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Apple iOS 8 – No silver bullet

          iOS 8 is not going to solve the long term services problem. Apple’s hardware and its ecosystem are world leading but both of them are...

Samsung and HTC – Chalk and cheese

          Samsung is about growth. HTC is about survival Both Samsung and HTC have reported preliminary results and neither are very encouraging. Samsung Samsung preliminary Q1...

Android TV – Into the mix.

          The cable companies and the console makers have the advantage. Not to be outdone by Amazon, Google is also having another stab at TV with...

Amazon TV – Better not bigger

          Fire TV makes its ecosystem richer not bigger. Amazon has taken the first of two plunges into the consumer ecosystem that I am expecting this...

Apple vs. Samsung – Hammer and tongs

          Only the lawyers are winning. Apple and Samsung are at it again and for the next few weeks the airwaves will be full of sensational...

Android – Command and control

          Google – 10. Handset makers – 0. The latest edict from Google requires handset makers who want to implement Google apps to display a “powered...

BlackBerry Q4 – Last lap?

          Q4 gives no reason to hope. BlackBerry reported disappointing results as the two most important metrics of a company in trouble (revenue and cash flow)...

HTC – Cut and run.

          As good as the M8 is, it will not save HTC. HTC launched is new flagship device at an event in New York and despite...

Sony – All the stops

          Sony is making the right moves to become a proper ecosystem. It’s a long shot for Sony to become one of the major ecosystems but...

Windows Phone – Berry picking

          Growing preference for Windows Phone spells the end for Blackberry. After a difficult few months there is at last some good news for Windows Phone....