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Microsoft – Generation game.

Microsoft is determined not to make a mess of this generation. Microsoft is still licking its wounds from being trounced by Sony in the last console generation but is showing...

Apple FQ2 2020 – The olive branch

Withdrawal of guidance unsettles the market.   Apple reported good results but withdrew its guidance offering instead an olive branch comprised of a dividend increase and share buyback. FQ2 2020...

NXP Q1 2020– A steer

NXP hints at mobile, industrial and automotive outlook. NXP reported reasonable results but guided as weakly as expected showing both the well-documented weakness in automotive but also another hint of...

Q1 2020 reports – COVID-19 data points

The first view of the lockdown starts this week.  The most important reporting season for many years is about to begin in earnest giving the first concrete idea of how...

TSMC Q1 2020 – Defying gravity

Too many moving pieces for a clear picture.  TSMC reported excellent results as smartphone orders remained resilient and a boost in demand for servers, PCs and office equipment pushed the...

Research Event – COVID-19 Webinar – Impact on the economy, technology sector & share prices

Radio Free Mobile is running a series of webinars for its subscription clients to present what it sees as the issues an outcomes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Richard founded...

Wireless Power – Covid-19 silver lining.

The pandemic is a great use case for wireless power.  Until there is a vaccine, no one is going to want to touch anything they don’t own which paves the...

Samsung and Airbnb – Day of rescue

Samsung Electronics Q1 20 – Cloud rescue.  Samsung has reported good Q1 2020 results where the clear indication is that demand for memory, storage and other silicon chips for the...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XIV.

P40: Another triumph that won’t sell.   Huawei has launched its latest flagship, the P40 which has all the bells and whistles but without Google Mobile Services, no-one outside of...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. XIII.

Software is not a refuge. Faced with the complete collapse of its smartphone business outside of China, Huawei is trying to develop its own ecosystem but without any users, this...