Robin "the cloud based android phone"

"Nothing excited me in mobile in the past few years," Tom Moss says, leaning back in an office chair. Far as he's concerned, smartphone makers -- especially those working with Android — have spent way too much time crafting hardware and not nearly enough effort on innovating software. That's why, when the bug to build something new bit again, Moss gathered an Android dream team to build a "cloud-first" smartphone called Robin.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/01/nextbit-robin/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi

Its an interesting idea- I'm actually surprised people aren't tying handsets to "cloud based cpu's" yet.

This was one of the concepts Cognation and Mexuar were looking to deploy on the SavaJe mobile OS in 2006.

Removing the device from the "services" we felt was the key to leapfrogging Moores Law permanently.

pencil and paper wireframe ......is there ever a need for anything else

These are the original sketches for PacMan .....if it was good enough for the worlds most famous game....yes its good enough for your startup.


 

12 year bull run?

Market in middle of long expansion: Adam Parker http://www.cnbc.com/id/102567446

It's a shame there is no video to go along with this article as I saw this interview yesterday and he had some really interesting points that there won't be a 2016/17 recession but we are only just starting a bull run.

A channels "value"

And that folks is why when Mark Cuban talks about the inherent value of cable tv channels having “fastlane like” status its being undervalued under the new fcc rules…..
- http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/slow-netflix-report-warns-sluggish-streaming-a-turnoff-for-viewers-20150402-1mdn3q.html

 

Will be interesting to see how this issue is managed in Australia by the regulators.