Ben Bajarin

Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology at Creative Strategies, Inc - A market intelligence and research firm. He focuses his analysis and research on all things consumer technology. He is a husband, father, gadget enthusiast, early adopter and hobby farmer.

Recent Articles

The One Huge Thing Everybody Gets Wrong About Tablets

The "tablet market" is really lots of little markets

By Ben Bajarin

Most Internet Users Will Soon Be Smartphone-Only

Outside the U.S. and Europe, the smartphone is king

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Why India Will Be the World's Second Biggest Smartphone Market

India's mobile use is high, but smartphone ownership remains low

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Why the Internet's Next Billion Users Will Be Mobile-Only

The personal computer in the shape of a notebook or desktop has taken computers as far as those shapes would allow. Now, the future of computing is only possible because of new shapes: That of...

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How Communication Will Evolve Through Digital Touch

It’s not hard to look back at innovation cycles to see how technology advancements have impacted how we communicate. From the pencil to the printing press to computers to the Internet, and more recently, our...

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If the World Was a Village: Tech Edition

Earlier in the year I wrote an article called Computing’s S-Curve. We are on the path to connecting the planet via pocket computers. This is so incredibly significant that it’s difficult to overstate.In many of...

By Ben Bajarin

The Future of Tablets? Market Segmentation

The tablet market is one that has greatly polarized many who follow the technology industry.The initial debate centered around whether the tablet would kill the PC. Then, the tablet market began to slow from its...

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Tablet Growth Hasn't Peaked

In its recent quarterly results, Apple surprised people when it reported a dip in iPad sales. This was followed by a lot of hand-wringing by some industry observers and analysts, who suggested that overall tablet...

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The Death of Phones

I remember my first cell phone. It was a hand-me-down Motorola StarTAC from my father.As many who had cell phones during this time will remember, there was a liberating feeling in being able to talk...

By Ben Bajarin

For Smartwatches to Hit It Big, Context Is Key

A while back, I talked about health and fitness wearables and my failure to see how they appeal to a broader market. This week, I want to talk about the potentially lucrative category of smartwatches.If...

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How Mobile Changed the Game -- and Questions About Its Future

Mobile ended Microsoft's dominance, saved Apple, made Facebook and could upend Google. So what's next?

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Don't Give Up On Tablet Innovation

As I survey the tablet market and its trends, I am continually reminded that tablets are still in the early stages of development. We talk with consumers and enterprise customers alike, and there still seems...

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Where Computing Is Headed, from PCs to Smartphones

The PC industry’s doldrums continue, yet many seem to be scratching their head as to why. The common answer is to blame tablets.While there is truth to the tablet’s role in the shrinking PC market,...

By Ben Bajarin

Still in the Making: Don't Wait for Tech History to Repeat Itself

When it comes to the tech industry, I’m not going to try to convince you that history does not repeat itself. In some cases, it does and it will. Rather, I’m going to tell you...

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PC vs Mobile: How Technological Worldviews Are Shaped

The shifting shapes of technological worldviews invite new challenges and new opportunities.

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The Value of Facebook and WhatsApp: Connecting the Unconnected

Or what Facebook and WhatsApp have in common with AOL.

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Consumer Choice Is the New Tech Industry Theme

When companies invest to compete both for existing customers and the customers of other companies, the consumer always wins.

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The PC Has Been Decentralized -- Mobile Is the New Center

But will something come along to decentralize mobile?

By Ben Bajarin
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