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Articles tagged with: Qualcomm and Smartphones
Smartphone under US$100 will help open up China market, says Qualcomm exec
With the Chinese government aiming to exceed 100 million in 3G users, the market should soon see smartphones under US$100, and generous subsidies from telecom carriers is important as well, according to James Shen, senior director of qualcomm Venture China. more
Microsoft Demos Windows OS Running on Mobile Phone Chips
Microsoft has announced that the next version of Windows OS will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, including ARM-based systems from partners NVIDIA, qualcomm and Texas Instruments. The move, which had been widely expected, will enable the Windows OS to run on ARM based devices which will typically consumer far less power than the traditional Intel/AMD chips that Windows has worked with in the past. more
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Cell Phones Are Helping Kids Learn in the Classroom
Educators, policymakers and wireless industry leaders joined together last week at the Mobile Learning Conference 2009 (MLC09) in Washington, D.C. to discuss the promising future of educational technology in America and the key role the application of cellular technology and devices can play in helping kids learn in the classroom. more
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Qualcomm Chipset Supports Simultaneous Voice and Data Usage
qualcomm has introduced the industry's first chipset solution for Smartphones supporting CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. B and Simultaneous Voice-Data Operation (SV-DO), as well as multi-carrier HSPA+ and LTE. The MSM8960 chipset is scheduled to sample in mid-2010. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, smartphone, bluetooth, gps, lte, mts, cdma, hspa, mobile-broadband, cdma2000, hspa+, chipsets, umts, 1xev-do, chipset, ev-do, radio-frequency, fm-radio
Toshiba Offers Up Details of Snapdragon Smartphone
Toshiba has announced the details of its much heralded Snapdragon based smartphone - the Toshiba TG01. The Toshiba TG01 will be available across Europe in Summer 2009. more
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Qualcomm Targets Sub-$150 Smartphones with Lower Cost Chipset
qualcomm has announced a new Mobile Station Modem MSM7227 chipset designed to lead towards sub-$150 smartphones. The MSM7227 solution will offer advanced processing and rich multimedia while utilizing HSDPA/HSUPA for broadband data speeds over 3G networks. It also can support all leading mobile operating systems including Android, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and BREW Mobile Platform. more
Related Tags: android, 3g, windows-mobile, sim, smartphone, bluetooth, gps, wind, cdma, hsupa, symbian, chipsets, windows, modem, chipset, brew, display, 3d
Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009
The impact of the global economic crisis will spread to the mobile phone market resulting in a downturn in shipments in 2009. According to IDC, total mobile phone volumes will be 2.2% lower in 2009 than 2008 levels, the first downturn in annual shipment volumes since 2001 when shipments declined 2.3%. Over the past several years, the mobile phone market has enjoyed double-digit annual growth due to an increased emphasis on emerging markets. However, emerging market growth has been steadily slowing as these markets mature. IDC now expects worldwide growth to be just 7.3% in 2008 before slipping into negative growth in 2009. more
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i-mate Shows Off Windows Mobile Based TouchScreen User Interface
Microsoft Mobile based smartphone vendor, i-mate has launched Go, a new user interface for i-mate handsets. With the tap or slide of a finger, i-mate Go navigates through the full suite of Windows Mobile tools. Users can customise the interface adding their own icons for one touch access to the things they use every day from emails, notes and text messages to pictures, the internet or music. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, windows-mobile, microsoft, smartphone, bluetooth, rsa, wind, text-messages, battery, windows, i-mate, i-mate
Financial Crisis Hits Mobile Phone Sales as Q3 Shipment Growth Slows
The worldwide mobile phone industry felt the impact of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2008 (3Q08) as total handset shipments were down significantly over previous quarters. Mobile phone manufacturers shipped a total of 299.0 million handsets in 3Q08, up 3.2% from last year, and down -0.4% over 2Q08. The third quarter of the year has historically been a ramp-up quarter as manufacturers load their sales channels with handsets in preparation for the holiday season, producing year-over-year growth rates as high as 20% as a result. This year has not witnessed a similar ramp up, largely due to the current economic situation. more
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Windows Smartphone Manufacturer to Delist from London Stock Exchange
UK-listed Dubai-based Windows smartphone manufacturer, i-mate has reported sales for the six-month ended of September of $20.6 million compared to $46.2 million for the same time last year. This resulted in an estimated operating loss of $10.8 million loss compared to $29.4 million loss for the same time last year. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, smartphone, wind, seven, windows, i-mate, i-mate, UK
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