Archive For

October 2012

HPQ / Dell – Developmental defect.

          Share prices, sentiment and outlook for both HPQ and Dell have crashed recently as confidence that Windows 8 will drive...

Ecosystems II – The wrong tree

          Eric Schmidt (Chairman Google) made an appearance at the AllThingsD conference and completely dissed Microsoft as a potential competitor in...

Apple – All right on the night.

          Expectations were high for the iPhone 5 launch and if Apple had had the devices on hand, it probably would...

ARM vs. Intel – No silver bullet.

          It is no secret that ARM is looking to replace Intel x86 chips wherever it can. In mobile this has...

Tablets – Terror at the bottom

          Between them, Apple and Amazon have defined the tablet market with two completely different business models. Apple sells the content...

IPR – The weakness of essential (part II).

          Apple and Samsung have been at it hammer and tongs and the war shows no sign of abating but Apple’s...

Jolla Ltd – Salvage crew.

          Whatever one says about the ex-Nokia crew who are salvaging the Meego operating system from shipwreck under Nokia’s captaincy, they...

IPR – The weakness of essential

          Samsung has been making moves in its attempt to riposte the potentially devastating effect of its recent trial loss but...

TV – A sign of things to come?

          With Apple running roughshod over all and sundry in the mobile and tablet space one has to wonder what comes...