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Dell’s Streaky Tablet Strategy

23/07/2010
By Max Tatton-Brown
Dell’s Streaky Tablet Strategy

Don’t get me wrong, Dell don’t exactly *need* a tablet PC right now. For a start, they don’t have the OS for it and in reality, the iPad is also too pricey for the mainstream Dell audience to shell out. They aren’t going to buy it instead of a laptop, for example. However, if...
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Apple’s Razor Sharp New Direction

12/04/2010
By Max Tatton-Brown
Apple’s Razor Sharp New Direction

With the iPad, Apple has clearly slashed its usual profit margins and priced the device to sell. I think this marks a fascinating shift for the company toward the classic ‘razor blade‘ strategy of providing a cheap platform to enable a steady revenue stream.  The announcement of iAd only confirms this, introducing yet another...
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Have Apple Miced an Opportunity?

20/10/2009
By Max Tatton-Brown
Have Apple Miced an Opportunity?

In today’s Apple update, there’s one element for me that’s far more exciting than the others and yet at the same time, really disappointing.  The new Magic Mouse. Sure, iMac users can now woosh around and no longer have to live in jealousy of their MacBook brothers and let’s not understate how nice that...
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Where do you keep your Chromium?

10/07/2009
By Max Tatton-Brown
Where do you keep your Chromium?

Who knows, Chrome OS could finally be the missing link that brings Linux into the big time but I'm interested is how the ecosystem will grow around it. Surely Google will release some kind of Skydrive where you can store your content, freeing up space inside those tiny netbooks but will it be free...
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Thoughts falling far from the tree?

10/06/2009
By Max Tatton-Brown
Thoughts falling far from the tree?

With thousands of millions of downloads zinging their way to the 17 million iPhones out there in the wild, it'd be hard to argue that Apple aren't on to something with the App Store. But I think there's a clear and greater opportunity on the horizon.
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