Retailers in the aggregator category aggregate merchandise or services from many different companies and make them available for sale in an online supermarket type of format. The retailers we recently mentioned within the content creator category are merchants selling their own brands, and their brands only. Retailers that belong to the content aggregator category offer merchandise within a mall context, in which multiple brands are featured in their own virtual locations, or grouped by function, regardless of brand. Revenues are Read the rest of this entry

In the wireless space, the concept is the same. Instead of having to search for information by guessing Web site addresses of content creators, endusers simply use an aggregator that has organized the information in an easy-to-use format. In the United States, the larger wireless portals include AOL Wireless, AvantGo, MSN Mobile, Palm.net, and Yahoo Mobile. In Europe, BT’s Genie, Iobox, Mviva, and Vizzavi provide popular portals, whereas J-Sky and NTTDoCoMo are the strongest contenders in Asia. Wireless portals increasingly provide to the users of handhelds some of the same content aggregation services as full-blown, traditional Read the rest of this entry

When information created by a source is not directly delivered to the enduser, but is combined with other content before being published, we are talking about the services content aggregators/portals provide. Within this category of content providers, we can further distinguish between referencers, publishers, retailers, and community builders. Read the rest of this entry

One last comment regarding content creation. Although third parties, such as artists and information providers, are the most obvious creators of content, an even larger number of content creators are end-users themselves. With the advent of the Internet, you and I have become creators of content available to millions of other browsers, all around the globe. Whenever we write an e-mail letter, fill out an online feedback form, rate a consumer product we have purchased, create an online photo album, or develop our own Web pages, we are creating electronic content that sits on a server somewhere, waiting to be accessed Read the rest of this entry

Let’s begin. As proposed, the groups of entities within the content creators category include those that manufacture content for communication, entertainment, education, and commercial purposes disseminated via mobile/wireless devices. Content for each purpose is available from major carriers, entertainment companies and a plethora of small, entrepreneurial enterprises. Content includes text, music, video, Read the rest of this entry

Before we talk about content creators, let’s quickly think about how we could organize our discussion around content. There are two major content categorization approaches that will allow us to structure our discussion: content by form and content by function. First, when thinking about content and its form or format, we can distinguish between three areas: written, audible, and visual. Written content includes books, journals, poems, newswire reports, newspapers, and the like. Visual content consists of video, photographs, Read the rest of this entry

The critical success factors for peripherals providers are closely aligned with the strategies and tactics deployed by the device manufacturers, which can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, such a close alignment allows these companies to sit back and observe what direction device manufacturers take and adjust their own course of action accordingly. Observing where the industry’s 800-pound gorillas are heading illustrates a follower mentality that may allow a peripherals provider to avoid costly mistakes Read the rest of this entry

Whereas cellular phones can be equipped with snap-on digital cameras, keyboards, or battery chargers, it’s the more versatile PDA that enjoys aplethora of optional devices that complement the core product. Adding tothe functionality of PDAs are peripherals such as headsets, keyboards,scanners, and printers. Other accessories include cellular phone modules,radio tuners, game and reference modules, and digital cameras that pluginto the extension module slot of the device. More esoteric peripherals include text-to-speech decoders that enable your PDA to “read” Read the rest of this entry

A potential strategy for manufacturers to increase sales entails the segmentation of the market and developing devices that appeal to each segment through their special form factor and/or applications. Examples for a form factor segmentation approach include those manufacturers that create “ruggedized” versions of their PDAs for use in, for example, industrial environments. Other device providers partner with application developers to deploy devices that are specialized in function. For example, in the past we have seen cobranded, two-way pagers that provided Microsoft Hotmail users with access to their Hotmail account, and their account only. Read the rest of this entry

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