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Windows Phone 8, is it compelling enough?
More than half of the first world’s consumers already use smartphones. Most devices out in the wild are iPhones or Androids. This means Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 challenge isn’t about carving out...
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Prepare for free tablet computers
Tablets featured in Moses’ journey as he lead his people to the promised land Computing entered a new stage when Apple launched the iPad in April 2010. It isn’t too soon to talk of the post-PC era....
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Windows Phone 8, Android – long haul comparison
Hokianga harbour captured by the HTX One X camera Is Nokia’s Lumia 920 really better than my earlier smartphone? There’s only one way to make sure: run the HTC One X through a similar non-scientific...
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Job number one at BlackBerry: Beat Windows Phone 8
Going by the headlines and the tone of the news coverage, BlackBerry’s long-awaited product announcement went well. The company’s – Research in Motion changed its name – new slab-like Z10 smartphones...
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Could Samsung go vertical?
Would Samsung be more competitive if it was vertical? Samsung sells more Android devices than anyone else. The company’s smartphones compete head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone for market share. Samsung...
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HP gives tries tablets again
HP is returning to the tablet game with a low-cost seven-inch Android device. The company’s HP Slate 7 will sell for US$170 – that’s NZ$200. HP says it goes on sale in April. This is not the first time...
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What HP’s Android play tells Microsoft
HP’s Slate 7 tablet is an Android device After years of positioning itself as Microsoft’s close partner, HP has climbed into bed with Google. First it delivers a Chromebook, then it announces an...
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Who challenges Apple’s technology stack: Microsoft or Google?
Microsoft and Google both want to build vertical businesses. They want to follow Apple and own a complete technology stack including hardware, core software and services like app stores and cloud...
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Android brand fades as numbers climb
Here’s a puzzle. How come Android’s brand is diminishing at the same time the OS now dominates the smartphone sector? Gartner’s February 2013 smartphone sales report estimate’s Android’s worldwide...
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Why fewer publishers support Android
Slide from Benedict Evans presentation to Google’s ‘Mobile on the Go’ event If you’re in the publishing business you have two options to reach mobile readers. You can publish direct to the web using...
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What Google gets from Android
Android doesn’t make much money. In fact, if you regard Google’s Motorola acquisition as part of the company’s Android strategy, then the balance sheet is deep in red ink. Android’s purpose must lie...
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Which mobile OS – iOS, Android, Windows Phone or Blackberry?
Smartphone buyers can choose from four operating systems. It’s a tough decision. After spending time with all four I can report they are all worthy of your attention. None performs badly or has fatal...
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Google stack day three: Could I do it all on the Sony Xperia Z1?
Selling at $1000 Sony’s flagship Xperia Z1 cost more than twice as much as the Acer Chromebook C720 I’m using for my week of working exclusively in the Google stack. The smartphone’s five inch screen...
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Google stack day seven: Living on a cloud
Spending the entire week working with an Android smartphone and a ChromeBook was as much a test of personal cloud computing as of Google software. Although there’s 16GB of local storage, the ChromeBook...
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Devices combining Windows and Android solve nothing
Asus Transformer Book Trio PC sales continue to struggle as users switch to smartphones and tablets. Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS did little to stop the rot. In their latest desperate attempt to revive...
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Desktop Android emerges as Windows rival
HP’s latest all-in-one business computer uses Android for its operating system instead of Microsoft Windows. In another step away from the old Wintel approach that HP once championed, the new machine...
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Motorola Moto G: best option low-cost smartphone by miles
Motorola’s Moto G smartphone may have a low, low price, but there’s nothing cheap or nasty about this device. Put simply, you won’t find a better phone at anything like its $300 asking price. In fact,...
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Nokia set to debut basic Android phone
The Wall Street Journal reports Nokia plans to show a low-end Android phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month. Apparently the phone was in development before Microsoft...
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Galaxy S5 hands on: At last a worthwhile upgrade
Late last week I met two Samsung executives in a North Shore café to get a briefing on the Galaxy S5 smartphone and to collect a review model for a temporary loan. That’s business as normal in my line...
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Review: Asus MeMo Pad 7 HD — not bad at the price
At first sight the Asus MeMo Pad 7 HD isn’t much of a prospect. It is a budget-price 7-inch Android tablet. Experience tells me most cheap Androids are horrible. Worse, the review model came with a hot...
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