Windows 10, Microsoft HoloLens, Google MVNO

Welcome to the Tech.pinions podcast. This week, Tech.pinions regulars Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell and Jan Dawson share their thoughts on Windows 10, Microsoft’s HoloLens and Google’s rumored efforts to become an MVNO.

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Tech.pinions CES 2015 Podcast

Welcome to the Tech.pinions podcast. This week Tech.pinions regulars Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell and Jan Dawson share their thoughts on this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

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Tech.pinions 2015 Predictions Podcast

Welcome to the Tech.pinions podcast. This week Tech.pinions regulars Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, Jan Dawson and Ben Bajarin offer their top tech predictions for the new year.

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2014 Holiday Season Retail Trends

Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week, Ben Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell and Steve Baker discuss the holiday shopping trends for tech devices in US retail stores. We explore what is selling in US retail and talk about tablets, iPads, PCs, TVs, and connected home products.

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End of Year Smartphone Trends

Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week, Ben Bajarin, Jan Dawson and Carolina Milanesi discuss the trends happening in the smartphone market.

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Dell World 2014, Samsung Developers Conference, Sony

Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week, Tim Bajarin and Bob O’Donnell discuss the Dell World 2014 Conference, Samsung’s Developer Conference and Sony Electronics.

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The Tech.pinions Podcast: HP Sprout, Lenovo-Motorola, Microsoft Band

Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week Bob O’Donnell, Tim Bajarin, and Jan Dawson discuss the introduction of HP’s new Sprout PC, the purchase of Motorola by Lenovo and the debut of Microsoft’s new Band wearable device.

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Tech.pinions Podcast: Apple iPads, iMac Retina, Apple Pay

Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week Bob O’Donnell, Ben Bajarin, Jan Dawson and Carolina Milanesi chat about Apple’s recent event, discussing the new iPads, the iMac with the 5K retina display and Apple Pay.

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Tech.pinions Podcast: Apple Event Predictions, Windows Relevance, USC Body Computing, Uber

Welcome to the weekly Tech.pinions podcast. This week Bob O’Donnell and Ben Bajarin offer predictions about what will be unveiled at next week’s Apple event and discuss Bob’s column on the relevance of Windows, Tim Bajarin’s column on the challenges with Uber and the recent USC School of Medicine’s Body Computing Conference.

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Tech.pinions Podcast: Apple iPhone 6 Launch and Its Impact

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, and Ben Bajarin discuss the impact of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on the market and their potential impact on Samsung and others.

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Runtime: 27:45

Show Notes:

Samsung Faces China Storm – Link

Just for fun, Ben Bajarin used the revenue estimates for the third quarter for Samsung highlighted in the above link and made a chart. If that number plays out, Samsung’s operating profits chart would look like this.

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Tech.pinions Podcast: Security and the Cloud

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Ben Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, Tim Bajarin and Jan Dawson discuss the recent Apple iCloud security breach as well as general concerns around security on the web, digital identities and the potential impact on mobile payment systems.

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Runtime: 28:09

Tech.pinions Podcast August 23, 2014: Apple Event Predictions: Smartwatch? Phablet?

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Ben Bajarin, Tim Bajarin and Bob O’Donnell offer predictions on what Apple may, or may not, introduce this fall and the potential implications on the wearable and large smartphone markets.

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Runtime: 29:43

Tech.pinions Podcast August 16, 2014: Intel Broadwell Y, 2-in-1s and New Smartphones

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

After taking a summer respite, this week Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell and Ben Bajarin discuss Intel’s announcement of their new 14 nm Broadwell Y-based Core M chip, debate the market opportunities for 2-in-1s, and share their thoughts on three new smartphones: the LG G3, Nokia 930 and Amazon Fire phone.

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Unfortunately, due to a glitch with Soundcloud, the embedded player is not available for this week’s podcast, but you can still listen by simply clicking on this link: https://soundcloud.com/techpinions/techpinions-august-16-2014

Runtime: 25:07

Mobile Focused Podcast: Less Expensive iPhones, and the Globalization of Tech

I’m happy to announce that I am rolling up my podcast with Andreessen Horowitz partner Benedict Evans into the Tech.pinions podcast as well. We will shoot to release these discussions between us every few weeks, midweek.

Ben Bajarin and Benedict Evans discuss what a low-cost iPhone could mean for Apple and explore the global and regional differences of iOS an Android.

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Posts Mentioned:

Benedict Evans – Note on Cheap iPhones

Ben Bajarin – The Regionalization of the Smartphone Market

Jan Chipchase – Connectivity is not binary, the network is never neutral

The Tech.pinions Podcast: Earnings Season for Apple, Facebook, and Amazon

This week Jan Dawson and Ben Bajarin discuss key observations and takeaways from the earnings results from Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.

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Show Notes:

Jan Dawson
Thoughts on Amazon’s Earnings – link
Thoughts on Facebook’s Earnings – link
Thought’s on Apple’s Earnings – link

Ben Bajarin
The Great Tablet Segmentation – link

The Tech.pinions Podcast: Our Takes on this Week’s Tech News

This week Ben Bajarin, Jan Dawson, and John Kirk discuss the IBM+Apple partnerships, Microsoft’s predicament, Google’s earnings, and Samsung’s challenges.

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Show Notes:

Jan Dawson
Thought’s on Google’s Earnings–link
Apple, IBM, and the Pareto Principle–link

Tech.pinions Podcast: Apple Wearables, Samsung, Digital Identities

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Bob O’Donnell, Tim Bajarin and Jan Dawson discuss three of the recent columns they posted on Techpinions: Tim’s piece on understanding Apple’s wearable strategy, Jan’s column on Samsung, and Bob’s article on portable digital identities.

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Runtime: 24:56

Tech.pinions Podcast: Google I/O, 4K, GoPro

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Bob O’Donnell, Ben Bajarin and Tim Bajarin discuss Google I/O, the opportunities for 4K displays and devices, and the GoPro IPO.

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Runtime: 30:22

Tech.pinions Podcast: Amazon Fire Phone, T-Mobile, Blackberry

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Bob O’Donnell, Jan Dawson and Tom Mainelli debate the opportunities for the Amazon Kindle Fire phone, discuss T-Mobile’s Uncarrier announcements and ponder the fate of Blackberry.

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Runtime: 29:08

Tech.pinions Podcast: E3, PCs and Wearables

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Bob O’Donnell, Jan Dawson and John Kirk discuss the game console news from the E3 Entertainment Expo, and debate the state of the PC market and the upcoming opportunity (or not) for wearables.

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Runtime: 23:06

Tech.pinions Podcast: Apple WWDC, Samsung Tizen, Amazon Smartphone

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, and Ben Bajarin discuss the announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) and Samsung’s Tizen Developer Conference and debate the opportunities for Amazon’s rumored smartphone.

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Runtime: 24:56

The Tech.pinions Podcast: Microsoft Surface Pro 3, HP Tablet, Google Ads

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, and John Kirk debate the pros and cons of Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3, discuss the potential impact of HP’s new $99 7″ Android tablet, and ponder Google’s announced plans to bring ads everywhere.

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Runtime: 20:27

The Tech.pinions Podcast: Sony, Blackberry and Apple/Beats

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, and Ben Bajarin discuss Sony and their challenges, Blackberry and their challenges and the potential deal between Apple and Beats.

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Runtime: 23:54

The Tech.pinions Podcast: Intel Chromebooks and AMD Architectures

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions podcast.

This week Tim Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, and Ben Bajarin chat about the introduction of both new Intel Core i3-based Chromebooks and AMD’s ambidextrous computing architecture, which offers the option of ARM or x86-based CPUs.

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Runtime: 19:08

The Tech.pinions Podcast: Amazon Smartphones

Welcome to the second in the series of the revived Tech.pinions podcasts.

This week Ben Bajarin, Bob O’Donnell, and Jan Dawson chat about the opportunities and challenges for a potential Amazon smartphone and what kind of impact carrier or vendor financing could have on the sales of new smartphones and tablets.

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Runtime: 27:41