02/26/2010
Giga Om
Smartphones could be the most important diagnostic tool of this century as part of a revolution in digital wireless medical devices, according to Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist working at The Scripps Research Institute, speaking at the TedMed conference last year. In a video released earlier this week, Topol shows off patches communicating with [...]
12/16/2009
MarketWatch – Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The apparent plan of Google Inc. to produce a mobile phone under its own brand has unsettled the wireless industry, but the Web giant won’t find it easy to replicate the same success it’s achieved on the Internet.
Last weekend, the company issued Google-branded phones to some employees, fueling [...]
12/10/2009
IDG News Service – TAIPEI BUREAU
IDG News Service – Acer plans to launch as many as six new smartphones with Google’s Android mobile operating system in the first half of next year, a company executive said today.
The world’s second largest PC vendor this week started rolling out its first Android handset, the Liquid smartphone. [...]
12/03/2009
TheStreet.com
Intel(INTC Quote) will have no choice but to buy ARM Holdings(AIG Quote).
The first reason is that ARM controls the market for smartphone processors, and Intel won’t be able to knock it off that perch.
ARM CEO Warren East said the other day in an interview, “I’m sure that Intel are going to get their Atom designed [...]
11/30/2009
DigiTimes – Online
Qualcomm has raised its concern about market share in the high-end handset segment due to fiercer competition. The chipmaker is in talks with Apple for interest in future cooperation, according to market sources.
Qualcomm is supplying handset chips to Korea-based Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics (LGE) and Taiwan-based High Tech Computer (HTC). However, [...]
11/13/2009
ZDNet News
Dell officially hatched its grand smartphone plan and it’s focused on emerging markets and the Android operating system. The company confirmed its plans to launch smartphones in China and Brazil.
In a statement Friday, Dell said it will distribute its Mini 3 smartphones through China Mobile, the wireless behemoth in China. In Brazil, Dell [...]
10/26/2009
BNET
Qualcomm could end up federating the currently fragmented open source mobile app space and giving Apple a real run for its money.
So far, developers have flocked to the iPhone because Apple makes it easy for them to present their apps to end users, and makes it easy for them to sell through an interface [...]
10/21/2009
InformationWeek – Online
If you were wondering what Motorola (NYSE: MOT)’s third Android handset will look like, wonder no longer. New images have appeared that show a simpler handset that won’t match the CLIQ or DROID when it comes to specs.
This Android handset from Motorola has been masquerading under the codename “Calgary” for some time [...]
10/20/2009
TheStreet.com
Exclusive: Google Plans Its Own Android Phone
Scott Moritz
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Move over Apple (AAPL Quote), Research In Motion (RIMM Quote) and Motorola, (MOT Quote) Google (GOOG Quote) is jumping into the smartphone market with a Android phone of its own.
In what is likely to be seen as disruptive to the wireless status quo, Google [...]
10/20/2009
BusinessWeek
There are rumors that the PC maker plans to enter the smartphone market, but it may have a hard time muscling its way into the crowded field
By Roger L. Kay
Now that Dell is signaling its intention to vault into the smartphone market, industry watchers are asking whether the company can make a serious run. [...]
