What The Tech Ep. 240 – Worst Of 2014 12-18-14

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Andrew and Paul discuss their annual Worst of 2014 list. Andrew calls the Amazon Fire phone, Android fragmentation, and lack of hardware updates to Apple TV and Macbook Pro. Paul lists the lack of Lumia flagship phones, Surface mini, and Windows 10 as his worst of the year. What makes these things the worst of 2014?

Andrew's list

  1. ANDROID FRAGMENTATION
  2. Smart Watches (wearables)
  3. Amazon Fire Phone
  4. No new Apple TV
  5. No updated Macbook Pro (Design)
  6.  Google Glasses
  7. Sony….

Paul’s list

  1. Lack of Lumia flagships
  2. Surface mini
  3. Windows Phone/Verizon/firmware updates
  4. Mobile first, cloud first means Windows last
  5. Xbox Music isn't in the conversation
  6. Windows 10 is taking too long
  7. Toshiba Encore Mini & Nokia Lumia 530

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