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Razr Reviews Raise $1500 Durability Question

The best evaluation of the phone's durability will come once it has been in the hands of consumers for a significant time, said Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. "The mechanical repetitious t...

Amazon Makes Quantum Computing Accessible as a Service

"AWS doesn't have a quantum computer of its own, so it's cobbled together a service using some of the startups in the field," remarked Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Quantum is an important technology for future computing, as an accelerator for some reall...

Active Noise Cancellation a Big Draw in New Apple AirPods

"The AirPods Pro fills a gap in the noise canceling headphone and earbuds market dominated by Bose and Sony," noted San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "This makes the AirPods Pro a great soluti...

Google’s Super-Sized Nest Hub Draws Mixed Reviews

Overall, the Nest Hub Max is a nice improvement over the Nest Hub, observed San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "The price is a bit too high," he told TechNewsWorld. "Many of the other criticism...

Samsung May Have New Foldable Phone in Wings

There may be a place for folding phones in years to come, but for the near term, they'll be impractical for most users, contended San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "The Samsung Galaxy Fold is...

Apple to Jump on 5G Bandwagon in 2020

"Apple iPhones would not be competitive in 2020 without 5G support," observed San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "5G is going to roll out with or without Apple," he told TechNewsWorld....

Apple Spotlights Privacy, Big Iron at WWDC

"It's a monster of a platform," said San Jose-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "It's a big step for Apple to build a real workstation-class platform that's expandable and modular," he told TechNewsWorld....

Apple’s New iPod Gets in Touch With Gamers

"The iPod touch refresh is an incremental bit of business for Apple," said San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "It uses an older but still capable A10 processor that has to be pretty cheap to m...

Zombieload, Fallout, and 2 Other CPU Flaws Have Intel on the Hop

Consumers needn't worry, however, according to Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research "From what I've read, MDS is a complex set of attacks, and is not something that would be used to target a typical consumer PC," he told TechNewsWorld."The MDS attack is an attac...

Get Ready for Feature Deluge at Apple’s WWDC

"I'm looking forward to better file management in iOS," said San Jose, Calif.-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst with Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "This is really where Apple fails in the 'Pro' line of iPads," he told TechNewsWorld....

Samsung Applies Brakes to Galaxy Fold Launch

The delays likely will hurt initial sales of the phone, because people will be concerned about its quality and reliability, said San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "That's still a better outcom...

Snapchat Refreshes App to Revive Prospects

The new additions to Snapchat aim to increase engagement, said San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "With user growth stalled, it needs something new and fun to get people to use it more and to a...

Apple Boosts Performance in New iPad Air and Mini

Apple appears to be focusing the iPad on creative work, like note-taking and sketching, observed San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "The iPad mini could be a replacement for a reporter's notepa...

Mozilla Offers Free Secure File-Sharing Service

The privacy issue will draw some people to Send, observed San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research "Firefox is going after a niche audience that doesn't trust the larger corporate cloud services," he told TechNewsWorld....

August Adds Wireless HD Video Doorbell to Smart Home Line

"What August lacks is the wider security aspects of Ring," said San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewell, a principal analyst at Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm "Ring has created an organized community of people who share crime- and security-related vid...

Rumors Roil Ahead of Next Month’s Galaxy Unpacked Event

"From the rumors, I don't think the various S10 models will move the needle on high-end smartphone sales," said Kevin Krewell, a San Jose, California-based principal analyst for Tirias Research, a high-tech research and advisory firm Have Smartphones Peaked?...

Virus Attack on Chipmaker Could Delay Next iPhone

It's hard to say if iPhone availability will be delayed, because TSMC hasn't revealed which production lines the virus infected, said Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, a research, analysis and advisory services firm based in Mesa, Arizona "My belief is that ...

New Roku Speakers Offer Sophisticated Audio for Smart TVs

"It will automatically time-sync audio and video, which is a problem with most AV systems," Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld The wireless speakers are the first product to use the Roku Connect platform. Announced earlier this year at CES,...

New MacBook Pros Get Major Power Boost

"The real-time encryption makes it easier to protect your data," said Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research "I don't think the Siri aspect is all that important, but it does level the field with Microsoft's Cortana support," he told TechNewsWorld....

Apple May Go All-In With Audio

"The Airpods are a good product, but could always use better battery life and a better fit," said Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research "For example, my AirPods fall out of my ears too easily for me to use around town or in the gym," he told TechNewsWorld....

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