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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...

Smart Watch II – Qualcomm?

          Qualcomm’s Toq is a reference design that was fun to build.    It would seem that Qualcomm is moving into the world of consumer devices...

Samsung – Slippery Mud.

          The Galaxy Gear is unlikely to stick.    Samsung is looking for other avenues of growth and in that vein I suspect that the Galaxy...

IFA 2013 – A big event once again

          IFA owes its new found importance to its timing.    The IFA trade show kicks off tomorrow in Berlin and its timing right before Apple’s...