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Wireless Power – Covid-19 silver lining.

The pandemic is a great use case for wireless power.  Until there is a vaccine, no one is going to want to touch anything they don’t own which paves the...

Samsung and Airbnb – Day of rescue

Samsung Electronics Q1 20 – Cloud rescue.  Samsung has reported good Q1 2020 results where the clear indication is that demand for memory, storage and other silicon chips for the...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XIV.

P40: Another triumph that won’t sell.   Huawei has launched its latest flagship, the P40 which has all the bells and whistles but without Google Mobile Services, no-one outside of...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XIII.

Software is not a refuge. Faced with the complete collapse of its smartphone business outside of China, Huawei is trying to develop its own ecosystem but without any users, this...

Foldable devices – Nasty Origami pt. VI.

Screen durability and price still hold back this enticing segment. Despite the cancellation of MWC, Huawei is going ahead with its device launches as planned with the new Mate Xs...

COVID-19 – No-one knows

Apple does not know how badly it will miss FQ2 20. The first signs of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the world economy have arrived, but critically no-one...

Apple 5G – Antenna issues

mmWave antenna design is still a big issue. As I have long suspected, one of the most challenging issues for 5G is the design of the mmWave antenna which has...

Essential Products – Never essential.

Me too products sink the ship. Andy Rubin’s Essential Products Inc has gone from a $1.2bn start-up to ignominious closure simply because it catastrophically failed to live up to its...

Samsung – 5G favour.

Samsung gives 5G a major boost. Samsung has launched its annual flagships for 2020 and the fact that all of them will support 5G at close to the same price...

Apple FQ1 20 – Big battery.

Battery life drives the earnings iPhone had a very good bounce off the lows of FQ1 19 driven by a recovery in China but a less than enthusiastic reception by...