Articles tagged with: Google and Chipsets

GPS-Enabled Handsets Expected to Bypass the Economic Downturn

Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4-5% in 2009, GPS-enabled phones will climb to 240 million units, an increase of 6.4% over 2008.  more

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Android OS Seen Working on Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets

Device Software Optimization firm, Wind River says that it has developed software code that will help enable support for the google backed, Android mobile software running on larger screen-sized mobile computing devices using Snapdragon chipsets from Qualcomm.  more

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TECH TALES: WiMAX is Still a Risky Investment

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- The next-generation wireless technology, known as WiMax, is full of potential to drive cheaper, high-speed wireless data, voice and video communications, or a dismal failure, depending on who you talk to.  more

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