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"A number of the features seem like catch-up features," said Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld Features like a "shade" that can be pulled down to view recent notifications sent to the phone and a speaking digital assistant are already in A...
"Microsoft is stronger than Apple and Google in the living room, so it wants to capitalize on that installed base," Ross Rubin, a principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld "These are tentative steps," he said of Microsoft's content offerings. "They're buildin...
A permanent kill switch represents some risk, but smartphone users also can be hurt in ways that might be even more expensive than having their phones bricked -- such as if a hacker were to use their phone to rack up charges or to send malicious messages to their employers, Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told the E-Commerce Times...
"That's in recognition of the growing importance of the selfie," Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld At the back of the M8, there's a smart LED flash that's designed to avoid "hot spots" in flash pictures. There are also two cameras -- one t...
Mobile health tracking has enjoyed a rise in popularity over the past few years, but there is still plenty of a room for a large player to optimize the service and become a leader in the space, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research "Fitness and tracking have ...
"There's a debate in the industry right now about whether intelligence should be embedded into peripherals or left in the smartphone," said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research "Cone is a product that takes functionality seen in smartphone music applications such ...
"They seem more refined than their typical MO of piling on as many gee whiz features as possible," said Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research "There was certainly a stronger focus than we've seen in previous Samsung flagship introductions," he told TechNewsWorld....
"Cuff is a blunt but direct instrument," Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld. "It allows you to send a signal to a network at the touch of a button discreetly hidden within a bangle, pendant or other piece of jewelry." The line of accessories...
"It's one of the few provinces of traditional digital camera makers that has been out of the reach of competition with smartphones," Ross Rubin, the principal analyst at Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld "Smartphones are already good enough to serve as the primary camera fo...
Currently, the strongest market for wearables is with fitness-related activity trackers such as the Nike+ FuelBand or the Fitbit Flex, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. "The updated version of the Pebble watch has essentially the same functionality of th...
"There's been serious, deep cannibalization of the point and shoot market by smartphones," Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld Point-and-shoot makers have adopted two general strategies to cope with smartphone competition, Rubin said. One ap...
Google's hackathon will be a chance for both Google and developers to get a better feel for the product, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. Wearable tech, particularly eyeglasses, is a relatively unfamiliar platform for many developers, so the opportunit...
FiLIP's smartwatch has several practical elements that will appeal to parents who want to be in touch with their kids but aren't yet ready to equip them with a smartphone, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. ...
"It's trying to make the flexibility and quality that we see in standalone cameras relevant to smartphones owners," Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld "The idea here is to take some of the optics and zoom capabilities of Sony's high-end poi...
Smart devices are about more than just convenience, though, noted Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. For a wearable device to succeed in the market, it must also have practical applications -- and with hacks and cyberattacks on the rise, any device that can increase security is bound to get attention.
In fact, battery life is a huge issue with this class of device, Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, noted "As consumers, we're used to watches that have a battery life of a year," Rubin told TechNewsWorld. "A lot of smartwatch solutions today need to be recha...
At $9,000, the offering isn't a mass market product, observed Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research "It's certainly not something we're going to see in Walmart any time soon," he told TechNewsWorld.
The Ophelia device is "primarily intended to allow IT managers to securely manage basic computing tasks for what could be a large number of employees using either desktop monitors or notebooks while bypassing the native operating system on those netbooks," Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research, told TechNewsWorld...
FIDO could find success in a tech market that is putting more focus on helping the "voiceless" have a voice, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. "This device would be at the intersection of two related emerging markets," he told TechNewsWorld. "There is th...
The price isn't the only thing that makes Poppy accessible, said Ross Rubin, principal analyst at Reticle Research. Several devices already exist for consumers to shoot 3D images, but they are typically large dedicated devices. "In contrast, the Poppy works with a product mi...
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