Archive For

February 2014

MWC Day 3 / Samsung vs. Google – Brass tacks

            Samsung has no choice but to push into the ecosystem. Samsung and Google have signed a 10 year patent...

MWC Day 1 / Nokia – Middle age spread

          The suit count is way up making Nokia and Android the most exciting development. MWC Day 1 MWC 2014 has...

Firefox OS – Who pays the piper?

          Firefox enables a $25 smartphone but it is hard to see how anyone makes money from it. For the last...

Facebook– Whats up?

          There is a lot “up” with Facebook to justify spending $19bn of shareholder’s money on WhatsApp. Facebook will pay $4bn...

Research Publication – Mobile Ecosystems – The second derivative

Radio Free Mobile publishes its second piece on mobile ecosystems with the publication of: Mobile Software – iRobot. (Click here for details and purchase options)...

Radio Free Mobile updates its flagship research product with the publication of: Mobile Ecosystems – The second derivative

It is time to look for the second derivative. Smartphones have been the belle of the ball so far but the place to now look...

Samsung – Gear up MWC

          Galaxy Gear could steal the thunder next week. Samsung is launching its new line-up on Monday evening at an event...

HPQ – Eggs in flight

          The fight between HPQ and Autonomy is going very badly for HPQ. It looks increasingly likely that HPQ will have...

Viber / Rakuten – History lesson

          This deal looks eerily similar to Ebay’s unsuccessful purchase of Skype in 2005. Rakuten, The Japanese B2C and B2B2C e-commerce...

Tizen – Noise without substance

          The latest news from Tizen is unlikely to change anything. Despite its leading supporter shelving its plans to launch devices,...