Showing posts with label HTC Corporation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HTC Corporation. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

The Smartphone In Five Years

What are we looking at?
  • Holographic keyboard and screen - no separate PC necessary
  • Transparent display option - goes on/off on command
  • Super light
  • Super fast
  • Wireless gigabit broadband, always on
  • Super strong 
  • Super smart - an assistant that never goes to sleep and is always batting for you
  • Super battery - an embedded nuclear reactor for energy, or equivalent
  • Beyond touch, totally NUI, Natural User Interface, 3D 
  • Limitless storage in the cloud, made possible because non unique stuff is shared 
  • Unbreachable security, your phone can not be used by anyone else, protected by technology and global law



This is inevitable: the iPhone, 5 years into the future
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Bad Move For Yahoo


This is the first time I am having doubts about Marissa Mayer as Yahoo CEO. That or the powers that be at Yahoo have undermined her. This was supposed to be Yahoo's turnaround money.

Now Marissa Mayer is supposed to rely on Yahoo's meager revenues to turn the ship around. That is a tall task.

I am in disbelief. $650 million is not a "meaningful amount" to turn around Yahoo. I guess Yahoo is headed for some same old, same old. It can now no longer do a major acquisition.

As Expected, Alibaba Closes $7.6 Billion Yahoo Deal
Yahoo To Give Shareholders $3.65 Billion, Mayer Explains Why In Leaked Memo
Giving a couple billion dollars back to Yahoo shareholders from this sale was the plan before Mayer took over Yahoo. A couple weeks after she joined, Mayer put out of an SEC filing saying she was reconsidering the move. ..... it will not leave Yahoo fundmanetally better off the way a smart investment in a new product or acquisition would.
Marissa Mayer Only Gave Google 30 Minutes Notice Before She Quit
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Monday, September 10, 2012

Serves Apple Right

Is The Next iPhone Already In Patent Trouble?
At the upcoming Apple event on September 12, the company is expected to release a new iPhone compatible with 4G LTE connectivity around the world. Yet, competitors such as Samsung and HTC are already warning Apple that if it releases a new iPhone with LTE connectivity, they will sue the company for patent infringements and will demand a sales ban in the U.S..... Samsung, on the other hand, is continuing its global legal battle against Apple. “It’s true that Samsung Electronics has decided to take immediate legal action against the Cupertino-based Apple. Countries in Europe and even the United StatesApple’s home-turf — are our primary targets,” said a senior Samsung employee to The Korea Times.
A fight that needed to take place in the marketplace Apple took to court. And now that move is coming back to bite Apple. Pun intended.

MAD Before Common Sense
Apple Samsung: The Verdict Was Unfair


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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Fighting Over Rectangles

Image representing Apple as depicted in CrunchBase
Image via CrunchBase
That is nicely put. Apple is fighting over rectangles. It is being unreasonable. If Samsung is a copycat why is it beating Apple in both the smartphone and the table space by now?

Samsung Product Chief: ‘It’s Unreasonable That We’re Fighting Over Rectangles’
the most important patent dispute of the decade ..... the ongoing patent wars that have spawned dozens of lawsuits across the globe, involving not only Samsung and Apple, but also HTC, Motorola and Microsoft ..... Samsung owns more than 100,000 patents worldwide ..... Kevin Packingham ... Samsung's Chief Product Officer .. There are times when I’m absolutely appalled that we sell what I consider to be the most innovative, most secret parts of the sauce of our products to some other manufacturer — HTC, LG, Apple, anybody. ..... these very broad design patents like a rectangle. ..... “How is this possible that we’re actually having an industry-level debate and trying to stifle competition?” Consumers want rectangles and we’re fighting over whether you can deliver a product in the shape of a rectangle. ...... the patent system is broken. .... there’s just one company that’s firing the first shot consistently
Fight it out in the market, not in the courts of the world. The real news here is that the patent system is broken. The industry itself has to take the lead. Policymakers will follow.
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