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Apple – Expectations gap.

Reply to this post           iPhone X unlikely to produce the needed super cycle. Expectations for the iPhone X are at fever pitch and I think...

Microsoft – Blue Squares of Death.

Reply to this post           Google is the big winner from Windows Phone’s demise. Microsoft has admitted that Windows 10 on mobile is no longer a...

Google – Brain boxes

Reply to this post           Clever devices are useless without volume. Behind the carefully orchestrated event was a series of strategies aimed at driving penetration of...

Google – Thrice bitten, never shy.

Reply to this post           Fourth time unlikely to be the charm. Google has announced a partnership with HTC that sees some key engineering talent join...

Apple – Worst kept secrets.

Reply to this post           Face ID was the star of a show where everything had been leaked. Apple launched its next series of products that...

Huawei – The AI of others

Reply to this post           Huawei needs its own algorithms to succeed in AI. Huawei abandoned its habit of launching a new phone at IFA 2017...

Xiaomi and Google – Race to the bottom.

Reply to this post           Android One will only ever benefit Google.  Xiaomi and Google are resurrecting the Android One program but given what Xiaomi has...

Google – Yellow brick road pt. II.

Reply to this post           Another step to fully proprietary Android. Android Auto and Wear are fully proprietary and I continue to see incremental moves by...

IFA 2017 – Absent friends

Reply to this post           Hardware still taking the back seat to software. This year’s IFA is more about those that are providing the software that...

Samsung Bixby– Lightweight

Reply to this post           Bixby is hopelessly outclassed. Bixby voice only shines in the areas where Samsung has given it special access to hardware that...