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BlackBerry – Bottom bumble

          Stability buys time, but for what? BlackBerry has staved off the immediate threat of collapse but where it goes from here is a mystery. The...

Xiaomi MIUI 6 – Mission impossible?

          Xiaomi is like Apple except for its margins. Xiaomi has released the next version of its user experience which will be rolled out onto its...

Lenovo Q1A – Breathing space

          Improvements give Lenovo more space to invest and execute. Lenovo reported good Q1 results as its handset business and PC business both grew share. This...

Tizen – Duck in danger.

          Tizen increasingly looks like it has no real future at Samsung As more and more time passes the less likely it becomes that Samsung will...

Apple – Conspicuous absence.

          No wearables expected next month. The first days of September are going to be littered with new device launches. The IFA trade fair has become...

Xiaomi – Tough at the top

          First there was media. Now there is ecosystem Xiaomi is not just the largest smartphone vendor in the Chinese market it is also the manufacturer...

Samsung vs. Apple – Hint of sanity

          The glacial creep towards a settlement continues. Samsung and Apple have agreed to drop all litigation against each other that is taking place outside the...

Microsoft – Silent knife

          Cuts look much bigger than they seem. Microsoft’s planned 18,000 job cuts seems to spell the end of in-house manufacturing and has wide implications for...

Xiaomi – The big leagues

          Users are buying Xiaomi for the right reasons. With 26.1m devices sold in H1 2014, Xiaomi is becoming a force to be reckoned with. This...

Samsung Q2A – Brave face

          The decline may have started early. Samsung reported very disappointing Q2 14A results but it looks like the whisper numbers and comments from the CFO...