Internet of Things - Company and Research Focus

More on the T-Mobile strategy to win more customers, these guys are fun to watch taking on the other players they are not playing by the other guys rules of engagement, and with that alone, I'm giving the edge to T-Mobile.  Also to note that they increased 4.4M subscribers in 2013, and that is nothing to sneeze at....just saying

Innovation everywhere - definitely worth a look to see what Intel is doing in greater depth - wearables and just about everything else as well

Excellent read and some really good use cases for iPads and iPhones

Apple, Samsung, and then the others join Intel in the smartwatch lineup  - Game On, may the best device win, and that tethering to a smart phone thing that Samsung and Apple have done, is well limiting to say the least (and a lame way to get people to buy it, since it is merely redundant to the functionality on the phone and that value of that is what?).

With Apple's 50% manufacturing yield issues make this a tougher go to market thing that they likely expected.  Apple had better get some of those experienced manufacturing engineers to work, on the problems, - oh yeah that's right its outsourced to Foxconn in China - never mind I don't have much hope for Apple's chances.

At this point we give Intel the edge on this, but hey have a look at these others.  

Samsung Report on Earnings Reveals Challenges Ahead 

T-Mobile's strategy in a bit more detail - rather than paying attention to the antics of the CEO, which could be a strategy and tactic in and of itself to misdirect their competition  -  seen and heard done before, just saying

We know Marcus, he's a good chap, but when it comes to design of anything, including devices and platforms for IoT, we counter his preference of Art vs. Engineering approach that it isn't one or the other, it's both.  Engineering the process,  having & using the tools for functionality and knowing what the customers and end users really want and need 1st. Then through knowing what all the ingredients are then you can truly enable the Art approach of turning the solutions into works of beauty and elegance.  

It is both Art and Engineering, and I learned that basic approach by working on Bonsai for going on now +23 years. Well in advance of my degreee in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and applying that towards the process of innovating

"most of the connected home products on show at CES and available on the market today aren’t yet able to link up to those systems. And other companies made announcements at the show suggesting they plan to go it alone, releasing ranges of smart home gadgets only compatible with each other. Samsung, for example, used its main CES press conference to announce a system that links up washing machines, air conditioners, and kitchen appliances with its TVs, phones, tablets, and smart watch. The company said it would allow other companies to program their gadgets to work with that system, but didn’t say whether the devices would be compatible with any efforts to unify connected home devices."

We totally agree with Mike's comments, and his feedback to companies presenting their wearable products at CES , "try harder"

I once had one of my senior manager clients complain about the statement of "innovate or die" - the necessity of adapting because the firm's future is dependent on doing so.  Clearly he was resisting the idea of being able to make the necessary changes.  The only thing we would add is that change personally or at an organizational level is tough stuff to master, and most companies who attempt it fail miserably - we strongly suggest getting a change agent who's done it before to help you.    Please see our fellow curators comments below:

Interesting analysis, pretty sure that I don't agree with the conclusions being drawn, nonetheless a worthwhile read

Damn we liked Alan for this, oh well we bet he's having too much fun at Ford to want the headaches that he'd get at MSFT