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Time for the Tablet Business to Fold

by Omid Rahmat

The tablet market is dead, long live the tablet market? There’s hope for tablets but in any shape for form that is familiar now.

Tags:Amazon| Apple| foldables| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| Market Data| Samsung| showcase| tablete| Xiaomi

Foldables Take Apple to Second Place

by Omid Rahmat

When will Apple get with the times? Is there too much hubris in thinking that it can wait out innovation and claim the premium market all to itself?

Tags:Apple| Foldable Devices| MicroLED| OLED| showcase

Selling TVs to Future Generations

by Omid Rahmat

Future brand loyalists may not need all your specs but they do need your attention to detail.

Tags:Gen X| Hisense| LG| Samsung| showcase| TCL| TV sales

TCL’s Crowdfunding Strategy

by Omid Rahmat

Is it marketing smarts for smart glasses or a Hail Mary for audiences outside of China?

Tags:Artificial Intelligence (AI)| Augmented Reality| CES 2024| Rayneo| showcase| TCL

CES 2024: What You Don’t Show Matters

by Omid Rahmat

Kicking off the year in Vegas was a success for the trade show, the attendees, and exhibitors, at least on the surface. What it means for 2024 is less certain.

Tags:CES 2024| Hisense| LG| Samsung| showcase| sony| TCL

Something Off About the Whole Woe is Apple Thing

by Omid Rahmat

Apple is grappling with the prospect of a fifth consecutive quarter of declining sales, with particular concerns about iPhone sales, especially in China. But, why is that so bad?

Tags:Apple| iPhone| showcase| Vision Pro

Smart TVs Need Smarter Strategies

by Omid Rahmat

It’s the user, their experiences, their interfaces, that’s what matters when you are making a smart TV. Everyone else is glitter.

Tags:Connected TV| showcase| Smart TV