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Articles tagged with: Toshiba
Toshiba Launches Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for Mobile Phones
toshiba has announced the launch of its first direct methanol fuel-cell product for mobile phones - the Dynario. The fuel-cell runs on mix of methanol and ambient oxygen, and the chemical reaction between the two in the fuel cell produces electricity. more
Related Tags: fuel-cell, methanol, lithium-ion, Japan
Orange Launches Qualcomm Snapdragon Based Smartphone from Toshiba
In Orange's first ever pan-European agreement with toshiba, a touchscreen smartphone, the TG01 first launched in France last week and today in the UK in a three-month market exclusive. It will be available in Switzerland in a six-month exclusive later this month and in Romania from August. more
Related Tags: toshiba-tg01, orange, qualcomm, snapdragon, windows
Apples's iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 to Manufacture
With the new iPhone 3G S's Bill of Materials (BOM) and feature set nearly the same as the previous model in the iPhone line, you might think the product's component selection would be virtually unchanged. However, a dissection conducted by iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service reveals some interesting changes in the parts and suppliers. more
Related Tags: apple, iphone, iphone-3gs, stmicroelectronics, infineon, triquint, broadcom, iphone-3g-s, gsm, umts, wlan, nand, andrew, flash
DoCoMo and Telefonica to Introduce Windows Mobile Handset by Toshiba
Japan's DoCoMo and Spain's Telefónica have jointly announced that a Windows Mobile handset model made by toshiba will be introduced by both companies in their respective Japanese and Spanish markets in June to July as part of a plan for various joint undertakings by the two mobile operators. more
Related Tags: telefonica, docomo, windows-mobile, mobile-internet, windows, Japan
Toshiba to stop making mobile phones in Japan
Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba said Wednesday it will end production of mobile phones in Japan due to plummeting demand amid an economic slump. more
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Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba posts record loss
Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba tumbled to a record annual loss amid sinking global demand that has forced it to cut thousands of jobs. more
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Computer hackers R.I.P. - making quantum cryptography practical
Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from toshiba and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors capable of receiving information with much higher key rates, thereby able to receive more information faster. more
Related Tags: quantum-cryptography, qbits-, laser
2009 Will Be Year of the Mini-Notebook in Asia Pacific
Shipments of mini-notebooks in Asia Pacific will reach four million units in 2009, growing by a robust 82 per cent over 2008, according to Gartner. Growth will stabilise at 20 per cent or more in 2010 and 2011, when mini-notebooks will account for more than 14 per cent of all mobile PCs shipped. more
Related Tags: gartner, netbooks, lenovo, dell, samsung, fujitsu-siemens, mobile-broadband, ovi, tim, ict, social-networking, asus, siemens
Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Down in 2008 - Qualcomm Bucks the Trend
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $255 billion in 2008, down 5.4 percent, or a decrease of $14.5 billion from 2007 revenue, according to the final market share analysis by Gartner. The steep decline in the market in the final quarter of 2008, combined with the ongoing economic weakness, signals far worse declines in 2009. more
Related Tags: broadcom, ethernet, wi-fi, semiconductor, texas-instruments, intel, samsung, qualcomm, bluetooth, infineon-technologies, gps, tim, cdma, ovi, gartner, sharp, switches, 3, memory, nand, notebook, modem, flash
Semiconductor Kings Suffer Sales Tragedy in 2008
Shakespeare's adage, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," was certainly true for the kings of the semiconductor industry in 2008, with eight out of the Top-10 suppliers suffering revenue declines for the year, according to iSuppli Corp. more
Related Tags: broadcom, semiconductor, texas-instruments, intel, flash-memory, samsung, qualcomm, isuppli, digital-signal-processor, lte, texas, fujitsu, nec, nxp, sony, sharp, 3, memory, analog, hynix, nand, on-semiconductor, flash