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
The Tech.pinions Podcast: iPhone 7s, Watch Series 2, and the Broader Market
Ben Bajarin, Jan Dawson, and Carolina Milanesi discuss their time using the latest iPhones and Apple Watch Series 2 and seek to explore their impact on the broader smartphone and wearable market.
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...
The Benchmark iPhone 7 Plus
Tim Cook said, “The iPhone is the industry gold standard. The phone by which all other phones are compared.” I articulated for subscribers yesterday how this is true of Apple at an industry level, not … Continue reading
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
Apple’s Missed Audio Opportunity
Apple has a long, rich history in the fields of music and audio and its complex and highly influential relationship with those fields was on display once again at the company’s recent iPhone 7 launch … 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
Podcast: Apple iPhone 7, Watch Series 2 Launch Event
In this week’s Tech.pinions podcast Carolina Milanesi, Ben Bajarin, Jan Dawson and Bob O’Donnell discuss Apple’s recent product launch event with detailed analysis of the iPhone 7, Watch Second Edition, and AirPods. If you happen … Continue reading
Unpacked for Friday September 9th, 2016
Apple Music Numbers Show Continued Rapid Growth – by Jan Dawson One of the numbers mentioned in Tim Cook’s “Updates” section at the beginning of this week’s Apple keynote, which may well have been missed...
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...
Rethinking Smart Home Gateways
It’s the one piece of tech equipment we all have and use almost every day, yet, know very little about. I’m talking about your home broadband router/gateway. The non-descript black box likely installed somewhere in … Continue reading
IFA2016 at the Intersection of US and Asia
Believe it or not despite my numerous 3GSM, MWC, CES and CeBIT shows, this was my first IFA show in my 16 years of covering the consumer electronic market. With over 300 exhibitors spread over … Continue reading
