Only Apple Can Play Apple
It has been a challenging few days in the press for the Microsoft camp. In a positive move, Tami Reller, CFO and head of marketing for Windows, gave more details on how many Windows 8 licenses had …
Big-Box Retailers are Not Helping PC Sales
Last week, I wrote about the “softer” and arguably some of the more important PC attributes. Toward the end of that column, I threw out there a few examples of how U.S. big-box retail isn’t helping …
The Soft Improvements in new PCs Could be their Biggest Draw
Last week was an ugly week for the computer world. The IDC figures that came out for Q1 said that it was the biggest contraction the PC market that had ever been seen since their tracking …
Facebook Home’s Uniquely Flawed Experience Examined
Facebook announced last week their new experience for Android smartphones, called Facebook Home. This is Facebook’s first major attempt to control more of the phone’s experience without actually selling a phone. Facebook Home is pre-installed on the …
HP’s New Servers Take a Page from the Smartphone Playbook
Yesterday, HP launched the Moonshot 1500 server, targeted at scale-out datacenters that drive today’s and tomorrow’s mobile applications, internet, big data and IoT. In its its first instantiation, Moonshot increases density, or the numbers of servers in …
Why Google Shouldn’t Be Concerned About Facebook Home
Yesterday, Facebook announced “Home”, a skin that runs on top of Android, pulling consumer’s Facebook experience up to literally the lock–screen of the phone. The demos were fast, fluid, and very different than anything Android has to …
What are the Implications of Increased 7” Tablet Popularity?
Last month, DisplaySearch published an analysis, entitled, “Smaller Tablet PCs to Take Over in 2013?” The report essentially laid out the volume decrease of 9.7-10” displays and the increase of 7.X” displays in January of 2013. While this …
Are the New Crop of Enterprise Tablets a Threat to Apple?
Over the last three years, Apple has reshaped many industries, including the smartphone, tablet, PC and even SOC industry. One area of Apple success that was in Microsoft’s own backyard was enterprise tablets, where, according to Apple, …
HP ENVY X2: One Step Closer to the Hybrid Future
As a technology analyst, I spend a lot time analyzing and keeping the pulse on the latest in inflection points, the ones that matter. Modularity is one of those factors and will be an important thing to keep an eye …
Lytro-Type Cameras for Smartphones Coming Soon?
Lytro fascinated many with the first mass marketed camera that enabled the user to alter the focal point dynamically after the picture was taken. The camera won a lot of awards but also came with some …
Asus FonePad Phone Functionality not as Odd as it Seems
After having spent a few days in Barcelona at this year’s Mobile World Congress, I have had the chance to play around with a few mobile “toys”. A few of these devices caught my eye and the Asus FonePad …
The Nvidia Tegra 4i: A Step Forward in Smartphones
Nvidia today announced the Tegra 4i, a smartpone chip with an integrated LTE modem on the same physical die. This is a follow-on to the Tegra 4 that was announced at this year’s CES 2013. Nvidia is making some very …
Will Gen 3 Chromebooks Finally Hit the Mark?
Now on their third generation, Chromebooks have taken a deserved perceptual and business beating over the last few years. Generation one and two were flawed in many basic ways, with high prices, sluggish performance, and lack of robust …
A Private Dell is a Stronger Dell
In one of the worst kept secrets out there over the last few weeks, Dell announced this morning that it will go private in a deal with Silver Lake Partners, Microsoft, Michael Dell’s investment company, and Michael Dell himself. The …
Leaving the iPhone- How Windows Phone 8 Stacks Up
Approximately six weeks ago, I made the decision to stop using my iPhone 4s and immerse myself in Android, which I did for about a month. I wrote about that here. After Android, I wanted to try out Windows Phone 8 …
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