Motorola’s bad mojo
Motorola can’t seem to catch a break with the timing of its event introductions. Last year, the company introduced the incredibly thin (if disappointing from a battery life perspective) Droid RAZR the...
View ArticleiPhone 5 breaks preorder records at AT&T
With the iPhone’s growing carrier presence and the improvements in both hardware and software, it’s not much of a surprise that the smartphone’s advance orders are outselling its predecessor globally....
View ArticleNFC doesn’t need saving
In applauding Apple’s decision to forego NFC in the iPhone 5, Dean Bubley offers what is at times a dual damning of mobile payments and NFC. He maintains that the former – particular carrier...
View ArticleDemonstrating quad-core power
Advances in processor speeds are heralded as some of the most important new features in smartphones. They can make user interfaces richer and more responsive and help improve battery life, particularly...
View ArticleHTC vs. Nokia: This does not mean war
Dan Rowinski goes for the hyperbole in implying that HTC has declared war on Nokia. Apple versus Samsung, now that is war. They’re suing each other all around the world and each has almost nothing to...
View ArticleNokia’s renewed design impact
How can you tell the Lumia 920 has made a big impression even before launch? Even though the HTC 8x looks quite different (and slimmer) than the new Nokia flagship, people accuse HTC of copying Nokia....
View ArticleVerizon may hack Lumia 820 price, features
You get the feeling that Verizon is still not really feeling the Windows Phone love. Perhaps it dates back to its chilly experience with the Blackberry Storm as the last remnant of a real push by an...
View ArticleASUS Padfone 2 improves on Russian doll design
It’s not quite building the trinity of the Mac, iPhone and iPad, but ASUS can lay claim to pioneering some minor form factor trends (or at least fads) including the netbook (Eee) and the detachable...
View ArticleDroid DNA first impressions
HTC and Verizon made a credible claim of recaptuing the high-end of Android smartphones today with the announcement of the Droid DNA, which revitalizes the testosterone-engorged subbrand with a...
View ArticleHTC’s split personality
The HTC First is the first device sold with Facebook Home as the default UI. Normally, when a manufacturer is selected to produce something, it’s called a “design win,” but I wonder how much, if at...
View ArticleGalaxy Mega narrows the last phablet gap
Since the launch of the first Galaxy Tab, products marketed as tablets have been at the 7″ floor, with some Windows tablets going to 11″ and beyond sizes. Meanwhile, phone sizes have progressively...
View ArticleA big week for ecosystems
In the lull following the shipment of the Galaxy S4 and before Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference in June, two former market share leaders will reveal their next move in contending for establish...
View ArticleQuick Charge 2.0 won’t lead to a standards war
In my recent column for CNET, I discussed Quick Charge 2.0, the proposed standard from Qualcomm (a client of Reticle Research) that promises to dramatically improve charging time for smartphones and...
View ArticleThe Xperia Z2: Sony’s prelude to progress
The release of the new HTC One has served as a reminder of the company’s struggles to make market headway despite nearly universally praised designs. But there is another company struggling with that...
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