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The VisionMobile blog is a space where VisionMobile analysts and industry insiders exchange views on the fast-changing mobile market and the trends that define the future direction of telecoms.

  • 21/05/2013

    A Game of Ecosystems: Measuring ecosystem performance

    Andreas Pappas
  • 8/05/2013

    The Mediatek Phenomenon: the new smartphone disruption

    Jonathan Goldberg
  • 30/04/2013

    [Infographic] Developer Economics 2013: Dev tools are the foundation of the app economy

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 3/04/2013

    Which apps make more money?

    Andreas Pappas
  • 21/03/2013

    Dr. Google and Mr. Android

    Jonathan Goldberg
  • 23/01/2013

    [Report] Developer Economics 2013 – Key Insights

    Andreas Pappas
  • 15/01/2013

    The new basis of competition and the superiority of ecosystem economics

    Michael Vakulenko
  • 27/12/2012

    Top 10 VisionMobile articles for 2012

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 19/12/2012

    The changing landscape of app discovery

    Andreas Pappas
  • 5/12/2012

    The Apple and Samsung Profit Recipe

    Stijn Schuermans
  • 30/10/2012

    Sneak preview: Developer Economics 2013

    Andreas Pappas
  • 21/10/2012

    [Infographic] The Mobile Industry in Numbers

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 9/10/2012

    [Survey] Developer Economics 2013: Best practices for app development & marketing

    Andreas Pappas
  • 21/09/2012

    The Kindelization of Tablets, Part 2: The Silk Strategy

    Stijn Schuermans
  • 10/09/2012

    The Kindelization of Tablets – Part 1

    Stijn Schuermans
  • 13/08/2012

    [Infographic] The Rise of the New App Economy

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 31/07/2012

    The yellow brick road of app store monetisation

    Andreas Pappas
  • 9/07/2012

    Mobile platform wars: Winners and losers in 2012

    Andreas Pappas
  • 20/06/2012

    [Report] Developer Economics 2012 – The new app economy

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 13/06/2012

    [Infographic] The Clash of Ecosystems – The life and death of mobile platforms

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 3/04/2012

    [New Survey] Developer Economics 2012: The new mobile app economy

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 23/02/2012

    [Infographic] 100 Million Club – Top smartphone facts and figures in 2011

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 15/02/2012

    Nokia+Microsoft: A Tale of Two Broken Business Models

    Michael Vakulenko
  • 12/12/2011

    [Infographic] The Open Governance Index – A new way of measuring openness

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 21/11/2011

    Flatten, Expand, Mine: The three pillars of Google’s strategy

    Stijn Schuermans
  • 7/11/2011

    [Report] Mobile Platforms: The Clash of Ecosystems

    Michael Vakulenko
  • 2/11/2011

    The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 28/09/2011

    The flywheel effect of Android and iOS (and why their rivals are grinding to a halt)

    Stijn Schuermans
  • 13/09/2011

    A game of ecosystems: Crashing the Android party

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 7/09/2011

    The post-Motorola dilemma: Same old-Google or the new Apple?

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 29/07/2011

    [Report] A new way of measuring Openness, from Android to WebKit: The Open Governance Index [Updated]

    Liz Laffan
  • 25/07/2011

    Platforms 101: Not all mobile platforms are created equal

    Michael Vakulenko
  • 19/07/2011

    [Infographic] The Mobile Platform Race – How do mobile platforms stack up?

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 8/06/2011

    [Report] Developer Economics 2011 – Winners and losers in the platform race

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 17/04/2011

    The mobile services landscape: Can OEMs compete with platform vendors?

    Michael Vakulenko
  • 3/04/2011

    100 Million Club: Winners and losers in the OS Arena

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 15/02/2011

    One cuckoo, two turkeys and three horses; how the mobile race has changed

    Delius Observer
  • 11/02/2011

    The Android Monopoly and how to harness it

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 10/02/2011

    Mobile Megatrends 2011

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 24/01/2011

    [Survey] Developer Economics 2011: The evolution of app development

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 3/11/2010

    [Infographic] The Mobile Developer Journey

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 31/10/2010

    The Android UI Dilemma: Unify or Differentiate?

    Ben Hookway
  • 24/10/2010

    The Tortoise and the Hare: The tale of Android evolution

    Tsahi Levent-Levi
  • 23/10/2010

    Symbian is dead. Long live Symbian

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 18/10/2010

    Smart < feature phones = the unbalanced equation (100 Million Club series)

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 6/10/2010

    30 Tablets in Q4 2010: packed train arriving at empty station

    Jonathan Goldberg
  • 27/09/2010

    Windows Phone 7: Tipping the Scales of the Smartphone Market

    Michael Vakulenko
  • 12/09/2010

    Waking the Dragon: The Rise of Android in China

    Hong Wu
  • 26/07/2010

    Remapping the handset OEM landscape: squeezed in between a rock and a hard place

    Vinay Kapoor
  • 20/07/2010

    Developer Economics 2010: The Role of Networks in a Developer World

    James Parton
  • 16/07/2010

    Mobile Developer Economics: The Building Blocks of Mobile Applications

    Tor Björn Minde
  • 13/07/2010

    Mobile Developer Economics: Taking Applications to Market

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 5/07/2010

    Mobile Developer Economics 2010: The migration of developer mindshare

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 14/06/2010

    Mobile Virtualization – Coming to a Smartphone Near You

    Steve Subar
  • 3/06/2010

    Lead, innovate or assemble: three choices for handset OEMs as mobile starts to look like the PC industry

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 26/05/2010

    The many faces of Android fragmentation

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 10/05/2010

    Breaking the 500 million barrier of mobile software

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 25/04/2010

    Wholesale Applications Community: The Operator Love Affair with Developers

    Simone Cicero
  • 16/04/2010

    Is Android Evil?

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 8/04/2010

    Why handset OEMs shouldn’t mess with UX and other lessons from the automotive industry

    Thucydides Sigs
  • 30/03/2010

    Adobe defends its mobile strategy

    Mark Doherty
  • 13/03/2010

    Why Adobe Should Change its Mobile Strategy (again)

    Guilhem Ensuque
  • 8/03/2010

    The Wintel future for mobile: a wake up call for network operators

    Andreas Constantinou
  • 26/02/2010

    Demolition Derby in Devices: The roller-coaster ride is on

    Richard Kramer
  • 7/02/2010

    Low cost Android: crossing the $100 barrier

    Ben Hookway
  • 1/02/2010

    [Survey] Calling all developers: Making sense of a fragmented world

    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 24/01/2010

    Behind the Smartphone Craze: redrawing the map of mobile platforms

    Guy Agin
  • 18/01/2010

    The Mobile App Store Landscape 5 years Ai (After the iPhone)*

    Francisco Kattan
  • 23/08/2009

    Will Legacy Smartphone Platforms Keep-up with iPhone and Android?

    Michael Vakulenko
  • 2013 articles

  • VisionMobile - Game of Ecosystems 21/05/2013

    A Game of Ecosystems: Measuring ecosystem performance


    Andreas Pappas
  • The Mediatek Phenomenon 8/05/2013

    The Mediatek Phenomenon: the new smartphone disruption


    Jonathan Goldberg
  • DE13_preview 30/04/2013

    [Infographic] Developer Economics 2013: Dev tools are the foundation of the app economy


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • New Developer Economics survey 3/04/2013

    Which apps make more money?


    Andreas Pappas
  • VMMrGoogle&MrAndroid 21/03/2013

    Dr. Google and Mr. Android


    Jonathan Goldberg
  • Developer Economics 2013 23/01/2013

    [Report] Developer Economics 2013 – Key Insights


    Andreas Pappas
  • The new basis of competition 15/01/2013

    The new basis of competition and the superiority of ecosystem economics


    Michael Vakulenko
  • 2012 articles

  • iStock_000002823715Medium 27/12/2012

    Top 10 VisionMobile articles for 2012


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • VisionMobile - The changing landscape of app discovery 19/12/2012

    The changing landscape of app discovery


    Andreas Pappas
  • iStock_000007158959Medium 5/12/2012

    The Apple and Samsung Profit Recipe


    Stijn Schuermans
  • Developer Economics 2013 - Developer Nation 30/10/2012

    Sneak preview: Developer Economics 2013


    Andreas Pappas
  • Preview100Million 21/10/2012

    [Infographic] The Mobile Industry in Numbers


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • Developer Economics 2013 9/10/2012

    [Survey] Developer Economics 2013: Best practices for app development & marketing


    Andreas Pappas
  • iStock_000017593376Medium 21/09/2012

    The Kindelization of Tablets, Part 2: The Silk Strategy


    Stijn Schuermans
  • VisionMobile - Kindelization of Tablets - Part 1 10/09/2012

    The Kindelization of Tablets – Part 1


    Stijn Schuermans
  • VMDE12_preview 13/08/2012

    [Infographic] The Rise of the New App Economy


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • VMAppStores 31/07/2012

    The yellow brick road of app store monetisation


    Andreas Pappas
  • VisionMobile - Top platforms being used - Developer Economics 2012 9/07/2012

    Mobile platform wars: Winners and losers in 2012


    Andreas Pappas
  • Developer Economics 2012 - VisionMobile 20/06/2012

    [Report] Developer Economics 2012 – The new app economy


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • VMInfoCoE_preview 13/06/2012

    [Infographic] The Clash of Ecosystems – The life and death of mobile platforms


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • VisionMobile - Developer Economics 2012 3/04/2012

    [New Survey] Developer Economics 2012: The new mobile app economy


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • Preview100Million 23/02/2012

    [Infographic] 100 Million Club – Top smartphone facts and figures in 2011


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • VisionMobile: Nokia + Microsoft: A tale of two broken business models 15/02/2012

    Nokia+Microsoft: A Tale of Two Broken Business Models


    Michael Vakulenko
  • 2011 articles

  • VMInfo_OpenGov_preview 12/12/2011

    [Infographic] The Open Governance Index – A new way of measuring openness


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • The three pillar's of Google's strategy 21/11/2011

    Flatten, Expand, Mine: The three pillars of Google’s strategy


    Stijn Schuermans
  • VisionMobile - The Clash of Ecosystems 7/11/2011

    [Report] Mobile Platforms: The Clash of Ecosystems


    Michael Vakulenko
  • 100 Million Club - H1 2011 - Handset OEMs vs. Platforms 2/11/2011

    The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • The flywheel effect of Android and iOS (and why their rivals are grinding to a halt) 28/09/2011

    The flywheel effect of Android and iOS (and why their rivals are grinding to a halt)


    Stijn Schuermans
  • A game of ecosystems: Crashing the Android party 13/09/2011

    A game of ecosystems: Crashing the Android party


    Andreas Constantinou
  • The post-Motorola dilemma: Same old-Google or the new Apple? 7/09/2011

    The post-Motorola dilemma: Same old-Google or the new Apple?


    Andreas Constantinou
  • VisionMobile - Open Governance Index 29/07/2011

    [Report] A new way of measuring Openness, from Android to WebKit: The Open Governance Index [Updated]


    Liz Laffan
  • Platforms 101: Not all mobile platforms are created equal 25/07/2011

    Platforms 101: Not all mobile platforms are created equal


    Michael Vakulenko
  • VMinfo_preview 19/07/2011

    [Infographic] The Mobile Platform Race – How do mobile platforms stack up?


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • VisionMobile - Developer Economics 2011 - Platform race 8/06/2011

    [Report] Developer Economics 2011 – Winners and losers in the platform race


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • VisionMobile - The mobile services landscape 17/04/2011

    The mobile services landscape: Can OEMs compete with platform vendors?


    Michael Vakulenko
  • VisionMobile - 100 Million Club H2 2010 - Winners and Losers in the OS Arena 3/04/2011

    100 Million Club: Winners and losers in the OS Arena


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • One cuckoo, two turkeys and three horses; how the mobile race has changed 15/02/2011

    One cuckoo, two turkeys and three horses; how the mobile race has changed


    Delius Observer
  • VisionMobile blog - The Android Monopoly and how to harness it 11/02/2011

    The Android Monopoly and how to harness it


    Andreas Constantinou
  • VM024 - MegatrendsCover_V3 10/02/2011

    Mobile Megatrends 2011


    Andreas Constantinou
  • VisionMobile - Developer Economics 2011 24/01/2011

    [Survey] Developer Economics 2011: The evolution of app development


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 2010 articles

  • VisionMobile_Mobile_Developer_Journey 3/11/2010

    [Infographic] The Mobile Developer Journey


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • The Android UI dilemma - unify or differentiate? 31/10/2010

    The Android UI Dilemma: Unify or Differentiate?


    Ben Hookway
  • Android evolution pic 24/10/2010

    The Tortoise and the Hare: The tale of Android evolution


    Tsahi Levent-Levi
  • throne 23/10/2010

    Symbian is dead. Long live Symbian


    Andreas Constantinou
  • 100 Million Club - Smart < feature phones: the unbalanced equation 18/10/2010

    Smart < feature phones = the unbalanced equation (100 Million Club series)


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • 30 Tablets in Q4 2010 6/10/2010

    30 Tablets in Q4 2010: packed train arriving at empty station


    Jonathan Goldberg
  • Windows Phone 7: Tipping the scales of the smartphone market 27/09/2010

    Windows Phone 7: Tipping the Scales of the Smartphone Market


    Michael Vakulenko
  • Print 12/09/2010

    Waking the Dragon: The Rise of Android in China


    Hong Wu
  • Shift of OEM balance of power 26/07/2010

    Remapping the handset OEM landscape: squeezed in between a rock and a hard place


    Vinay Kapoor
  • "The Role of Network Operators in a Developer World" 20/07/2010

    Developer Economics 2010: The Role of Networks in a Developer World


    James Parton
  • VMDE3 16/07/2010

    Mobile Developer Economics: The Building Blocks of Mobile Applications


    Tor Björn Minde
  • VMDE_02 13/07/2010

    Mobile Developer Economics: Taking Applications to Market


    Andreas Constantinou
  • DevelopersEconomics_01 5/07/2010

    Mobile Developer Economics 2010: The migration of developer mindshare


    Andreas Constantinou
  • VM_mobileVirtualisation 14/06/2010

    Mobile Virtualization – Coming to a Smartphone Near You


    Steve Subar
  • VM_LeadInnovate 3/06/2010

    Lead, innovate or assemble: three choices for handset OEMs as mobile starts to look like the PC industry


    Andreas Constantinou
  • The many faces of Android fragmentation, 26/05/2010

    The many faces of Android fragmentation


    Andreas Constantinou
  • VM100milClub 10/05/2010

    Breaking the 500 million barrier of mobile software


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • WAC 25/04/2010

    Wholesale Applications Community: The Operator Love Affair with Developers


    Simone Cicero
  • Is Android Evil? 16/04/2010

    Is Android Evil?


    Andreas Constantinou
  • Golden Apple 8/04/2010

    Why handset OEMs shouldn’t mess with UX and other lessons from the automotive industry


    Thucydides Sigs
  • chess 30/03/2010

    Adobe defends its mobile strategy


    Mark Doherty
  • CltrAltDel 13/03/2010

    Why Adobe Should Change its Mobile Strategy (again)


    Guilhem Ensuque
  • Krawatt_Vision_Mobile_Ilu_03_no_logos 8/03/2010

    The Wintel future for mobile: a wake up call for network operators


    Andreas Constantinou
  • rollercoaster 26/02/2010

    Demolition Derby in Devices: The roller-coaster ride is on


    Richard Kramer
  • Robot-on-diet 7/02/2010

    Low cost Android: crossing the $100 barrier


    Ben Hookway
  • fragmented_world 1/02/2010

    [Survey] Calling all developers: Making sense of a fragmented world


    Matos Kapetanakis
  • erase 24/01/2010

    Behind the Smartphone Craze: redrawing the map of mobile platforms


    Guy Agin
  • Line of Shopping Trolleys 18/01/2010

    The Mobile App Store Landscape 5 years Ai (After the iPhone)*


    Francisco Kattan
  • 2009 articles

  • visionmobile131 23/08/2009

    Will Legacy Smartphone Platforms Keep-up with iPhone and Android?


    Michael Vakulenko

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