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Sony vs. Microsoft – Breathing space.

Reply to this post           Revenue dominance gives Sony some breathing space. Sony has done an excellent job at becoming the winning gaming platform in the...

PCs Q2 15A – The cruel sea

Reply to this post           PC makers do nothing to fight the tide. Figures from both Gartner and IDC show that Q2 15A has been another awful...

Microsoft – Holding pattern.

Reply to this post           Phones effectively paused while ecosystem is fixed. Microsoft is reducing the scale of its mobile phone business into line with the...

Apple Watch – Bean counting

Reply to this post           Apple Watch EBIT margins likely to have suffered from low volume. If the latest reports are to be believed, sales of...

Samsung Q2 15A – Over the hump

Reply to this post           This will be the last quarter of hard comparisons. Samsung guided to weaker than expected Q2 15A results as the Galaxy...

Indian ecosystems – Virgin territory.

Reply to this post           Using Google as a stop gap likely to have a disastrous effect. Many players are using Google as a stop gap...

Xiaomi – Method in the madness.

Reply to this post           Xiaomi needs to squeeze as much from the Internet as it can. Xiaomi’s move to enter more markets looks like a...

Samsung Tizen – Policy expired.

Reply to this post           Tizen is an expensive and expired insurance policy. Samsung has announced that it will continue its Tizen program at a variety...

Microsoft – MS Phone home.

Reply to this post           There are signs that Microsoft may be backing away from phones. Following the executive re-organisation last week, Microsoft’s new mission statement...

BlackBerry Q2 15A – Too much slack

Reply to this post           I struggle to see a recovery at BlackBerry BlackBerry reported weak Q1 15A results as the hardware business continued to drift...