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Qualcomm’s Personal TV is new screen for FLO

December 11, 2009 7:00 pm by Chris Nuttall

Qualcomm, which once produced its own handsets to try to win wider acceptance of its cell phone chips, is repeating the strategy with the announcement of a Personal TV product, aimed at boosting take-up of its FLO TV mobile technology.

The new handheld device is FLO branded, Frog designed and made for Qualcomm by Taiwan’s HTC. It will go on sale at US retailers during the holiday season for $249 and will require a monthly subscription of around $10.

(This review was first published on October 7, 2009)

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Tags: FLO, qualcomm
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How electronic paper displays are stacking up

December 4, 2009 11:45 pm by Chris Nuttall

You may be only aware of Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s Reader, but there are now more than 45 e-reader models available worldwide, according to E Ink, the dominant technology provider for their displays.

More are expected in the coming year, including ones with smaller, pocketable displays, colour and different ways of producing the paper-like screens, the Emerging Display Technologies Conference in Silicon Valley heard this week.

(This post was first published on September 5 2009)

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Tags: E Ink, Kindle, qualcomm, Sony
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Qualcomm sees falling phone prices in 2010

November 5, 2009 7:16 am by Chris Nuttall

The growth of the smartphone category is causing intense competition among operating systems, handset makers and the chipmakers that supply them.

Paul Jacobs, chief executive of Qualcomm, the biggest wireless chipmaker, sees that competition intensifying over the next year in smartphones and other handsets, which will translate into lower prices.

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Tags: qualcomm, smartbooks, smartphones
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Google to take on iPhone with own phone – analyst

October 20, 2009 6:03 pm by Chris Nuttall

Google is expected to launch its own self-branded smartphone before the year is out, according to Ashok Kumar, Northeast Securities analyst

It will follow up with a series of phones running its Android operating system, as well as launching a branded netbook running its new Chrome operating system early next year, the analyst told me.

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Tags: android, apple, google, iphone, qualcomm, snapdragon
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Smartphones enter the gigahertz age

October 19, 2009 8:59 pm by Chris Nuttall

An ARM race is beginning to take shape in smartphones, as the latest models demand faster processors to deal with an expanding range of computing and multimedia activities on devices.

Marvell announced today it would overtake Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor with a new family of Armada processors, based on ARM of the UK’s designs, capable of speeds up to 1.2Ghz.

That is twice the clock speed of the 600Mhz iPhone 3GS and the new Motorola Droid, reported to contain a 600Mhz Texas Instruments processor.

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Tags: Arm, intel, Marvell, qualcomm, smartphones
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Verizon, Qualcomm seek machine cell subs

July 28, 2009 6:01 pm by Chris Nuttall

Verizon is turning to machines as a source of new subscriber growth, in a joint venture with wireless chipmaker Qualcomm.

The great thing about machines is they won’t churn, said Steve Pazol, head of the new company at a press-conference launch today. He cited the example of a John Deere tractor sitting in a field having no interest in switching to a cheaper family plan with another carrier.

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Tags: M2M, qualcomm, Verizon
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Qualcomm legal storms abating

July 23, 2009 10:01 pm by Chris Nuttall

Qualcomm’s lengthy legal battles mean no rest for the leading wireless chipmaker’s general counsel Don Rosenberg (pictured).

After a sleepless night dealing with the Korean Fair Trade Commission’s decision to fine it a record $207m for its “unfair” business practices, he told me about the remaining outstanding complaints facing the San Diego-based company.

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Tags: Broadcom, qualcomm, Tessera
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Atom’s days numbered in cheap netbooks – Nvidia

July 2, 2009 12:40 am by Chris Nuttall

Intel has so far dominated the high-growth netbook category with its Atom microprocessor, but that position is unsustainable, according to one of its chip rivals, Nvidia.

Chips based on ARM of the UK’s designs are set to drive a new wave of netbooks, smartbooks, Mids (mobile internet devices) – call them what you will – going on sale over the next six months, and Intel is in no position to compete, it claims.

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Tags: Arm, freescale, intel, Nvidia, qualcomm
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Carry small, thin and light, live large

June 21, 2009 11:54 pm by Chris Nuttall

What’s next in personal computing after netbooks? The answer, it seems, depends very much on what directions the makers of microprocessors are taking.

If you were to ask Intel – at its Research Day this week - the answer would be Mids (mobile internet devices). AMD said in a briefing it was “thin and light” or “ultrathin”, while Freescale came up with some interesting-looking “smartbook” concept machines (pictured) at this month’s Computex trade show in Taiwan.

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Tags: AMD, freescale, intel, Nvidia, qualcomm, VIA
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techfile 28.04.09

April 28, 2009 6:00 am by morning call

Verizon Communications has held talks with Apple about selling versions of either the iPhone or other Apple devices in the US. Currently AT&T is the exclusive distributor of the iPhone in the US, and the company was reportedly trying to extend that deal for another year. A lucrative deal with Apple would be a coup for Verizon, which reported strong quarterly profits from its growing mobile business.
Qualcomm, the world’s biggest maker of chips for mobile phones, put an end to legal wrangling by settling a four-year patent dispute with rival Broadcom. Qualcomm has agreed to pay Broadcom $891m over four years in exchange for the dismissal of all court cases and Broadcom withdrawing its complaints about Qualcomm’s business practices.
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Tags: Amazon, android, AOL, apple, AT&T, Broadcom, google, iphone, Kindle, Lexcycle, MTV, MySpace, qualcomm, Stanza, Verizon Communications
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Qualcomm’s Personal TV is new screen for FLO

How electronic paper displays are stacking up

Qualcomm sees falling phone prices in 2010

Google to take on iPhone with own phone – analyst

Smartphones enter the gigahertz age

Verizon, Qualcomm seek machine cell subs

Qualcomm legal storms abating

Atom’s days numbered in cheap netbooks – Nvidia

Carry small, thin and light, live large

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