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HTC Q4 – Phoenix free zone.

          Happy New Year and best wishes for 2014. HTC’s results offer little hope of a recovery. HTC reported Q4 results that missed expectations as it...

Samsung – The slow subtle web

          Extending HomeSync is yet another strand of the web. Samsung’s moves are subtle but taken together it is clear that Samsung is intending to build...

Amazon – Prime target

          Amazon needs to restructure Amazon Prime. Amazon has announced that its sales of Kindle products this year were the best ever but given last year’s...

Microsoft – Lose lose

          Making Windows Phone and RT free is pointless. The latest notion to come from the re-organisation of Microsoft is the idea that reducing Windows Phone...

Nokia – Dance with the devil

            A switch to Android from Asha might just work. It looks very much like Nokia has decided to participate in the race to the...

Motorola – Buying numbers

          The Moto G will be good for units but awful for profits. Motorola is taking a leaf out of Nokia’s book but is taking the...

Nokia USA – Broken curse

          The curse of the US market looks to have been broken. Figures for the US smartphone market show that Nokia looks to have finally broken...

Console gaming – Then there were two

          Wii U looks like it is dead in the water. Despite a nine month lead and a lower price the Wii U has been decimated...

PCs – Bottom ahoy!

          Tablet PCs should drive a turnaround in 2014. The predictions for 2014 are beginning to come in and they do not paint a pretty picture....

HPQ Q4 – Deadly drift

          Meg has stabilised the ship but it still has no course. Things are better at HPQ but there remains no real plan for the future...