Archive For

July 2014

Gone camel racing – Back Tuesday July 15th

          RFM is hanging up the mike until Tuesday 15th July. 

PCs Q2A – Signs of life

          RFM still expects the PC market to grow in H2 2014. Both IDC and Gartner gave their estimates of the...

Xiaomi – The big leagues

          Users are buying Xiaomi for the right reasons. With 26.1m devices sold in H1 2014, Xiaomi is becoming a force...

Samsung Q2A – Brave face

          The decline may have started early. Samsung reported very disappointing Q2 14A results but it looks like the whisper numbers...

Apple – Final hurdle

          Key signal for a wearable launch still missing. The market has worked itself into a fever pitch with regards to...

HTC Q2 – The spiral

          One quarter does not make a recovery. HTC reported good Q2 results as cuts to marketing expenses allowed profitability to...

Amazon – Bad Omen

          Fire phone’s draw looks to have already faded. Some observers are wondering why anyone outside the US would want to...

Samsung – No Song Sheet

          Google buying Songza is bad for Samsung not Spotify. Google has decided to acquire the music streaming service Songza which...