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In the past, UMPCs have taken criticism for being stuck in a no-man's-land between laptops and smartphones, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group "They are getting much better but still are not quite where they need to be," he told TechNewsWorld. "We are w...

HP probably can enjoy a couple more quarters of such gains before a revived Dell is ready to do battle again, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle said. The risk for Dell is that by then, it will face a steep uphill climb back to the top "Dell is committed to the turnar...

The low percentage of users taking full advantage of available technologies did not come as a surprise to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Much of what we have is very difficult to use, which is why there are so few omnivores," he told TechNewsWorld. "I actually would have expected this number to be lower, which suggests the utility of these devices is forcing more folks to learn how to use them...

"The Novell-Microsoft partnership isn't particularly popular with Linux enthusiasts, but that market has been flat for several years now -- and these folks aren't likely to buy from Dell anyway," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider...

Looking back at last week, I had a lot to choose from, but the two things that I thought were the most interesting were Sony's dropping the PSP (PlayStation Portable) price to a very attractive US$169, and the resignation ofPC World's editor in chief over a throwaway Apple piece, which got me thinking about ethics in technology journalism ...

Nevertheless, the Microsoft-Yahoo deal may be less likely to happen now that word of the talks have been leaked, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "Clearly it looks like the two parties are serious about talking to one another," he said Suc...

"If the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) hadn't proven this doesn't work well (lawsuits), I would say yes with certainty," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "I do still think it is likely, but they will probably try to be more surgical in their approach than the RIAA has been...

The advances could have far-reaching implications, noted Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle, because just about all device makers are seeking ways to make smaller devices that last longer on a single battery charge while all PC makers are interested in making more energy-efficient machines...

Preloading Linux instead of Windows, means Dell will lose a lot of financial support from Microsoft, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. For each Windows PC or laptop Dell sells, Microsoft gives money back to Dell for marketing, he told LinuxInsider. Some of it may go back into marketing, Enderle explained, but Dell can do whatever it wants with the money...

The Barbie franchise is one of the most profitable in the history of the toy industry, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld, but it clearly is not what it once was While international Barbie sales have risen some 2 percent, in the U.S. sales have...

OLPC is "hedging around" the probable truth: That it can't get governments to pay for the XOs and will have even more trouble doing so as the true cost of building them continues to become apparent, according to industry analyst Rob Enderle "That $175 still does not contain al...

"I think the strength of the results surprised many of us," Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times The data contrasts some early reports that Vista was not driving new PC sales and that some users were frustrated by the new system and ma...

Beta-tested by roughly 1 million gamers, "LoTRO" has been hotly anticipated by Tolkien fans, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. He expects the release to be tremendous "Anticipation for this game was huge," he said. "However, among those alrea...

I've been spending a lot of time talking to folks who want to try the Dell Linux solution. I'm getting the sense that we have all been looking at Linux on the desktop wrong, and that products likeLinspire are simply wrongheaded ...

Via's move likely will not make too many waves in the United States, where the chipmaker has traditionally struggled to get a foothold in a market dominated by huge rivals Intel and AMD, Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "They've done som...

"It's unreasonable to assume any single company can move against a government," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "I think the court's going to have difficulty finding against Yahoo for obeying what in that geographical area of t...

"Google's power comes over the amount of control they are gaining with the advertising spend," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Google realizes that the future isn't in people buying things -- the future is undoubtedly feeding off of the advertiser, so in effect you make money off of everything that's sold."

"They went from a cute name to one that tells you what the service actually does, and if you're going to change, that's not a bad way to do it," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Of course, any cachet they might have had with Froogle, they're going to lose in the transition."

"It's actually a surprisingly strong plan," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "When you have products that price in the $300 range, dropping them effectively 99 percent is not an easy decision to make, but for education, it is the right one."

The new technologies will lead to devices that are "super iPods," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "These are devices more like super iPods that can do video, gaming, some e-mail and Web surfing, but are primarily focused on entertainment and Web activities than they are productivity."