All entries tagged with "qualcomm"

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HTC Video Software Update Still Planned

April 29, 2008 9:37 AM
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Amongst the many sagas we keep track of here at WMExperts, few are as contentious and difficult to follow...

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• htc
• qualcomm
• tilt
• video driver

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HTC To Deliver Video Improvements After All?

February 19, 2008 11:23 AM
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You know about the so-called “missing driver” controversy on HTC devices utilizing Qualcomm chips, you've read our exclusive Insider...

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• htc
• industrynews
• qualcomm
• video

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WMExperts Podcast, Episode 1!

February 15, 2008 1:44 PM
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What'd we tell you earlier? Stay Tuned, right? Here's what's for: the WMExperts Podcast! Here's the deal: we'll be...

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• htc
• mwc2008
• podcast
• qualcomm
• windowsmobile
• xperia x1

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Qualcomm, HTC, chipsets and features: An Insider Q + A

February 13, 2008 2:15 PM
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With the recent spate of Qualcomm info (they just showed a whole new lineup of next-gen chips, including an...

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• chipset
• class action
• HTC
• insider
• msm7500
• Qualcomm

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Motorola Ditches Qualcomm, Cuts R&D

September 12, 2007 2:10 PM
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Moto is switching to Texas Instruments for their cell radios, primarily because of “business reasons.” I’d bet dollars to donuts that one of those “business reasons” is that Qualcomm is looking like they’re never going to get out We believe Motorola’s decision was purely business as our technical contacts had suggested many Qualcomm-based [third-generation] WCDMA designs in the pipeline and a general preference amongst Motorola designers for Qualcomm, despite the higher pricing. Our checks reveal that Motorola found Qualcomm “hard to do business with,” which we interpret as either too high-priced, or also having something to do with the royalty rates.

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• industrynews
• motorola
• qualcomm
• verizon

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LG to make Windows Mobile Smartphones?

August 27, 2007 7:53 AM
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We’ve been awfully hard on Broadcom here at WMExperts, mainly because we (ok, me, for various reasons) A recent sign of Broadcom’s newfound footing in basebands came May 31, when Broadcom said it and Microsoft (MSFT), the world’s largest software company, had jointly created a design center in Taiwan where the companies will develop basebands that run Microsoft’s Windows Mobile software.... But Starkweather says Korea’s LG Electronics asked Broadcom and Microsoft to work together and that Microsoft is spending as much on the center with Broadcom as it has on comparable efforts with TI and Qualcomm.

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• broadcom
• LG
• prada
• qualcomm

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Qualcomm on the Patent Ropes

August 15, 2007 1:52 PM
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Today’s news: Qualcomm just got knocked to the mat in their patent fight with Broadcom. In a move following a string of legal defeats to Broadcom Corp., a rival and a newcomer to the cell phone business, Qualcomm Inc. announced yesterday that its lead counsel, Lou Loupin, will be resigning.

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• broadcom
• industrynews
• qualcomm

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Rant: gpsOne is Not GPS

August 14, 2007 2:29 PM
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Pardon my rant: I joined in the crowd talking about the FCC approval of the ho-hum HTC Iris because it’s out there in the blogosphere and we here at WMExperts are super hip with the blogosphere, natch. I’m seeing it reported that the Iris has GPS.

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• gps
• gpsone
• qualcomm

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Qualcomm Chip Ban Continues

July 23, 2007 8:39 AM
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The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed Qualcomm’s request for a stay of the ban, saying that it can’t consider a stay until a presidential review period is over. U.S. President George Bush has 60 days following the U.S. International Trade Commission’s decision from June 7 to overturn the ban.

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• broadcom
• industrynews
• qualcomm
• verizon

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Verizon Makes An End Run Around 3G Chip Ban

July 20, 2007 9:54 AM
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Under a licensing agreement, Verizon will pay Broadcom $6 for every handset, PDA, or data card that uses EvDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) mobile broadband technology. The carrier will make the payments up to a ceiling of $40 million per calendar quarter and a lifetime maximum of $200 million.

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• broadcom
• industrynews
• qualcomm
• verizon

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CTIA: Don't Ban 3G Chips

July 13, 2007 12:54 PM
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Just over a month ago we reported that the International Trade Commission wants to ban 3G chips from being imported into the US because they violated Broadcom patents (Story here).

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• Broadcom
• CTIA
• qualcomm

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AIEE! New Qualcomm 3G chips (and the phones that contain them) Banned

June 8, 2007 1:31 PM
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Ok, ok, breathe. It's not as bad as all that.... right? Here's the skinny: the International Trade Commission ruled that Qualcomm's 3G chips (which are to be found a a bunch of phones, especially on Sprint and Verizon) infringe on some Broadcom patents. They banned future imports to the US - but phones that have already been imported or approved are fine. That *should* mean that roapmaps for upcoming devices shouldn't change in the short term. In the long term, Qualcomm needs to get this little dispute taken care of.

The International Trade Commission said late on Thursday that the Qualcomm chips infringed a patent owned by Broadcom Corp. (BRCM.O: Quote, Profile , Research) and barred U.S. sales of phones containing the chips that are not already being imported.

Read: Qualcomm shares up as ITC ban not as bad as feared

Here's a funny twist, though, the best hope that Qualcomm (and their buddy Verizon) have for fixing this this ASAP? The President of the United States:

Both Qualcomm and Verizon already have said publicly that they plan to ask President Bush to overturn the ITC ruling, and will ask a federal appeals court to grant an emergency stay to prevent the ruling from taking effect until the President rules on the appeal.

Read: NewsFactor Network Qualcomm 3G Chips Barred from U.S.

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• qualcomm

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