Dare Apple move the cheese with iOS 7?Innovation is hard, especially with an established product and a satisfied customer base. Can Apple do anything radical with iOS 7? Do they even need to?June 12, 2013 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
Project Ara and Phonebloks are destined for the modular trashcanModular smartphones seem like a good ideas, but they have a number of significant problems.October 31, 2013 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
There's nothing wrong with Google blocking Microsoft's YouTube appIt's Google's toy -- they get to choose whether to stop playing with Microsoft and run home to mommy. That's business, people...!August 17, 2013 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
Google Maps on iPhone shows iOS 6 Maps where to goI didn't think iOS 6 Maps were that bad, but turn-by-turn navigation on Google Maps is so good there's no way I'd deliberately launch iOS 6's Maps app again...December 18, 2012 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
Thorsten Heins: the only exec in the mobile biz that gets post-PCBlackBerry's CEO really understands post-PC, but he seems unkeen to take a leadership position on the evolution of tablet devices...May 15, 2013 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
A cheap Android phone is now a good phone. Your move, Apple...I bought a Nexus 4 out of intellectual curiosity. After three years of using iPhones, it's now my main phone. That's great for me, but a problem for Apple et al...February 12, 2013 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
Post-PC success comes from embracing humanity's darker sideSmartphones and tablets cover the whole gamut of human experience, not just the nice stuff about unicorns and rainbows. Accepting that fact lets us all have better tools to support our lives.April 2, 2013 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
Do hobbyists any longer have an effect on Windows Phone adoption?Back at the inception of the App Store and Android Market, hobbyists had a positive effect in growing the market. Can hobbyists have an effect on the adoption of Windows Phone?December 4, 2012 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
Will Windows Phone ever get any love from developers?The third-place player in the smartphone market may never get the love that those in the first two places do.October 2, 2013 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones
Bring on the gold iPhone!Really? You don't want a gold iPhone? Oh come on... it's gorgeous!August 20, 2013 by Matt Baxter-Reynolds in Smartphones