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Huawei – Nowhere to run pt XXIII.

Another reprieve in name only. Allowing Huawei to buy non-5G components offers very little reprieve for either the infrastructure business or the handset business and from a security perspective makes...

Apple – Pods and phones.

Apple brings 5G properly to market. Apple has launched four new iPhones and a Homepod Mini in an event that aims to preserve margins, bring 5G to market while realising...

Apple – Other people’s products.

Apple looks to be going after both audio hardware and radio. Apple has cleared its decks of rival audio products in a sure move that a wider range of speakers,...

Google hardware – Pixelated

New devices do not address the overwhelming issue. Google’s new devices keep pace with the specification of its competitors and beat them when it came to software and AI performance...

Amazon – Rings and balls.

Amazon stretches its lead. Amazon has launched some radical redesigns and ideas once again demonstrating how experimental Amazon is prepared to be when it comes to looking for what works...

Apple – Middle of the road.

Mid-market makes sense for services. Behind the funky new watch features and the new, more expensive iPad Air are cheaper versions which are clearly aimed at keeping shipments going through...

Arm & NVIDIA – The unthinkable.

Another unthinkable event to add to 2020’s long list. For nearly 20 years I have strongly believed that Arm could not be acquired by another semiconductor company as Arm’s acceptance...

Google and Samsung – Engineering disease pt. IV

Samsung inches towards a cure. Not only are Google and Samsung in discussions for Google to have a bigger role on Samsung handsets (see here) but there have been a...

Samsung – Glass is plastic?

Z fold 2 looks like Z Flip. Samsung released a good slate of new products but potential shortcomings with the new Fold and pricing marred what was generally a good...

Google and Samsung – Engineering disease pt. III

Has Samsung seen the light? Google and Samsung are in discussions that could see Google take over more of the core software functionality on Samsung devices making them more attractive...