Since the 2007 iPhone introduction clogged AT&T’s data network in downtown San Francisco we have had a steady diet of offloading by cellular carriers. What is offloading? It is when a mobile cellular carrier moves your data session from its network over to a local WiFi network. Too many smartphone users all pulling down content at the same time creates a data bottleneck that shows up as long-wait times for data to load and even difficulty making calls where voice and data run over the

Does LTE make a difference? I don’t think anyone would disagree that LTE/4G enables much faster data. As an example I thought I’d share a field trial utilizing LTE to watch live video while on Amtrak traveling between Washington, DC and New York City. The service and gear: Verizon LTE service running over a Motorola Droid Razr Maxx (Apple lovers now have an LTE option for iPad…iPhone coming this fall) The live video site: TechCrunch’s Disrupt NY conference live streaming.

Cisco announced yesterday the demise of the Cius. The noise level of the announcement on Cisco’s collaboration blog matched the product’s market awareness: close to zero. The Cius was supposed to be the first enterprise tablet. It lasted less than two years from launch in June 2010. That beats the HP Touchpad’s 49 days by a long shot. While both products could be brought back from the dead based on company annoucements, don’t count on it. These devices were already far be

This week in Mobility had several notable announcements relevant to the large enterprise. Cisco Announces the End of the Cius, Google Completes Moto Acquisition, McAfee and F-Secure Reports both show rapid rise in malware targeting Android, IBM Causes Stir Discussing BYOD Program   Cisco Announced the End of the Cius In a quiet announcement relegated to the Cisco collaboration blog, the company announced that it would cease investing in the Cius. If you haven’t heard of the Cius you a

Is Big Blue in for Higher Cost and Low Adoption There was a great article this week in MIT’s Technology Review about IBM’s approach to BYOD. There are many great things about how IBM runs the IT organization. You could even call it a progressive group in some areas. However, the approach they are taking with BYOD gives the distinct impression of old style IT thinking that doesn’t recognize the  consumerization of IT trends behind BYOD. So what’s Wrong with IBM’s BYO

McAfee Threats Report for Q1 2012 was released today and mobile malware is the big story.  The 12x quarterly increase is spectacular – from hundreds to thousands of new threats were detected.  The report acknowledges that this growth figure is impacted by, “significant improvements in our ability to collect, process and detect mobile malware.”  However, it may not be that far off.  F-Secure’s Mobile Threat Report also published this week claims that mobile malware targeti

Apple under Steve Jobs was an unrivaled hype machine. Granted the hype was often earned based on a reputation for deliving innovative and useful products, even for creating new product categories. The product launches were magical and newsworthy. People wanted to attend and associate with them. But with all of the hype and customer loyalty did they ever have 9 million pre-orders? No, but Samsung has. Galaxy S III 9 million Pre-Orders The 9 million pre-ordered Galaxy S III’s are meaningful

What does 3,997 different versions of Android look like? The chart from OpenSignalMaps paints a spectacular picture. Let’s start with the good news. GOOG Chairman Eric Schmidt says it’s not fragmentation. It’s differentiation. If you are a device manufacturer trying to get noticed in the consumer marketplace, that may be a good thing. Not so much if you are in enterprise IT. 4,000 Android variants, Trouble Lurks Here is another look at fragmentation on a smaller scale. Animoca

Mobile Devices Now Exceed PCs & Laptops According to research firm Canalys, smartphones exceeded PC shipments for the first time in 2011.  Expect this trend to be permanent.  Canalys was focused on mobile devices exceeding all PC, laptop, netbook and tablet shipments combined.  At EdgeLens we categorize tablets as part of the smart mobile category. When you combine smartphones and tablets into one category and the legacy computing devices PC, notebook and netbook sectors into a group, the tr