Reply to this post Facebook is creating a family of products to address Digital Life. Facebook has opened what I consider to be the most important season of industry meetings when it comes to really understanding the action and the money in the consumer electronics industry. Between now and mid-June Facebook, Microsoft, Google and Apple...
Reply to this post Apple is moving to fix the basics of iCloud to ensure its future. Apple appears to be intent on improving the plumbing that makes a number of its Digital Life services far from best in class. Apple looks like it is on the verge of acquiring FoundationDB, a start-up company that...
Reply to this post Office is by far Microsoft’s most valuable asset. Microsoft is systematically removing any reason for the rivals to Office to continue existing. Microsoft has announced that it has extended its partnership with Samsung, Pegatron, Dell and 9 others to ensure that its Office apps are installed at the factory on more...
Reply to this post Amazon embarks on another random experiment. Amazon looks set to launch a new innovation in its app store that amounts to Amazon giving away paid for apps as well as in-app purchases. This looks very likely to be an extension to the Amazon Prime service where those that pay $99 per...
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 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...
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...
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.
HTC – Blow upon a bruise.
Reply to this post HTC needs to do something different. The make or break time is fast approaching for HTC with long term CEO Peter Chou replaced, the head of industrial design quitting after 18 months and a flagship product that is almost indistinguishable from last year’s model. HTC’s Q414A numbers painted a picture of...