Reply to this post TAG Heuer smartwatch unlikely to meet its own high standards. The Android Wear story took another turn on Thursday (19th March 2015) with the launch of a partnership between TAG Heuer, Intel and Google to create a smartwatch. This will take Android Wear significantly up market but the success of this product...
Reply to this post Mobile represents Nintendo’s best shot at a future. Nintendo has finally caved in to the inevitable and announced that its beloved gaming brands will now be making an appearance on smartphones and tablets. While this probably signals the end of Nintendo as a hardware maker, I think it is the only...
Reply to this post Cyanogen promises clients an escape from under Google’s skirts. Cyanogen is a company on a mission with 120 employees and raising $100m to take its business to the next level. Cyanogen is very much like Canonical except that it uses Android as its base rather than Ubuntu. Both of these companies...
Reply to this post Corrects yesterday’s post regarding Alibaba’s Yun OS. Yesterday’s Radio Free Mobile blog post incorrectly claimed that Alibaba had stated that it had ceased updating its user experience on Android. Both Baidu and Alibaba have an in house Android development now referred to as Yun OS. It is Baidu that has stated that it has ceased development...
Reply to this post A new PC cycle depends on marketing. Intel warned on Q1 revenues as the corporate refresh cycle has come to a more abrupt end than expected. This combined with a poor macro outlook for Europe caused Intel to warn that revenues would be about $900m lower than expected. Q1 15E revenues...
Reply to this post First battle won, but at risk of losing the war. The changes that Sony is making to its gaming offering around PS4 are only about games rather than the overall ecosystem. Yakimura is the latest update for PS4 which will bring in some great new features for the gaming experience but...
Reply to this post Lollipop 5.1 is pointless while it sits on the shelf. Google unveiled an update to its Android 5.0 software that aims to bring its functionality more into line with that which is offered on iOS and Microsoft. The update features Device Protection that works like Apple’s Activation Lock which renders the...
Reply to this post The spring has gone from the Apple Watch’s bungee. Apple held its “Spring Forward” event last night where the only spring was in its name. The event was aimed at giving more details around why users would want to but an Apple watch in in that regard Apple has failed to...
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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.
Android Wear – Wearing thin
Reply to this post Being closed is not what is causing Wear to fail. The fact that Android Wear is not doing well has nothing to with software and everything to do with how unsuited it is for a wearable device. There are complaints floating around the industry that the fact that Android Wear is...