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Computex Bits 'n Bytes – Day Zero

Computex 2010, the massive Taipei electronics expo is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, with a slew of new gizmos and gadgets, smartphones and tablets on display.

China Telecom introduces iPad copycat

China Telecom, the Chinese telecommunications operator, launched its first 3G tablet on Monday, un-originally dubbed the LifePad.

Blackberry delays tablet plans

According to widespread reports, Research In Motion, maker of the famed Blackberry smartphone has decided to delay plans to introduce its own tablet.RIM's plans to delay its Blackberry branded tablet came to light after Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar told Thestreet.com that "everyone is...

Intel unleashes revamped Atom, claims smartphone readiness

Chip giant Intel Corp. yesterday announced a new version of its Atom processor platform – the 45nm Z6xx – which the company claims consumes so little power that it will push the company into the smartphone and tablet game. Critics, however, say the move is too little, far too late.

Intel unleashes revamped Atom, claims smartphone readiness

Chip giant Intel Corp. yesterday announced a new version of its Atom processor platform – the 45nm Z6xx – which the company claims consumes so little power that it will push the company into the smartphone and tablet game. Critics, however, say the move...

ARM Powered Android device solves Rubiks cube

While ESC may not be all fun and games, little British chip shop, ARM, was doing its bit to liven things up at its booth, showing off a specially designed Rubik's Cube solver.

ARM Powered Android device solves Rubiks cube

While ESC may not be all fun and games, little British chip shop, ARM, was doing its bit to liven things up at its booth, showing off a specially designed Rubik's Cube solver. The solver was designed and programmed using an ARM Powered Android...

Apple ARM acquisition would cause massive mobile shake-up

As rumors go, it doesn't get more shocking than the whisperings Wednesday night, that gadget maker Apple Inc. was mulling a move to buy British chip shop ARM Ltd., the logic designer for the microprocessors and microcontrollers used in most of today's cellphones and...

The Moore's law paradox Intel not ready for mobiles

RCR Unplugged recently told readers of Intel Corp.'s efforts to port Google Inc.'s Android operating system to its Atom chip, in the hope that the ever-popular Google operating system might add some oomph to the chip firm's foray into the mobile and smartphone space.But...

Android for Intel Atom devices spells trouble for ARM

Android scored another victory this week, as chip-giant Intel Corp. announced at its Developer Forum in Beijing it had ported Google Inc.'s OS to its Atom microprocessors, the latest move to ensure the tiny chip supports a plethora of operating systems.SVP and GM of...

Advanced devices will aid chip market going forward

While 2009 was dismal for overall semiconductor sales, smartphones, electronic readers and netbooks/smartbooks should help the industry in 2010. “The year 2009 will be remembered as one of the most dismal years in the history of the global semiconductor business, with a plunge of...

Sony Ericsson to build Android phone: Vendor will continue support for Windows Mobile, Symbian

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has joined the Open Handset Alliance in support of Google Inc.'s Android platform, the handset vendor said today.ARM, the British semiconductor designer, also announced its membership in the OHA today. Sony Ericsson will produce a handset running the license-free,...

Huawei’s handset biz draws desire, and capital, of private equity: Moto apparently left out in cold

Huawei Technologies Co. has five interested suitors seeking a stake in the Chinese telecom company's handset division, according to today's Wall Street Journal. The nearly instant ardor for Huawei leaves investor-hungry Motorola Inc. looking like a wallflower at a school dance.The bids, made last...

LiMo absorbs a Linux camp

Suddenly, it's all about consolidating handset platforms. Today, LiPS said it would jump on the LiMo. Earlier this week, Nokia Corp. said it would buy out its partners in Symbian Ltd. in order to drive innovation and consolidation of that handset platform. The drivers...

Qualcomm invests in GSM-based femtocell firm

Qualcomm Inc. will buy a stake in ip.access Ltd., a U.K.-based femtocell vendor. The dollar amount of the investment and Qualcomm's relative share in ip.access were not made public, but ip.access said the stake was not a controlling one.Other well-known ip.access investors include the...

Apple’s New Deal?: Vodafone, America Movil take a bite

Apple Inc.'s foray into the global handset industry is a work-in-progress, judging by last week's events, just as its initial, domestic rollout was marked by adroit tactical shifts.A sudden avalanche of international market rollouts for the iPhone announced last week appeared to reflect that...

HTC America: to know us is to love us: Smartphone maker tries to grow awareness

Technophiles and industry insiders chatter constantly about HTC America's devices, with the savvy to look under the hood of carrier branding for the smartphone player partnered with Microsoft Corp. The general public simply does not apply the same scrutiny. For HTC America, now in...

Enterprise analyst looks at CTIA 2008: With consumers favored, she’ll pan for nuggets

With CTIA Wireless 2008 offering a predominantly consumer slant, one analyst will approach the show with a handful of issues in mind and filter accordingly. Euro-competition for American enterprise customers, open access, an enterprise pitch for Apple Inc.'s iPhone, fixed-mobile convergence and the recent...

The life and times of Kevin Martin: Candid interview with FCC chairman

If left to cynics and partisan naysayers, Kevin Martin's legacy as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission might be one of delayed public meetings, agency mismanagement and a novel national commercial/public-safety license approach that bombed in the 700 MHz auction. And wh ile it's...

Leading U.S. execs at Samsung and LG quietly leave roles

CEOs tend to come and go accompanied by headlines of some sort, at least in the American press. Not so for the second-tier executives of multinational corporations, particularly those at Korean conglomerates such as Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd., who...

Samsung sees slower growth in U.S. volume this year: Single-digit growth forecast as near-saturated market sees ‘ferocious’ competition

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. appears to be upping the ante in the U.S. cellphone market, where it is No. 2 - some distance behind Motorola Inc. and trailed closely by LG Electronics Co.While confident of its future here, Samsung sees the U.S. market's rate...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Accedian, Morpho, Wisair and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Accedian Networks: RHO Canada Ventures, Skypoint Capital and Solidarity Fund QFL invested $7.6 million into Montreal-based Accedian Networks, which...

Shenandoah stock up on Q4 results

Shenandoah Telecommunications reported $3.7 million in net income for the fourth quarter, representing a 14.5% increase from the year-ago period. The wireless arm of the company, which operates as an affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corp., brought in $3.7 million in net income, the same...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Acuity, Numobiq, VKernel and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Acuity: Navteq made an equity investment into Acuity Mobile Inc., a mobile location-based advertising delivery company based in Greenbelt,...