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Articles tagged with: Linux and Microsoft
Can Google's Chrome OS Challenge Windows in the Fast-Growing Netbook Market?
Google's new Chrome Operating System (OS) represents a direct challenge to Microsoft's hegemony in the burgeoning market for netbook software, according to iSuppli. Google's Chrome OS will launch in the second half of 2010 and will initially target netbook PCs. However, the OS will not only run on netbooks based on Intel's X86 architecture microprocessors, but also those using ARM-based chips, clearly showing the operating system is targeted at very low-cost netbooks. more
Related Tags: google, netbooks, chrome-os, operating-system, chrome, windows, wlan, bell, web-browser, wave, os, target
Nokia Smartphone Sales Fall as RIM, Apple, Samsung Take Market Share
In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7 per cent on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global sales of smartphones for 2008 reached 139.3 million devices, up 13.9 per cent compared with 2007. more
Related Tags: android, google, t-mobile, windows-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, eu, apple, smartphones, wind, gartner, htc, rim, touchscreen, sharp, omnia, operating-system, windows, danger, nseries, os, africa
D2 Tech Shows Off WiMAX Mobile Phone Reference Design
VoIP applications developer, D2 Technologies says that it is offering private demonstrations of a complete reference design for the creation of WiMAX mobile phones. Built around the company's mCUE converged communications client, the reference design provides manufacturers with a turnkey software solution for developing and delivering WiMAX handsets and similar portable devices to market. more
Related Tags: android, google, texas-instruments, wimax, voip, wind, texas, windows, google-android, dual-mode, d2-technologies
Qualcomm Aiming at Intel's Market
Qualcomm is aiming to move into the territory dominated by the likes of Intel with its Snapdragon chipset platform which is aimed at the mini-laptops more commonly known as netbooks. However, Intel itself is also increasingly moving into the mobile device market, so Qualcomm faces both an opportunity and a risk. more
Related Tags: android, google, intel, smartphone, qualcomm, wind, netbooks, snapdragon, asus, smart, windows, chipset
Telecom Carriers Should Consider Partnering With Google
Google's influence and market power with key telecommunications industry stakeholders is having a significant impact on the industry, according to Gartner. more
Related Tags: android, google, skype, open-handset-alliance, gartner, dell, compete, mobile-internet, 800mhz, fcc, operating-system, 700mhz, presence, downlink, wired, cloud-computing, os, cloud
Report Reveals Manufacturing Cost of T-Mobile's Google Phone
The T-Mobile G1 smart phone, the first wireless handset to be based on Google's Android mobile operating system, carries a Bill-of-Materials (BOM) cost of $143.89, according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli. more
Related Tags: m1, android, google, wi-fi, t-mobile, iphone, apple, apple, isuppli, edge, htc, blackberry, touch-screen, 3, open-source, sun, hsdpa, modem, display, wired, radio-frequency, os, music, qwerty, touch-screen
Motorola Expected to Announce "Google Phone" Plans this Week
The new head of Motorola's mobile phone division, Sanjay Jha has decided that the company should focus the bulk of its efforts on developing phones based on the Google backed Android system. Spurces close to the issue told The Wall Street Journal that the plans will be formally announced on Thursday and could result in thousands of job cuts. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, motorola, wind, wall-street-journal, gartner, symbian, operating-system, windows, sanjay-jha, os
Motorola Reported to be Working on a "Google Phone"
It has been reported that Motorola is ramping up development of mobile phones based on the Google backed Android Operating System. The company is understood to have 50 staff working on Android phones and is ramping up its team to 350 people. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, smartphone, motorola, qualcomm, smartphones, wind, verizon, gartner, symbian, mobile-linux, operating-system, windows, os, fingerprints
Auction of Intangibles Attracts NASA, Private Investors
CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Bidders will gather in Chicago next month for a high-end live auction at the historic Chicago Cultural Center, but they won't be vying for Roy Lichtenstein lithographs or a seventeenth-century writing desk. more
Related Tags: 3com, intel, gps, ran, patents, nasa, seven, chicago, operating-system, charity, etf, blind, patent, los-angeles, auction,
Low-price Mini Notebook PC Shipments to Reach 8.02 Mln Units in 2008
According to MIC (Market Intelligence Center, Taiwan), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, worldwide low-price mini notebook PC shipment is expected to reach 8.02 million units in 2008. In 2009 shipment volume is forecasted to reach a scale of 18.3 million units, growing 128% annually. more
Related Tags: intel, dell, ict, compete, 3, mic, asus, acer, notebook, os
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