Mobile Industry Quotes

When it comes to the mobile web, the technology industry seems to be split between two camps - native apps and HTML5 web-based apps.

Imagine the world of mobile based on Nokia and Motorola if Apple had not been restarted by a missionary entrepreneur named Steve Jobs who cared more for his vision than being tactical and financial.

Mobile is an incredibly fast-growing market and will continue to be.

The mobile industry changed Africa.

Mobile is the perfect example of what is enabling economic growth in the technology sector.

The problem with the mobile industry is that it deals with an intangible service which is largely similar across major players. Most consumers cannot tell the difference between Vodafone and Orange, or AT&T and Verizon in the U.S., beyond the colors and the logos. I suspect neither can the companies.

The mobile world is very closed and proprietary just by definition.

You can have an Apple in the phone business, or a RIM, and they can do very well, but when 1.3 billion phones a year are all smart, the software that's gonna be most popular in those phones is gonna be software that's sold by somebody who doesn't make their own phones.

There are many powerful men and women in mobile. I'm fortunate to be part of that group. By no means do I think I'm the most powerful person.

A 2011 report produced by Forrester Research estimated that the revenue generated through the sales of smartphone and tablet applications will reach $38 billion annually by 2015. Think about that: An industry that did not exist in 2006 will be generating $38 billion in revenues within a decade. . . .

Historically, the mobile industry has been focused on the consumer, getting better performance and throughput to their devices.

There are many powerful men and women in mobile. I'm fortunate to be part of that group. But by no means do I think I'm the most powerful person.

If you look at the major industries of the future, IT and mobile are way up there.

The iPhone revolutionised the mobile industry, rather like the iPod before it with the personal music player.