As HTC and Facebook pursue building a phone together, they both risk alienating far more important partners – a lesson they should have picked up from Microsoft’s Zune fiasco.
Amazon’s new Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire present an appealing alternative to the iPad for some things, but there’s still room for a supersized Kindle Fire or a mini iPad.
Apple knows the real money is in content, not hardware. Now Amazon’s following suit with the Kindle Fire, but where does the battle for consumer eyeballs end?
The Asus Zenbook and fellow Ultrabooks deliver sound performance and battery life from an ultra-thin form factor that has traditionally been rife with sacrifice.
Despite being obvious competitors, Apple and Nokia face similar challenges ahead as Apple tries to crack the competitive TV market and Nokia gasps for survival in smartphones.
Apple’s dated hardware and Android’s still-confusing approach to software may be just the opportunity that Windows Phone Mango needs to finally make its presence known.
Maybe tablets aren’t just for Angry Birds after all. Here’s how Windows 8 Metro and the right hardware could make a next-generation tablet you can actually live on.
Apple hit it big with the iPod, iPhone and iPad, but selling an Apple-branded “iTV” would mean treading into foreign territory. Can Apple’s usual formula for success carry over to the TV market?
How does Windows Phone 7.5 Mango measure up? Rob Enderle goes hands on with the newest release to see whether Microsoft has improved its game enough to run with the likes of Android and iOS.
Intel’s research showcase at IDF 2011 demonstrated a number of intriguing concepts on the brink of reality, including a new product design process that would emulate the role Steve Jobs once played at Apple.
A new captain can’t save a leaky, sinking ship, and a new CEO alone can’t fix HP, either. Rob Enderle examines where HP has gone astray, and how to steer it back in the right direction.
The MacBook is finally in for some competition. Rob Enderle takes a look at how the spendy Vaio Z and Lenovo’s upcoming Ultrabooks stack up against the class-leading MacBook.
The man whose vision and demanding management style steered Apple to unfathomable success has left the pilothouse. Analyst Rob Enderle examines how Apple will navigate the turbulent seas of consumer tech without him.
Qualcomm’s Android-ready hardware and patents may be the solution to the hit-or-miss quality of Android phones and Google’s ongoing intellectual property fiasco.
We’re ready to embrace a tablet that isn’t the iPad, but Google’s not making it easy. Rob Enderle explains what’s been keeping the current batch of Android tablets dead in the water.
From modems to serial ports and IR transmitters, these useless built-in technologies still keep popping up in computers even though the world has moved on.
The iPad still make the best choice for the masses, but for consumers focused on certain types of experiences, the TouchPad and PlayBook make better choices.
From active suspensions to simplified home automation and computer-augmented humans, Freescale’s Technology Forum highlighted how shrinking processors could radically shift the near-term future.
The phone you carry reflects your personality. Here’s what each major mobile operating system says about its users’ priorities – and how knowing your own preferences can help you pick the right one.
Google’s Chromebooks risk repeating the same mistakes made by many failed predecessors, which could leave the door hanging open for Windows 8 to swoop in and dominate the cloud.
As ARM-based smartphones and tablets flood the market, Intel faces the difficult task of rooting out an entrenched competitor to remain relevant – an ironic position for a company that has defined “entrenched” for the last decade.
While Sony gears up to take on Apple head on with its S1 and S2 tablets, Sonos has relented and partnered with Apple to combine forces. Which is the smarter strategy?
The obvious shortcomings of Motorola’s Xoom at launch have Rob Enderle wondering how Motorola managed to squander its good hype from CES and botch the Xoom.
As Apple steamrolls both Microsoft and Google in the tablet market, both companies are learning the hard way that the rules of war don’t say anything about waiting or penny pinching.
Microsoft has had plenty of time to run afoul since the days of Windows 95, but paying attention to the corporation’s most idiotic mistakes may help other companies avoid making them.
As the launch for the iPad 2 nears, Rob Enderle questions whether the incrementally improved successor can possibly live up to the revolutionary original.