (often things don’t turn out that way), give major trends (nice, but aren’t specific enough for most people), or I could state what I hope would happen in the mobile and wireless market for the coming year. I have chosen […]

Someday, we are all going to be reading books with some form of eBook reader. While some may doubt this prediction, let me explain why. And I hope, after you read what I have to say, that you just may agree with me. First, let’s counter the prediction with an observation about reading books on […]

It wasn’t many years ago that analysts were saying, “Someday, wireless data is going to become successful and, eventually, exceed voice revenues.” Well, having just attended the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment trade show in San Francisco, I can say that it looks like wireless data is definitely becoming a successful, multi-billion-dollar industry. And, it […]

/images/stories/knowledge_center/analysts_corner.gifOn Sept. 14, a wireless startup in New York-Peek-will launch a new wireless e-mail device and service nationwide with Target. Your first reaction might be: “Good grief, with the BlackBerry and iPhone out there, why in the world would someone want to introduce yet another mobile device into the market?” As you’ll soon find out, […]

/images/stories/knowledge_center/analysts_corner.gif I am grateful to have been invited by the GSM Association to lead a session on the future of mobile location-based services, or LBS, at their Mobile World Conference, held this year Feb. 11-14 in Barcelona. This year’s show had it all: two knowledgeable session presenters and an interesting panel with five insightful experts, […]

/images/stories/knowledge_center/analysts_corner.gifThe CTIA recently asked me to moderate a very interesting panel session on Camera Phone 2D (two-dimensional) Bar Code Scanning. The session was held at CTIA Wireless 2008 on April 1 in Las Vegas. You might think this would be a rather mundane subject, but I can assure you that Camera Phone 2D Bar Code […]

/images/stories/knowledge_center/analysts_corner.gif Imagine for a minute that you’re building a nationwide wireless network. You put up cell towers in each major metropolitan area. The population you cover grows. You put up more cell towers in less populated areas. Eventually, you cover most of the United States with service for 250 million to 300 million people. The […]

It’s been several rough weeks since the July 11launch of Apple’s MobileMe, Apple’s sequel to .Mac, concurrent with the availability of the Apple iPhone 3G. Apple’s MobileMe concept is really great: to provide automatic synchronization between a user’s e-mail, contacts, calendar, photos (Gallery) and other files (via iDisk) on a Mac, Windows PC, the Web, […]

I’m really impressed with all the new wireless handsets that have come to market in the past year-from the iPhone to the latest BlackBerry to the new Centro (as well as many others). All higher-end phones are getting more features and are able to do a lot more than just a year or two ago. […]

In the past, I have recommended that all PC users, and particularly mobile users, separate their business and personal e-mail. The recommendation then was driven by the rights of organizations to own and manage their information assets, particularly e-mail. Corporate IT management has the right to read any e-mail that comes through the enterprise server. […]