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Meta Ray-Ban Display: For Display Only   
Meta Ray-Ban Display: For Display Only  

Meta has beat Google and Apple to market with smart glasses that have a display for widgets, notifications, and AI. They officially went on sale last week, but Meta wasn’t actually ready to sell too many of them.

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AI, Silicon, WearablesAvi GreengartOctober 6, 2025
IFA 2025: Lenovo Innovation World Showcases Product Breadth and R&D
IFA 2025: Lenovo Innovation World Showcases Product Breadth and R&D

Lenovo held an “Innovation World” press conference at IFA again this year, and they had something for absolutely everyone: workstations, laptops, tablets, gaming handhelds, R&D concept devices, and even phones.

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AI, Hybrid Work, Silicon, Smartphones/ComputingAvi GreengartOctober 1, 2025
The iPhone Air Needs to Be Experienced, and Gives Apple Experience for the Future
The iPhone Air Needs to Be Experienced, and Gives Apple Experience for the Future

The iPhone Air is great! It needs to be experienced to be understood. Not enough people will, but it still serves its purpose for Apple well.

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Smartphones/ComputingAvi GreengartSeptember 29, 2025
MediaTek Dimensity 9500: Big Jumps Across the Board for MediaTek’s Flagship Mobile SoC
MediaTek Dimensity 9500: Big Jumps Across the Board for MediaTek’s Flagship Mobile SoC

MediaTek claims it is the #1 smartphone silicon vendor by volume, but its super-premium Dimensity 9000-series has been gaining real market share in smartphones outside the U.S. and in Samsung tablets everywhere.

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AI, Silicon, Smartphones/ComputingAvi GreengartSeptember 22, 2025
Intel and NVIDIA: Important, But Not Fundamentally Reshaping Anything
Intel and NVIDIA: Important, But Not Fundamentally Reshaping Anything

NVIDIA and Intel are connecting their silicon in the datacenter and on PCs, and NVIDIA is investing $5 billion in Intel stock. This is important, especially for Intel, but the deal is limited.

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AI, SiliconAvi GreengartSeptember 18, 2025
Samsung's New Display Tech: Micro RGB TV. Maximum Color, Near Maximum Price
Samsung's New Display Tech: Micro RGB TV. Maximum Color, Near Maximum Price

I got eyes-on with Samsung’s new display technology its U.S. headquarters: micro RGB TV. It allows for exceptionally, ridiculously saturated colors. It’s also extraordinarily expensive.

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Home EntertainmentAvi GreengartSeptember 18, 2025
Apple Goes Thin, Thick, Quiet, and Healthy, All While Keeping Prices Steady
Apple Goes Thin, Thick, Quiet, and Healthy, All While Keeping Prices Steady

Apple kept prices the same – or effectively lower – while adding a lot of content to its iPhones, Watches, and AirPods Pro.

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AI, Silicon, Smartphones/Computing, WearablesAvi GreengartSeptember 10, 2025
realme 15 Pro 5G Exemplifies the Highly Competitive Mid-Tier Smartphone Market (Outside the U.S.)
realme 15 Pro 5G Exemplifies the Highly Competitive Mid-Tier Smartphone Market (Outside the U.S.)

realme’s 15 Pro 5G takes mid-tier Snapdragon silicon and adds more premium cameras, case finishes, and much bigger batteries than you would expect at the price.

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Smartphones/Computing, SiliconAvi GreengartSeptember 8, 2025
Charlie Ergen Folds, Sells EchoStar/Boost’s Stockpile of Spectrum to AT&T
Charlie Ergen Folds, Sells EchoStar/Boost’s Stockpile of Spectrum to AT&T

Under pressure from regulators and deep in debt, EchoStar is selling AT&T a huge treasure trove of spectrum, making AT&T much more competitive and further muddying Boost Mobile’s future.

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Wireless CarriersAvi GreengartAugust 26, 2025
Google Celebrates Pixel’s 10th Anniversary
Google Celebrates Pixel’s 10th Anniversary

Google is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Pixel line by focusing on its strengths: photography and AI. The Pixel Watch 4 looks gorgeous.

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AI, Silicon, Smartphones/Computing, WearablesAvi GreengartAugust 20, 2025
HP Updates OMEN Gaming PCs, Aims at Streamers with HyperX
HP Updates OMEN Gaming PCs, Aims at Streamers with HyperX

HP is updating its OMEN gaming desktops and laptops with more modular power, more subtlety – or even more RGB -- and is moving deeper into game streaming accessories with HyperX.

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Home Entertainment, Smartphones/Computing, Hybrid WorkAvi GreengartAugust 15, 2025
Lenovo and MediaTek Add Performance and Battery Life (and AI) to Google’s ChromeBook Plus
Lenovo and MediaTek Add Performance and Battery Life (and AI) to Google’s ChromeBook Plus

This is the best Chromebook I’ve ever tested, both from a performance and battery life standpoint. It’s easily my top Chromebook recommendation. Google’s new ChromeOS AI features are nice to have but will not be a major purchase driver.

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AI, Hybrid Work, Silicon, Smartphones/ComputingAvi GreengartAugust 11, 2025
Samsung Reinvents Its Foldables
Samsung Reinvents Its Foldables

Samsung has been making foldables longer than anyone, but its product development stagnated a bit recently while competitors leapt ahead. That’s over.

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AI, Silicon, Smartphones/Computing, WearablesAvi GreengartAugust 5, 2025
Nothing Is Premium Now: Interview with CEO Carl Pei
Nothing Is Premium Now: Interview with CEO Carl Pei

Nothing has built a brand around attention-getting phones and earbuds with seemingly transparent designs and rear panel light shows. I spoke with CEO Carl Pei about Nothing’s attempt to move upmarket into flagship phones and premium headphones.

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Smartphones/Computing, SiliconAvi GreengartJuly 21, 2025
HP Zbook Ultra G1a: AMD Competes on Price and Performance with Apple -- Plugged In
HP Zbook Ultra G1a: AMD Competes on Price and Performance with Apple -- Plugged In

AMD announced a chip at CES that seemed almost too good to be true, and HP was the first to incorporate it into its zBook workstation line. It performs as advertised, but you’ll want to keep this laptop plugged into power.

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Silicon, Hybrid Work, AI, Smartphones/ComputingAvi GreengartJuly 14, 2025
HP Dimension with Google Beam Provides More Humanconferencing, Less Videoconferencing
HP Dimension with Google Beam Provides More Humanconferencing, Less Videoconferencing

Google’s Project Starline has official branding, pricing, and availability. Google Beam on HP Dimension is a more human way to connect for work meetings.

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Hybrid Work, AIAvi GreengartJune 26, 2025
T-Mobile Claims Network Supremacy On Land and In Space
T-Mobile Claims Network Supremacy On Land and In Space

T-Mobile has long had a superb 5G network but wasn’t claiming to have the best ...everything else. Now it is, and its satellite partnership with Starlink is now going live, and will soon allow data, something rival NTN services can’t match yet. 

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Smartphones/ComputingAvi GreengartJune 24, 2025
Apple WWDC: AI as a Feature and Big Platform Improvements
Apple WWDC: AI as a Feature and Big Platform Improvements

Apple can’t compete with AI leaders on model capabilities, so it focused on using AI as a feature in its products, gave its platforms a new cohesive design, and made major improvements to iPadOS and VisionOS.

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AI, AR/VR, Home Entertainment, Hybrid Work, Smartphones/Computing, WearablesAvi GreengartJune 11, 2025
OnePlus Pad 3: Great Hardware and Software, But Premium Tablets Are Still Niche
OnePlus Pad 3: Great Hardware and Software, But Premium Tablets Are Still Niche

There isn’t much competition — especially in the U.S. — for premium tablets; Apple and Samsung dominate the market. OnePlus Pad 3 provides a strong alternative, but it’s still a niche market.

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Hybrid Work, Smartphones/ComputingAvi GreengartJune 6, 2025
Google vs. Apple in an Age of Integrated AI
Google vs. Apple in an Age of Integrated AI

Google I/O 2025 showed that Gemini is not just a set of capable AI models, but that Google is leading the industry integrating them into its ecosystem. Ironically, Gemini’s success might not mean that Android gains against iOS.

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AI, AR/VR, Smartphones/Computing, WearablesAvi GreengartJune 3, 2025
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