Tablet PCs should drive a turnaround in 2014. The predictions for 2014 are beginning to come in and they do not paint a pretty picture. PCs are expected to decline again next year by 3.8% on top of a 10.1% decline this year. (IDC). However, IDC is a little bit more positive than the normal...
Its national day in the UAE. RFM will return on Tuesday 3rd December.
There is a real risk of fragmentation in the Ubuntu camp. All is not well in the world of Linux open source as the relationship between the money and the code seems to be breaking down. Ubuntu is a desktop operating system based on Linux that is open and free. Although it is open and...
Microsoft has all but confirmed the end of RT. Microsoft has finally confirmed what I have long suspected which is that Windows RT will be killed off sooner rather than later. Always one to treat hot potatoes delicately, Microsoft has not explicitly said that RT will be terminated but has made it very clear that...
The bark is much worse than the bite. It looks bad but the hard drive defect on the Xbox one looks to be no more frequent than the failures reported on the PS4. The main difference is that this defect looks to be a design or manufacturing fault whereas the PS4 defects are varied and...
Only the lawyers are benefitting from this pointless war. Yesterday’s verdict has no bearing on the eventual outcome of what has turned into a pointless war of tit for tat. Apple has won a $290m ruling against Samsung in its continuing battle over patent infringement. This ruling comes from the court case that Apple emphatically...
Microsoft remains at the strategic crossroads. Microsoft held its annual meeting today and held firm to the ideals that the street does not want to hear. Microsoft was talking all about taking risks and having money to invest and not about slimming down and focusing just on enterprise. The company is at a stalemate and...
The market remains completely unready for wearables. Samsung was first to market with a smart watch but shipments of the Galaxy Gear have been pathetically low. Business Korea is reporting industry sources admitting to 800-900 units per day with a cumulative total of just 50,000 units. Had this device been available only in Korea, I...
BlackBerry’s revenues per user are falling off a cliff. BlackBerry is doing everything it can to preserve its user base but in doing so is killing its own handset business and its service business. Indonesia is a prime example, which is one of BlackBerry’s most important markets. Use of BBM has been very popular here...
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.
HPQ Q4 – Deadly drift
Meg has stabilised the ship but it still has no course. Things are better at HPQ but there remains no real plan for the future making the company very vulnerable to more innovative and nimble competitors. Q4 Revenues / EPS were $29.1bn / $1.01 compared to estimates of $27.8bn / $1.00. Revenues from corporations was...