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"Cloaks make it hard to target you or even know if you're there in the first place," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Given other means of seeing, such as radar, cloaks are likely more practical for spying, being used in invisible drone ships, aircraft or land-based robots for instance."

One of the most interesting rumors floating around last week was that Microsoft was working on a small form factor tablet that will be focused on gaming and branded Xbox. This could be a very interesting tablet, especially coupled with the initial success of the Surface tablet. ...

"Think of this technology as ultra-high latency and ultra-reliable," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group. "It is designed to function where no other networking technology could function. It uses a lot of prediction and redundancy to compensate for the pr...

Android's fragmentation, and "how much [Microsoft] hates that platform" could have factored into Redmond's decision, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Further, Microsoft has an Apple-focused Office group and a well-defined relationship with Apple regarding Office...

"It isn't for a lack of trying but they are pretty bracketed in," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "They're being as creative as they can be. The big difficulty is going to be finding spectrum they can use, but it isn't for lack of trying." Try Again...

"It isn't for a lack of trying but they are pretty bracketed in," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "They're being as creative as they can be. The big difficulty is going to be finding spectrum they can use, but it isn't for lack of trying." Try Again...

"The end result is you get something that's more universal than what you had before and with quite more capability," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld IM On Decline...

"Given the popularity of the 7-inch product for reading and entertainment, it would seem to be an obvious move to make. I've heard the rumors, but nothing more solid," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, remarked "I was expecting Microsoft to move to the low e...

The last decade seemed to be about the decline of Microsoft, the dominance of Apple, and the emergence of Google. As we go into this decade, Microsoft seems to be trending up, Apple looks increasingly at risk, and Google looks more and more like the Microsoft of a decade ago. It is almost as if the companies have shuffled and changed chairs. ...

"There are actually a number of people working on holographictechnology," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Like 3D, we'll likely find that it will be easier to create thetechnology than it will be to figure out how to use it in a way thatis both cost-e...

Further, statistics for market share and shipments "measure volume, not revenue or profit, and Apple constrains the supply of iPhones so they ... can keep prices up," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times The shipment figures "represent...

Pinch "is in a class of technology that looks great in demos but likely wouldn't be that practical in use unless there were games and apps developed directly for it, and that's when you run into the cart-and-horse problem," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Folks wouldn't be able to sell the apps unless a lot of people were doing this and a lot of people won't do this unless they have the apps."

The company "needs carriers to bless its solution," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. On the other hand, the carriers need technology that will help manage data consumption because they "are over capacity and users are getting throttled or are seeing data overage charges, which gets them to switch carriers."

"This does create a clear value for this tablet -- now priced well below the competition -- and I doubt the other Android licensees are finding this price all that wonderful either," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "This is a good value, and values o...

"Their prior experience was the Xbox, which was generally just cheaper to replace, even though it was repairable," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "As you get to (US)$1,000, it makes more sense to design a product to repair, but as you get to $500, the added cost to make a product easy to repair starts to exceed the benefit."

You really don't get a sense of just how limited the iPad is until you actually explore the Surfacetablet that Microsoft released last week. It is like the designers sat down over beers and argued over everysingle shortcoming they found in the iPad and then built into Surface just the right features to make the iPad look inadequate. ...

"The Surface Tablet is a convertible but one targeted very tightly at the person who is in the market for an iPad," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It clicks off all of the items the iPad does poorly. Productivity: It has Office, and high-definitio...

"Projects like this are designed to make the world a smaller place to find new and creative ways to get people to consume advertising," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "But activities like this allow people who can't afford to travel, or just don't w...

Although AT&T expressed confidence that subscription growth would increase over the next quarter, it should be aware of the battles for new users ahead, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Since many U.S. consumers already have smartphones, the competition between the major networks for the new ones is only getting more fierce, and Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile all have compelling offers...

Although AT&T expressed confidence that subscription growth would increase over the next quarter, it should be aware of the battles for new users ahead, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Since many U.S. consumers already have smartphones, the competition between the major networks for the new ones is only getting more fierce, and Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile all have compelling offers...