Search Results

"The problem is that Chrome is a hosted OS solution, and the entire computing environment isn't in the mode for a completely hosted solution," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "You'll need connectivity all the time, and you'll need the bandwidth, and many apps aren't even designed for that environment."

The Nexus 7 has "good performance specs and a good and reasonable price point, but I believe 3G and 4G capability will be a requirement and an early differentiator," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "My initial thoughts are, good specs, sh...

"HP is trying to create a more flexible platform that can use different hardware or processing solutions and can be configured for almost any application," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld The goal "dates back to the blade server solutions...

"Any time the federal government gets involved in the high-tech industry, bad things come of it," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "I think [the single approach to leasing federal assets] is a horrible idea." The need for more data channe...

"We're talking about trillions of dollars at stake in the mobile payments market, and everyone has their own idea of what a solution would be," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Carriers, retailers, banks, credit card companies all want a piece of the pie, and the poor retailers were the last ones to jump in -- they were having these different things pushed at them and finally decided they could lower their own costs."

"Besides the money, the Foundation's got a huge commitment from Samsung for a lot of development efforts which will feed back," said Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, said Samsung is "going to make multiple bets in multiple areas [using Linux] because they have the r...

"This is just one version of what we're going to see in the consolidation for crossover between tablets and PCs," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "I don't think it's going to be the most common; that will be the Ultrabook style where you can use the device as a clamshell device or as a tablet."

Cisco's predictions might be conservative. "Every time we make these projections, the entire industry has been wrong," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "The applications and the market are still growing much faster than anyone could have imagined."

Competition in the core router arena is bound to heat up, Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld "As everything goes towards IP, whether it's voice, data or any other type of communications, we're getting to the point where there's a collision of networ...

"Mozilla's beef is focused on what Windows 8's going to play," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "Windows 8, as it will exist in June, is for the next generation of PCs and Ultrabooks." However, Windows RT, which is the ARM version of Windows 8, "...

"Some of the traditional PC guys are playing catch-up," Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "That's not always a bad thing; mobile security is not always on the bleeding edge, so sometimes it's almost better to let the market decide what it needs and then figure out what you have to do."

"The [Digital Life] system is likely to face the same challenges as any home system with power and connectivity -- if you lose either, your system may be rendered useless," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld. "The only way to guard against this is to have battery backup and cellular connections for the system."

Charging for WiFi access "could create a public relations nightmare," Jim McGregor, research director at NPD In-Stat, warned. "People use WiFi because they don't have to pay." Other Possible Problems With Seamless WiFi Roaming...

"There's no doubt that mobile technology will infiltrate and eventually consume the living room," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld. "The same processors driving laptops are going into TVs, set-top boxes and everything else to make all these devices work better together."

However, "overcoming technical arguments is very difficult, costly and time consuming," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times A better strategy for LightSquared would be to reconsider the company's long-term strategy and business optio...

However, "the vehicle looks so loaded with features that I am worried about the weight and efficiency, Jim McGregor, a research director at NPD In-Stat, told TechNewsWorld. "Is this just another expensive toy for the company's investors?" "This is the first Tesla I'm actually ...

"If anything, I think it will help build the culture and identity within the company, but it will take some time to see if Sony can rebuild its global identity," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times One of Sony's problems is that the ...

"The more Apple loses these battles around the world, like in Australia, the less likely Apple is going to be able to impede competition," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times. "I would expect other regions to take note [of the Dutch ruling]."

The key for RIM to re-establish itself as a major player in smartphones and tablets is the technology inside the products. It's the reason RIM purchased QNX, Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat told the E-Commerce Times. "If RIM wants to remain a player in t...

"Amazon revealed their numbers because they want to keep the momentum going and create enthusiasm around the platform, especially with application developers," Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat, told the E-Commerce Times While the Kindle line was clearl...