Social Apps Timeline and Snap’s Spectacles
I’ve often noted how many social apps seem to follow a similar thread or timeline as they build out their feature set and evolve their products. The same elements often show up in a similar...
Mobile Payments: The Future is Here, just not Evenly Distributed
If you have made a payment at retail with your smartphone and are anything like me, you’ll feel this is the future of payments. But as the famous quote from William Gibson says, “the future … Continue reading
Snap Inc: The Spectacle of Spectacles
Late Friday night, media drama ensued. Business Insider broke the story of Snapchat’s (now Snap Inc.) not so secret hardware product. It became clear moments later that the Wall St. Journal had been given the...
Are Cable’s Wireless Ambitions Viable?
The news has been aflutter this week with announcements by both Comcast and Charter that they plan to enter the wireless business as Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs). For the wireless historians among us, this … Continue reading
The Power of “Good Enough”
Tech reviews and broad tech industry media coverage are often about the cutting edge of technology and, as a result, can be very critical of anything seen as less than stellar. But the reality is … Continue reading
Microsoft and Google First Party Hardware
On October 4th, Google is having an event, likely to launch both the Home, their Amazon Alexa competitor, as well as their own branded smartphone. It is safe to assume at this point that Google...
Apple Watch Speaks The Only Language Wearable Consumers Understand: Fitness
The iPhone is such a big part of Apple’s revenue that we have seen a lot of coverage and attention paid post-launch event to iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. While Apple Watch is nowhere near … Continue reading
Unpacked: The Need for Ruggedized Smartphones
I’ve gotten a question quite a bit lately from tech industry folks about the need for more rugged devices. Smartphones that don’t break when you drop them or don’t stop working when you dump them...
Google Android – Closed Source
I think Google may make Android proprietary in 2017. Google has launched Android N but, without the ability to distribute updates, the software is virtually useless. To make matters worse, I think Google is effectively … Continue reading
Samsung’s Enterprise Mobility Strategy comes into Focus
I spent the best part of Monday in New York with Samsung, learning the latest on its enterprise mobility story. It’s a story that’s come a long way over the last five years or so,...
Reading Project Titan’s Tea Leaves
Immediately after rumors reported Apple had laid off a group of people involved with project Titan, I received calls from media who took this to mean project Titan is dead and Apple is no longer...
What the iPhone 7 says about Apple’s Future Augmented Reality Plans
I believe Apple’s next big iPhone release is going to feature augmented reality technology. Obviously, nobody at Apple has said anything about such a product. But the now shipping iPhone 7 Plus, complete with dual-camera … Continue reading
Unpacked for Friday September 16, 2016
Samsung officially recalls the Galaxy Note7 in North America – by Jan Dawson Samsung has finally issued an official recall of the Galaxy Note7 phone in North America, working with the US Consumer Product Safety...
Evolving Apps vs Replacing Apps
Monday presented us with an interesting juxtaposition: Facebook Messenger head David Marcus spoke at TechCrunch Disrupt and said their initial vision for bots was overhyped, and Apple opened up the iMessage App Store in preparation … Continue reading
Apple and the Bar By Which All Tech is Measured
During Apple’s iPhone 7 unveiling, executives made a statement that got me thinking. They said from the stage that the iPhone is the device by which all others are measured. It is not hard to...
The Samsung Debacle and the Long Term Impact on its Reputation
I would sure hate to be the person at Samsung who made the decision to go with the battery supplier they are using in the 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7s they have shipped around the...
Apple’s AirPods: The Brave will be Rewarded
There has been a lot written about Apple’s move away from the audio jack, before and after it actually happened. Many people are outraged a technology that has been around for so long and still … Continue reading
Contrasting Apple and Alphabet’s Approaches to Healthcare
A little while ago, I wrote a post on tech companies’ efforts in the education sector and how I felt they were lacking (I subsequently wrote a follow-up post about Apple’s Swift Playgrounds app being a...
Unpacked: Minimal Headphone Jack Impact and Interest in Wireless Headphones
I’m certain many of our readers will agree that the media is blowing the perceived negative consumer sentiment about Apple’s removal of the headphone jack way out of proportion. In reality, this move will have...
Key Takeaways from ‘Super Mobility’ Week
While a lot of the tech world’s attention last week was focused on Apple’s announcements in San Francisco, some 30,000 people attended CTIA’s ‘Super Mobility Week’ in Las Vegas, the largest annual wireless convention in … Continue reading
The Evolution of Gorilla Glass and Why It Matters
A few years back, Apple made the ill-fated decision to invest in a sapphire plant in Arizona with the goal of using sapphire as the new cover glass for iPhones. As we all know, that deal imploded … Continue reading
Apple Event Recap and Key Insights
Today, Carolina Milanesi and I will both be sharing our key insights from Apple’s fall launch event. Some of the topics here will be bigger picture points, as we intend to develop many of them...
What Apple’s Event Signals about the Future
Along with the rest of the core Tech.pinions team, I attended Apple’s event in San Francisco on Wednesday. Between us, we’ll be covering a lot of the angles in our various columns over the coming … Continue reading
Will the Next iPhone’s Jumpstart a New Super Cycle of iPhone Sales?
Over the last two quarters, Apple suffered the first downturn in iPhone sales and caused quite a stir in the financial community. Some financials analysts said iPhone sales had peaked. Others predicted sales would be...
Some Educated Guesses About iPhone 7 and iOS 10 Availability
On Wednesday, Apple will announce its new iPhone models, the availability date of new hardware, and the date on which iOS 10 will be available to download. The content of the iPhone and Apple Watch...
