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Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. X

Google flips the kill switch on the workaround. Huawei’s imperfect, but viable, backdoor to add Google Services to its devices has been killed off by Google which virtually guarantees that...

Huawei & Arm – Clearer waters

The muddy situation resolves in Huawei’s favour. Its business as normal between Huawei and Arm meaning that Huawei’s silicon roadmap for its in-house modems and processors from HiSilicon will be...

Amazon vs Google – Jack of all trades.

Amazon is winning through ubiquity. Amazon certainly gets the prize for launching the most products at the same time, but with many of them clearly being wild shots in the...

Samsung and Huawei – Dodgy flagships.

Two flagships not-market ready. Huawei Mate 30. Huawei pulled out all the stops except the one that really mattered and launched would be argued to be the best looking and...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. IX

Beautiful form won’t fix software shortcomings. Huawei has Apple soundly beaten when it comes to form factor design but even these beautiful looking devices are going to struggle to see...

Huawei – Olive or thorns?

Huawei extends an olive or thorn branch? No one is sure what to make of Huawei’s offer to license its 5G technology to a Western (read American) player and I...

Apple – Ugly duckling.

Only software can make it a swan. The much-leaked iPhone 11 was launched to very little surprise and a form factor that only a mother could love. The huge square...

Apple – Non-event.

YouTube live stream is the biggest surprise. It is that time of year again (10th September, 10 am PT) and the biggest surprise is that the whole event will be...

Android 10 – Pointless innovation

Smartphones could be obsolete before this update is complete. Android 10 (Q) becomes available today but it could be as much as 7-10 years before all of Google’s Ecosystem devices...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. VIII.

Huawei’s ex-China smartphone share is heading to 0%.  Q4 19 will be a crucial test for Huawei as its new flagship (Mate 30) will not be a Google ecosystem device...