Category: Smartphones

Does the Amazon Fire Phone Break Any Important New Ground?

Reading Time: 2 minutesI had an eye on a couple of live blogs of the Amazon Fire Phone announcement (see coverage from Gigaom and ReCode), and it was hard for me to see anything that broke any new ground that will change the current two horse race between the iPhone 5s and the Samsung Galaxy…

June 18, 2014
The Android Metric I Want to See: Minutes of Usage Per Day vs Minutes Connected to Outlet Power

Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the things I noticed in several homes and offices to which I recently traveled is that many Android users seem to connect their devices to power outlets at every opportunity. I saw this usage pattern a few days ago in connection with a Moto X that was recently purchased by…

December 2, 2013

Does the Amazon Fire Phone Break Any Important New Ground?