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Microsoft and HTC – Lip service

          Other handset makers will only pay lip service to Microsoft. The wires are alive with the idea that Microsoft is begging HTC to resume making...

Wireless Charging – Usual muddle

          From a muddle of three standards one should emerge. Wireless charging is a great accessory to have but high cost and standard fragmentation are so...

Sony Mobile – The last samurai

          Sony Mobile is nothing if not brave. Sony Mobile has ambitious plans for 2013 but now Sony Mobile is looking to push those even further...

Samsung – Device advantage

          Samsung is using its control of  the device to its best advantage. Samsung’s strategy to move into software and services is starting to bear fruit...

Windows RT – The last shoe

          The last shoe has dropped on Windows RT. Only Microsoft is left. Samsung, Lenovo, Asustek, Acer and now finally Dell have all discontinued their Windows...

Flexible Displays – Two years late

          After two years, Samsung has decided to experiment. After much delay it seems that a device with a curved display is about to make a...

BlackBerry – O Canada

          BlackBerry is to remain Canadian but at what price? BlackBerry has agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by Toronto based Fairfax Financial Holdings...

Apple – Rumour is not reality

          Apple’s rivals will be resting bit easier tonight. The launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c show that Apple is still uninterested in the low...

Dell – As good as it gets

          Icahn’s surrender still leaves an uphill battle. Carl Icahn has given up his fight to take control and turn around Dell leaving the field clear...

Nokia / Microsoft – Course change

          Smartphone margins are likely to imminently collapse. Rationale, the deal structure and recent actions all suggest that a substantial increase in investment in the Windows...