NTT DoCoMo must succeed where everyone else has failed. NTT DoCoMo now faces one of the greatest challenges in its history as it too, is...
The founders and VCs are the real winners from this acquisition. Google’s acquisition of Nest is all about the ecosystem and highlights some trends that...
Dual Boot is a hack that is doomed to failure. CES 2014 is full of devices that are trying to be both laptops and tablets....
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...
Twitter and Apple fare badly on smartphone usage. The smartphone app. charts for 2013 are out (for the US anyway) and it makes interesting reading...
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...
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...
Snapchat is valued at $500m not $2bn-$3bn A look at the regulatory filings strongly suggests that the current valuation of Snapchat is $500m not the...
A switch to Android from Asha might just work. It looks very much like Nokia has decided to participate in the race to the...
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
CES 2014 – Big show in little Vegas
CES has highlighted how difficult 2014 will be for some. CES 2014 is almost over but three important trends have clearly emerged: First: Android commoditisation...