Posts from February 28, 2008

Nate Elliott | February 28, 2008, 08:51 PM
Hey CNBC, What's a Widget?
Online Video Watch has a clip of some CNBC presenters trying to figure out what a widget is. I'd make fun of them, except... have you ever tried to define 'widget'? It's not that easy a concept to summarize. (But it's definitely not, as one of the hosts suggests, a...( more )

IanFogg | February 28, 2008, 12:56 PM
VirginMedia Results: Multiplay good, but ARPU down.
Today, VirginMedia report their q4 2007 results. As usual, as an industry analyst I'll comment solely on the operationals. Note - this is being written ahead of the conference call. Key points: - Broadband customers are up year-on-year to 3.5m using VirginMedia's hybrid coax-fibre (HFC) network -- plus another 287k...( more )

IanFogg | February 28, 2008, 12:19 PM
Mobile Web vs Applications/Widgets
Michael Mace nails it: mobile devices are different from PCs, the market for add-on software is stumbling, and has not been as great a success as most would like. (+ also see my footnote). The issue for the handheld software industry now, is that the number of mobile platforms that...( more )