Day 84 of visiting 100 blogs in 100 days...

Day 84 of visiting 100 blogs in 100 days... takes us to Mobile Opportunity a weblog by Michael Mace who is a highly regarded person in the tech space, notably when he was Chief Competitive Officer and VP of Product Planning at Palm. Other roles include VP of Strategic Marketing at PalmSource and Director of Mac Platform Marketing at Apple.

This weblog is a well thought out commentary on the mobile market and other subjects related to high tech.

I like his recent posting:

Which mobile device companies get it?

excerpt: "I should explain what I mean by "get it." I think that a truly effective smart mobile device must be both focused and integrated. By focused, I mean that it must first and foremost solve one particular problem for a particular type of user. Kitchen sink products that try to be everything for everyone sell to enthusiasts but no one else. The companies that get it specialize in leaving out features that aren't essential to the core product."

and...

"Convergence generally sucks.

People have been predicting converged everything for decades, but usually most products don't converge. Remember converged TV and hi-fi systems? Of course you don't, neither do I. But I've read about them.

And of course you have an all in one stereo system in your home, right? What’s that you say? You bought separate components? But the logic of convergence says you should have merged all of them long ago."

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If you have a passing interest in tech stuff and where the business is going, you'll do well to sit at the feet of someone who understands clearly what is going on...