Podcast: Nvidia GTC, Microsoft Surface Laptop 4, Samsung Unpacked Preview, Apple Spring Event Preview

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the news from Nvidia’s GTC conference, chatting about the release of Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 4 and other accessories, and previewing the upcoming product launch events from Samsung and Apple.

Podcast: Verizon-AWS Edge Computing, Intel 5G Infrastructure, Samsung A Series, T-Mobile 5G

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the recent announcement of Verizon’s deal with AWS to combine private 5G with AWS Outpost private cloud for a new type of edge computing, chatting on Intel’s new 3rd generation Xeon Scalable server CPUs and their impact on 5G infrastructure, discussing changes in the … Continue reading Podcast: Verizon-AWS Edge Computing, Intel 5G Infrastructure, Samsung A Series, T-Mobile 5G

Podcast: Intel Manufacturing Strategy, Microsoft Remote Work Study, Samsung Networks Marvell 5G SOC

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing Intel’s new IDM 2.0 manufacturing strategy, discussing Microsoft’s recent Remote Trend Index study on hybrid work expectations and chatting about a new Samsung chip co-designed with Marvell that’s designed to improve the power efficiency of 5G network infrastructure equipment.

Podcast: CES 2021, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the CES 2021 digital trade show and the news and trends coming from it and discussing Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked Event and the launch of their new Galaxy S21 smartphones.

Podcast: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, Nvidia Gaming GPUs, Intel CPUs and Branding, Qualcomm IFA Announcements

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing their experiences with Samsung’s second generation foldable device, analyzing the GeForce RTX 3000 series GPU announcements from Nvidia, talking about Intel’s new 11th Generation Core CPUs and the company’s new Evo platform brand, and chatting about the many different announcements from Qualcomm’s IFA keynote … Continue reading Podcast: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, Nvidia Gaming GPUs, Intel CPUs and Branding, Qualcomm IFA Announcements

Podcast: Samsung Unpacked, T-Mobile 5G, Apple App Store, Microsoft-TikTok

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing the announcements from the Samsung Unpacked event, including their new Note 20 and Galaxy Z Fold 2 smartphones as well as their partnership with Microsoft on software and gaming services, chatting about T-Mobile’s launch of the world’s first 5G SA (Standalone) network, controversies around … Continue reading Podcast: Samsung Unpacked, T-Mobile 5G, Apple App Store, Microsoft-TikTok

Samsung #Unpacked2020: Strong High-End Portfolio & Deeper Collaboration with Microsoft

The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked part one, back in February, was the last live event I attended. Hence, as we approached this week’s Unpacked, I was as curious about the products to be announced as I was to see how Samsung would pull off their first digital launch. Overall, I thought Samsung did a good job … Continue reading Samsung #Unpacked2020: Strong High-End Portfolio & Deeper Collaboration with Microsoft

Podcast: IBM Think, PC Industry News from HP, Microsoft, AMD, Samsung, Apple, Lenovo

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing the IBM Think conference as well as a number of different PC, OS and chip announcements from major vendors in the PC business and analyzing what it means for the state of the PC category moving forward.

Podcast: Apple Google Contact Tracing, iPhone SE, OnePlus 8, Samsung 10 Lite

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the surprising announcement from Apple and Google to work together on creating a smartphone-based system for tracking those who have been exposed to people with COVID-19, and discussing the launch of several new moderately priced smartphones and what they mean to the overall smartphone … Continue reading Podcast: Apple Google Contact Tracing, iPhone SE, OnePlus 8, Samsung 10 Lite

Podcast: Samsung S20 and Z Flip Launch, T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, MWC Cancellation

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the new smartphone announcements from Samsung, including their 5G-enabled S20 line and the foldable Galaxy Z Flip, discussing the implications of the approval for the T-Mobile-Sprint merger on 5G competitiveness in the US, and chatting about the impact of the cancellation of the big … Continue reading Podcast: Samsung S20 and Z Flip Launch, T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, MWC Cancellation

Observations from Samsung’s Unpacked 2020

I spent most of yesterday morning at the Unpacked 2020 event in SF at the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts. While Samsung had masks and Purel everywhere, being in a theater environment with well over 500 people sitting should-to-shoulder was a bit disconcerting given the Corona Virus issues the world is dealing with these days. … Continue reading Observations from Samsung’s Unpacked 2020

Unpacked2020: Samsung Pushed the Envelope on 5G, Foldables and Partnerships

Between the leaks and the Oscars ads, very little was left unknown about the lineup that Samsung presented in San Francisco at Unpacked 2020. Like I often say, though, it is in how a company talks about its products that helps you understand the vision sometimes even more so than the product themselves. The event … Continue reading Unpacked2020: Samsung Pushed the Envelope on 5G, Foldables and Partnerships

Podcast: Samsung Developer Conference, Apple and Facebook Earnings

This week’s Tech.pinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the announcements from Samsung’s Developer Conference, including several new PCs, as well as discussing the earnings from Apple and Facebook and what they say about the tech hardware industry and the impact of social media on society. (Note that the Google-Fitbit news broke after … Continue reading Podcast: Samsung Developer Conference, Apple and Facebook Earnings

Samsung Developer Conference: A More Deliberate Partner for Developers

This week at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, Samsung brought together its developer community for an event that has evolved quite a bit from its microscopic origins in a hotel meeting room around the corner from Union Square in San Francisco. In its new home in San Jose, SDC felt more focused than ever … Continue reading Samsung Developer Conference: A More Deliberate Partner for Developers

Samsung Embraces Intel Project Athena Vision

In an era of smartphones with larger screens and more and more capabilities, some people have started to question the continued usefulness and viability of PCs. After all, the thinking goes, if I can do more on my smartphone, why do I need to carry a notebook around as well? Theoretically, no company should know … Continue reading Samsung Embraces Intel Project Athena Vision

Samsung and Microsoft Partnership Highlights Blended Device World

My, how things have changed. Not that many years ago Microsoft was trying to compete in the smartphone market and PCs were considered on their way out. Samsung was a strong consumer brand but had virtually no presence (or credibility) in the enterprise market. Fast forward to today—well, last week’s Galaxy Unpacked event to be … Continue reading Samsung and Microsoft Partnership Highlights Blended Device World

Podcast: Samsung Unpacked, Note 10, Apple Card

This week’s Tech.pinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the announcements from Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked Event, including the launch of the Note 10 line of phones, the debut of a Qualcomm-powered ACPC notebook, and their strategic partnership with Microsoft, and discussing the release and potential impact of the Apple Card credit card.

Samsung #Unpacked2019: Beyond the Note 10

For several years now, Samsung’s August Unpacked event has been bringing to the market the latest generation of their Galaxy Note and this week at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was no different. The formula was a familiar one,  with a focus on productivity and delivering a powerful device for Samsung’s most engaged and loyal … Continue reading Samsung #Unpacked2019: Beyond the Note 10

Podcast: Lenovo Foldable PC, Samsung and Verizon 5G, Microsoft Minecraft Earth AR

This week’s Tech.pinions podcast features Ben Bajarin, Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing the release of Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Foldable PC, analyzing the impact of the US debut of 5G mobile service on Verizon with the Samsung S105G smartphone, and chatting about Microsoft’s upcoming mobile version of Minecraft in augmented reality. If you happen to … Continue reading Podcast: Lenovo Foldable PC, Samsung and Verizon 5G, Microsoft Minecraft Earth AR

Podcast: Samsung Galaxy Fold, Microsoft, Amazon, Intel Earnings, IBM IoT Exchange

This week’s Tech.pinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing the ongoing controversies around the Samsung Galaxy Fold, analyzing the recent earnings reports from Microsoft, Amazon and Intel, and chatting about IBM’s IoT Exchange event. If you happen to use a podcast aggregator or want to add it to iTunes manually the feed to … Continue reading Podcast: Samsung Galaxy Fold, Microsoft, Amazon, Intel Earnings, IBM IoT Exchange

Samsung Galaxy Fold: A Pragmatic Take

The last ten days sure feel like a whirlwind for the Samsung Galaxy Fold. We went through the excitement and trepidation of the “first look” reviews the morning on the 15th, to a handful of screen issues with early reviewers, ending with Samsung releasing a statement on Monday the 22nd saying the product availability will … Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Fold: A Pragmatic Take

Podcast: Apple-Qualcomm, Intel 5G, Samsung Galaxy Fold

This week’s Tech.pinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O’Donnell discussing the settlement of Apple and Qualcomm’s patent claims and what that means for the mobile industry, analyzing Intel’s announcement to discontinue 5G modem development, and chatting about the issues surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable phone. If you happen to use a podcast aggregator … Continue reading Podcast: Apple-Qualcomm, Intel 5G, Samsung Galaxy Fold

Samsung Galaxy Fold Unfolds the Future

I have seen the future. I have touched the future. I’ve experienced the future. And I love it. How you ask? I’m one of the lucky few who has gotten to play for a few hours with the world’s first commercially available foldable phone, the Samsung Galaxy Fold (set for official release on April 26), … Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Fold Unfolds the Future

Podcast: Samsung Unpacked 2019, Galaxy Fold

This week’s Tech.pinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell analyzing all the announcements from Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco, including their new foldable smartphone, the S10 line of smartphones, their Galaxy Buds earbuds, and their new wearables. If you happen to use a podcast aggregator or want to add it to iTunes … Continue reading Podcast: Samsung Unpacked 2019, Galaxy Fold

The Samsung Galaxy Fold Captured Attention, but The Galaxy S10 Lineup Will Capture Sales

Samsung celebrates ten years of Galaxy S and technology is not the only thing that has evolved over this time period. The user base has evolved too. The Galaxy S started as a single product aimed at the higher end of the market. At the time Samsung had a portfolio that counted tens of products … Continue reading The Samsung Galaxy Fold Captured Attention, but The Galaxy S10 Lineup Will Capture Sales