Articles tagged with: Sandisk and Isuppli

Qualcomm Chips Powering the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone

It isn't a shock that the new BlackBerry Storm smart phone from Research in Motion (RIM) offers features comparable to Apple's iPhone 3G - including the use of a touchscreen - a first for a RIM product. However, the Storm brings some interesting developments on the inside, such as the inclusion of a Qualcomm baseband chip, according to a teardown conducted by iSuppli.  more

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Teardown Report Reveals Manufacturing Cost of BlackBerry Bold

In its first-ever solo television advertisement for a product, Research In Motion touts its new BlackBerry Bold 9000 smart phone as a device that allows users to "Connect to everything you love in life in a bold new way."  more

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Weakening consumer spending impacts NAND-type flash memory market

Amid signs that major buyers are slashing their expected order growth for NAND-type flash in 2008, iSuppli says that it is cutting its forecast for global revenue growth for the memory this year by about two-thirds.  more

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Toshiba: No Plans To Build US$6 Billion Singapore Chip Plant

SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Japan's Toshiba Corp. Tuesday denied a media report that it may build a Nand flash chip plant in Singapore, a company spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires.  more

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