All the stories categorized with: Thoughts
Calxeda ARM-based HP Server Creates Media Wave of… Fluff
11/01/2011, HP is currently testing servers based on an ARM architecture, which is basically the same stuff that runs applications on your phones and tablets. The idea is that these little chips use much less power than traditional processors like those [...]
No X86 Apps On ARM+Windows 8 (Duh)
09/15/2011, For some reason, part of the media world has awakened to the fact that Windows applications compiled for Intel’s X86 architecture, won’t work on ARM-based Windows 8 machines. First, I’m not sure where the idea that those apps would work [...]
Moogle and the Future of Mobile
08/15/2011, This morning, we covered the unexpected acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google for $12B, which is a huge premium (60%+) compared to the market value of Motorola Mobile on the previous day. Mobile technology is currently THE hot business topic [...]
Google, A Patent Attack Victim. Really?
08/03/2011, David Drummond, the Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Google has gone on the record and addressed the patent litigation situation that Google’s Android finds itself into, with foes like Microsoft and Apple, among others, on the other [...]
4G Networks: Where Are We At?
06/15/2011, If you have been shopping for a Smartphone recently, there is no doubt that you heard about “4G”. Although it describes the next-generation wireless networks, very few people know that “4G” means very different things for different carriers. It’s confusing, [...]
What’s the Ideal Tablet Size?
06/14/2011, Tablets are the hot topic of the year and with the zillion of devices pouring on the market, it is hard to know what the best choices out there are. Talking about hardware design, one major question is emerging: [...]
Are We in an ARM Bubble?
05/17/2011, At the moment, a single company is at the very core of the mobile revolution: ARM. From its glorious debuts as Advanced RISC Machine, a computer maker, to its fall to oblivion, to its re-birth as the premier intellectual property [...]
Three Things Microsoft Needs To Wage a Smartphone War
04/26/2011, From a highly visible mobile company a decade ago to less than 8% of market share today (according to Comscore) the road to a mobile world has been bumpy for Microsoft. Back when Windows Mobile was doing well, it was [...]
Nokia: it’s no longer about selling phones. Really?
06/28/2010, You know that something is up when someone at Nokia, the largest phone maker (by units), is saying that “it’s no longer about selling phones” (in a conversation with Bloomberg, via NYT). This phrase was used as Nokia is trying [...]
Beyond the Google Phone hype, it comes down to: be cheap enough or die
12/13/2009, This is what Nexus One looks like… just like an HTC Passion You have probably noticed in the past couple of days that the hype surrounding the network-free Google Nexus One phone has almost reached its climax. I say “almost” [...]
Here comes the tablet madness
12/11/2009, It’s hard to spend a day without writing or reading something about a new tablet. Whether it is real like JooJoo or a rumor like Apple’s (and Dell, and Asus and…) one thing is certain: there’s a growing tablet obsession [...]
iPhone exclusivity fading away worldwide. When will we get a T-Mobile USA iPhone with UMA?
10/26/2009, Slowly but surely, the iPhone initial exclusive deals with select carriers around the world is fading away. Carriers have taken notice that an iPhone deal will boost their data usage (and their bottom-line), and for Apple, it’s a logical step [...]
Google Voice for iPhone ‘rejected’, says Google
09/18/2009, The Google Voice application for iPhone has been rejected by Apple, says Google. The reason invoked by Apple is that Google Voice duplicates the dialer function included in the iPhone and replaced a “native function”, which is grounds for a [...]
