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Samsung Q3 17 – Spring clean.

Reply to this post           Now is the best time to clean house. Samsung’s chip business has driven yet another mighty set of results making it...

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...