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"I believe it's more of a public relations tool than anything else," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst atTirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "[The Obama administration is] just trying to build a case for any actions that may eventually come to light through either op...

More work needs to be done on gesture technology for new uses to appear. "You need advanced algorithms to distinguish what motions to recognize and for what actions, which will likely vary for each consumer, so you'll need learning algorithms like those used in speech recognition," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld...

The concern about interference with adjacent bands "is less of an issue" with the FCC than fears about the competitive landscape, Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld Issues Arising out of the Purchase...

The patent litigation is "over products that aren't even relevant in the market because the market and products are evolving so rapidly," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times Legal Pat-a-Cake...

While closed-door meetings of governments provide grounds for concern, "it's difficult enough to get governments to agree," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, stated. "I doubt that the meeting is, or will be used, to limit the freedom of speech that many are worried about."

"The display is the most critical part of any consumer electronic device," said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research. "Not only do its sharpness and brightness help determine the overall user experience, but it can have a huge impact on weight, thickness and power consumption. Being able to use plastic AMOLED displays would be a huge competitive advantage."

"More phones are coming out on Android than any other OS, especially in the lower cost segments," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. For example, Chinese vendor ZTE, which, along with compatriot Huawei was declared a possible nati...

"The apps that come to mind would be gaming, which was demonstrated [in the Pinch video] and social networking applications," Jim McGregor, principal at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld Pinch uses WiFi to connect devices, but, while WiFi "will provide the best image resolut...

"[ItsOn] has to target the carriers because consumers won't and don't need to pay for this when you have other companies like Google and Microsoft providing similar solutions," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Carriers are looking for any way to increase revenue per user so there is a need among carriers for services of the kind ItsOn says it's offering."

Texas Instruments has had some challenges and exited some business lines recently, Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "At the same time, it has invested in its analog products. So, at least the company is focusing on areas where it seems to have a competitive advantage -- analog and embedded applications." ...

"Our industry as a whole is not very green, and those companies that claim to be green may meet some standards, but, from my standpoint as an eco-friendly person, the standards are so lax they're not funny," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld EPEAT'...

The screen and the form factor are the Paperwhite's key attractions for Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research "These devices are no longer competing with a book or magazine, they are now competing with a few sheets of paper," McGregor told TechNewsWorld. However, the brig...

"The video service is the real story, not the new devices," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "I don't think [the Nooks] are in the same league as Amazon and Apple, but they are moving in the right direction. Anyone can build a tablet but, as we've seen, few can sell one without the content and services."

"Intel Labs has been working on [magnetic resonance charging] technology for quite some time, and obviously Intel is also helping define what goes into next-generation PCs, especially the Ultrabook, and IDT has been making chipsets for PCs for years," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld...

Surround Computing may well be one way to describe the next logical step in processor technology, said Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research. "It is really the next revolution in computing that allows devices, particularly mobile devices, to interact ...

Newer versions of Android may have more system requirements and make more demands on battery life, remarked Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research "We're going to see this more and more with cameras and cellphones -- their manufacturers won't always be ...

"The OEMs ... are getting beaten up in the Android tablet market by content aggregators such as Apple and Amazon that released their own platforms," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research,, told the E-Commerce Times. "Microsoft is more worried about competing with Apple and Google than the overall impact [of its move] on the OEMs."

Further, communications can be -- "and in the case of international communications are already -- monitored by government servers," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "This is already a reality and a result of the current state of the world." ...

"I'm not really sure why Google acquired Sparrow," Jim McGregor, president and founder of Tirias Research, told The E-Commerce Times. "That's a company with just five people, a very limited app targeted at competitors' products, and likely a very limited IP portfolio." There m...

Skype hasn't specified the exact root of the problem, but "there are a number of things that could cause this," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "It could be a bug arising from capabilities with a particular operating system or other application configuration, or a bug within someone's computer system, or a bug in the application."