A Quick Look at Qualcomm Investors’ Day
Qualcomm’s investor day unveiled the company’s new positioning around edge devices, a strategy which allows them to repurpose existing products for a much wider array of customers.
Category Archives: Android
What are they thinking?
What are they thinking? – Google used its burgeoning chip design capabilities to create an apps processor phones. It is likely to have some incredible AI features, but it is unlikely to see much adoption or to change the industry.
2021 State of the Mobile Baseband
2021 State of the Mobile Baseband – Apple’s share gains, its leading Apps Processor, and growing pricing pressure for Android phones risks creating a vicious cycle for Qualcomm.
The Handset Industry is a Flat Circle
Over the past 25 years the mobile phone industry has radically altered the way we all live, and yet the industry itself is back to the same structure it had all those years ago.
A Rose Phone by any other name
A Rose Phone by any other name – Huawei spin-out Honor offers some clues on the future of the handset industry.
Anarchy in the OS – Revisited
Anarchy in the OS – Revisited – The way we think of computers has changed. The days of compatibility and common operating systems are over. Low cost hardware and bandwidth will fragment the way we think of computers until they largely disappear.
MWC Preview
Mobile World Congress is coming up, February 24 to 27 in Barcelona. It is the world’s largest Telecom and Connectivity event and a great gathering of industry leaders. We have […]
This is why we can’t have nice things
Recently, a friend of ours at the Haas School of Business asked us to review a case study he was preparing to analyze the poor level of profits that handset […]
How Night Sight makes chip companies look very dark
Over the holidays we got a chance to test out Google’s new “Night Sight” , this is the capability available on the company’s Pixel phones which takes incredible low-light photos. […]
Why is no one investing in games?
Traditional ventures have some good reasons for shunning investing in games, but that leaves a big blind spot for someone else to fill.