Avi Greengart is the Research Director for Consumer Devices at Current Analysis (Mobile Phones, Connected Devices, and Digital Home). He also regularly writes for Slashgear, sporadically blogs at Home Theater View and Tweets far too often as @greengart. Avi's expertise lies in understanding consumer electronics marketing, consumer behavior, and technology adoption patterns: where new technologies meet the mass market. 

 

 

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June, 2009

6/29/09

I'm finishing up a full competitive analysis on HTC and then I hope to loop back and write up a whole bunch of phones that have shown up here over the last few weeks. We're also working on a Digital Home report looking at how HTIB (Home Theater In a Box) systems are starting to gain connectivity.

Recent reports:

bullet HTC Hero Gives a Sense of What Android Can Do
bullet RIM Tour to Visit CDMA Carriers This Summer
bullet Apple’s WWDC Announcements, $99 iPhones, and the Age of Apps
bullet LG BD390 Blu-ray Player Comes with Online Access to Netflix and CinemaNow Movies
bullet Palm Pre Launch and Hands-on Analysis

 

6/7/09

I'll be on the road this week and posting here on greengart.com will be light; my report on the Palm Pre: Hands On, Launch, and Analysis will be posted at Current Analysis early Monday morning.

I'll be at the Apple keynote at WWDC on Monday and will aim to have a report on anything announced there on Tuesday. Clients and journalists seeking comments should email me at agreengart ~at~ currentanalysis ~dot~ com or call 703-788-3788.

 

6/4/09 

Clients and journalists looking for insights into the Palm Pre launch can email or call. I have a Pre and my hands-on report will be posted either tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning (just ahead of Apple's WWDC keynote. I'll be there covering that, too). 

Our E3 coverage is all wrapped up, with two Digital Home reports on news from Sony and Microsoft, and a Mobile Devices report on the Sony PSPgo:

bullet E3 2009: Sony PSPgo Doesn't go Far Enough
bullet E3 2009: Sony Offers More Movie and TV Show Downloads for Its PS3 and PSP Devices
bullet E3 2009: Microsoft Shows Off Several Xbox 360 Upgrades to Embolden Its Place in the Living Room

In addition to the Google I/O Show Update noted in the last post, I also managed to get a full report done on Sony Ericsson's big news from late last week: Sony Ericsson’s Q4 Lineup isn’t Enough for Europe, May Not Even Show Up in the U.S.

 

6/1/09 - There's a LOT going on in the industry right now...

T-Mobile began pushing out Android 1.5 updates late last week; I downloaded it and have been testing it. My coverage of that along with all the Google news late last week has been posted as a Show Update: Google I/O 2009: Android 1.5 Ships, Android 2.0 Previewed, Android Momentum Surges.

At D7, Palm showed off iTunes media sync for the Palm Pre, and both AT&T and Verizon Wireless execs formally talked about the length of the Palm-Sprint exclusivity period (I've known that under NDA for quite some time now). I'll cover all this and more in my hands-on/Palm Pre launch report next week.

On Thursday night in London, Sony Ericsson launched a cellphone movie service and three Q4 phones it hopes will pull it out of its misery. I may not get a chance to write this one up, so if clients or journalists want to talk about it, email or call directly. [I did manage to get a full report done on this: Sony Ericsson’s Q4 Lineup isn’t Enough for Europe, May Not Even Show Up in the U.S.]

Nokia launched the 6730 Classic for Vodafone. It’s got a minimalist white candy bar design, S60, 3.2MP camera, GPS. It may sell reasonably well in some markets, but doesn't significantly impact the mobile device landscape, so I’m ignoring it.

Verizon Wireless announced three new phones from LG: the Glance, enV3, and enV Touch. I'm expecting review units of each of these shortly and we'll get to them as Product Assessments.

Microsoft announced Zune HD with ties to XBOX 360. We’re expecting a follow-up announcement today at E3, and Bruce McGregor will be there live covering that. 

Engadget has leaked information on Sony’s PSP Go. It’s hard to fake a Veronica Belmont interview, so I’m assuming this is legit. We'll cover it if it formally launches (presumably this week at E3).

Verizon Wireless finally posted an update to the BlackBerry Storm late yesterday afternoon. I’ve downloaded and installed it but haven’t had a chance to form anything other than initial impressions (it's more stable, and some of the software touches are definite improvements, but the Storm's fundamental problem - the virtual keyboard - remains unchanged).

Qualcomm has formally launched its smartbook concept based on its Snapdragon chipset out in Taipei at Computex. I am planning a full report on the whole smartphone/smartbook/MID/netbook market categorization.