Running both Android and Windows together- the rumours

Rating: Site says that VMWare is working on it
There’s been a lot of fuss about the forthcoming HTC Bravo Android phone just as the news came out that Motorola’s Android 2.0 handset, the Milestone (known as the Droid in the US) is now on sale in the UK from Expansys.  But what about running both [...]

Qualcomm says it ain’t taking sides

Rating: Gets all defensive about support for Android
Obviously responding to perceived criticism, Qualcomm has decided to re-affirm its support for the whole gamut of mobile OS including Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux-based platforms. GoMo News suspects this has something to do with Android.The press blurb says, “Qualcomm has been involved with the development [...]

Why Mediatek is the phone chip maker to watch

Rating: Time to board the bandwagon before it’s too late
GoMo News’ new-found interest in fake iPhones (or fPhones ) has sparked a keen interest in Mediatek whose chips appear to be found inside the vast majority of these Chinese handsets. But did you realise that Mediatek is probably the fastest growing chip suppliers globally?
The company [...]

Qualcomm finally jumps into bed with GSMA

Rating: Maybe the cellular industry is converging after all
It used to be that cellular chip specialist, Qualcomm, was regarded as the architect of CDMA2000. And the GSM Association (GSMA) was seen as the champion of W-CDMA. Now GoMo News learns that Qualcomm will join the GSMA today. Convergence at last!
There’s no suggestion that Qualcomm [...]

Qualcomm tackles mobile Internet retail with new Plaza service

Qualcomm Incorporated has announced an addition to it’s Plaza suite - The Plaza Retail solution. This has been designed to ensure that anyone selling applications can guarantee an easy-to-understand process that works exactly the same across a multitude of devices.

Wait, wait, wait - go back a step. What’s Plaza?

Plaza was launched last year, and was [...]

Mobile devices can get faster and more efficient with new Intel chips

Intel yesterday unveiled plans to change the way it designs chips for mobile devices. It’s new system-on-chip (SoC) designs could dramatically reduce power consumption and increase processing power.
What’s system-on-chip?
The trend so far has been to build more powerful microprocessors that can do more things at once. But that generates a lot of heat and takes [...]

Qualcomm gets huge mobile multimedia boost from AMD

Qualcomm today announced that it has purchased a huge chunk of graphics and multimedia assets from Imageon, AMD’s handheld business. The acquisition will drive the multimedia abilities of Qualcomm’s handsets.
As part of the roughly-$65 million agreement, Qualcomm is offering employment to various design and development teams from Imageon. The focus of those teams are 2D [...]

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