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Given current consumer attitudes toward TV, providers seem to have no choice but to open up their systems. "There's a lot of interest in providing access to video-on-the-go," Ross Rubin, an analyst with the NPD Group, told TechNewsWorld "All TV service providers want to be rel...
Panasonic's release of a 3D camcorder rounds out its 3D ecosystem, which already includes 3D TVs and 3D Blu-ray video disc players. "There's an opportunity for a 3D ecosystem to develop the same way one developed for high-definition," Ross Rubin, an analyst with the NPD Group in Port Washington, N.Y., told TechNewsWorld...
It was the second consecutive quarter in which the Android posted strong growth, Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis for NPD, told the E-Commerce Times. Much of that growth has to do with the carriers' -- particularly Verizon's -- strong promotion of Android d...
An August research report from NPD also highlights the difficulties Amazon, Sony and now Barnes & Noble will face with book lovers. Consumers like the idea of instant downloads and being able to stuff a lot of reading material into a single device, wrote Ross Rubin, NPD director of industry analysis. However, they still love the idea of holding a book in their hands. "Today's e-reader offerings are delivering capabilities that are in demand by consumers," Rubin wrote. "However, some features that could enhance the appeal of more popular content, such as color, remain on the drawing board. Consumers may overlook their attachment to a book's tactile attributes, particularly for reading materials where timeliness and convenience takes precedence over leisure."
"Apple escaped the effects of commodity-based pricing for [MP3 players] by opening up the iPod touch for other applications, predominantly Web browsing," Ross Rubin, an analyst at the NPD Group, told TechNewsWorld. Microsoft, he said, is looking to do the same with the Zune H...
BlackBerry has an established hold on the enterprise market, and it's trying very hard to solidify its presence in the consumer market, Ross Rubin, author of the NPD Group report, told the E-Commerce Times "In the consumer market, carriers have tremendous distribution power an...
"Electronics companies are attracted to Linux for a variety ofreasons," Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for marketresearch and analysis firm The NPD Group, told LinuxInsider. "First, there are no licensing royalties to pay. The operatingsystem is also powerful and stable and can support a wide range ofapplications. They can also tailor it to their needs and have completeflexibility with the user interface so they can differentiate theirproducts."
Palm is definitely under pressure as others in the highly competitive smartphone industry pull ahead, NPD analyst Ross Rubin said "It's no secret that the core of the Palm OS has been aging and the company needs a new home-grown platform to reinvigorate itself and set itself a...
Offerings by TV providers are also made more attractive by the HDTV market, added Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for the NPD Group in Port Washington, N.Y "HD-capable DVRs have been more expensive than standard-definition ones," he told the E-Commerce Times. "That's...
"The Foleo is setting itself up against a well-established product: the notebook," NPD analyst Ross Rubin told TechNewsWorld. "How it does what it does, that's different. But there is significant overlap." Palm's Mobile Vision...
Linux is attractive to cost watchers because it isn't burdened with the overhead associated with commercial operating systems, argued Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for the NPD Group "An obvious advantage is the freedom from licensing fees that someone like Microsof...
As seems to be the case with many new mobile device announcement these days, Ocean is being compared to the forthcoming Apple iPhone, but NPD Group analyst Ross Rubin said such comparisons might be improper "Certainly some of what the iPhone does is play upon, or take advantag...
Apple's flash memory-based iPod nano currently is a music-only device, but Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for NPD, told TechNewsWorld he wouldn't be surprised if Apple were to introduce a video model of the popular player. "It's a moving target," said Rubin. "Traditionally, Apple has only had video support on its hard-drive based players, but as the price/performance ratio of flash memory continues to improve, it's conceivable they would have video on a flash-based iPod."
"A large part of the iPod customer base are Windows users so they don't have the Apple brand loyalty that we have traditionally seen in the Macintosh market," Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for the NPD Group, told the E-Commerce Times iTunes Not a Barrier...
It will be a long time before the SATV providers and telcos are in direct competition for their primary target markets, predicted Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for the NPD Group "Satellite television tends to be especially strong in rural areas," he told TechNewsWo...
In addition, Microsoft has been pitching to The New York Times concepts about what a newspaper might look like in the forthcoming Windows Vista operating system, according to Ross Rubin, director for industry analysis for The NPD Group in Port Washington, N.Y "If you combined ...
"Very often these mergers are to broaden a company's footprint -- as was done in the AT&T acquisition of BellSouth -- or looking for a new target customer in a tangential space, like Verizon purchasing MCI," Ross Rubin, director for industry analysis at the The NPD Group in Port Washington, N.Y. told TechNewsWorld...
While HD-DVD has the support of large players like Microsoft and Intel, many of Blu-ray's backers make consumer products, observed Ross Rubin, director for industry analysis at the NPD Group in Port Washington, N.Y. "Intel and Microsoft are generally good allies to have, but they have a limited influence on what products will ship."
Analysts said the expanded product line was a good move for Nokia. "Moving into the 2 megapixel camera category provides them with an opportunity to start taking the low end of the digital camera market," Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis, NPD Group, told TechNewsWorld. "For the next year or two, we'll probably see [the] biggest impact on the one-time-use camera market. In theory, most people have their cell phone with them just about all the time."
"While there's still significant volume, at least among professionals, for the hand-helds, Microsoft is looking beyond standalone PDAs," Ross Rubin, director for industry analysis with the NPD Group in Port Washington, N.Y., told TechNewsWorld. "It's been leveraging a lot of its operating system work into portable media players and smartphones, which are two growing categories."
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