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Huawei – Olive or thorns?

Huawei extends an olive or thorn branch? No one is sure what to make of Huawei’s offer to license its 5G technology to a Western (read American) player and I...

Apple – Non-event.

YouTube live stream is the biggest surprise. It is that time of year again (10th September, 10 am PT) and the biggest surprise is that the whole event will be...

Samsung Bixby – Radical refinement

The best refinement is to ditch Bixby Undeterred by its failure to launch Galaxy Home, a smart speaker with the execrable Bixby, Samsung is doubling down with a mini version...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. VIII.

Huawei’s ex-China smartphone share is heading to 0%.  Q4 19 will be a crucial test for Huawei as its new flagship (Mate 30) will not be a Google ecosystem device...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. VII.

Mate 30 Pro won’t sell without Google. Commentators are getting excited about the leaked specifications of Huawei’s next big launch (Mate 30 Pro) but the only thing that matters is...

Uber, Samsung & Huawei – Q2 19 update

Uber has lost its soul The news of layoffs at Uber comes at a difficult time for the company which is now hostage to the whims of the fickle stock...

Apple FQ3 19 – iPhone-o-holic

Still a one-product company. Apple reported good results as iPhone growth declines slowed and services continued to chug along nicely. However, I still think that ending its dependence on the...

Samsung, Huawei et al – Nasty origami pt. V.

Folding screens need to start again from scratch. There is still plenty of enthusiasm and research being put into flexible screens but until the scratch-ability issue is solved, these designs...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. VI

It is still a reprieve in name only. A statement from the US Secretary of Commerce (see here) has been interpreted by the press (see here and here) that Huawei...

Google Hardware – Paging Dr. Porat

I think Google’s condition may finally be treated. While the wires are already speculating on the form factor of the Google Pixel 4 due to be launched in Q4, I...