QCT In The News

Qualcomm puts firm emphasis on 'smartbook' segment

by Anne Morris, Total Telecom, posted June 12, 2009

Wireless technology company says it is not planning to compete with Intel – yet.

Snapdragon: Empowering smartbooks and robot overlords

by Flora Graham, CNET UK, posted June 10, 2009

Wireless technology company says it is not planning to compete with Intel – yet.

Inventec ready to ship Snapdragon laptop in Q4

by Owen Fletcher, IDG News Service, posted June 1, 2009

One of the world's largest contract PC makers expects to begin shipping its first laptop based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon microprocessor later this year, it said Monday.

Thin and Rich

by Michal Lev-Ram, Popular Science, posted April 28, 2009

A new set of chips gives super-slim cellphones the power of laptops

Titanic clash brewing between Qualcomm, Intel

by Brooke Crothers, Nanotech: the Circuits Blog, posted April 23, 2009

Wistron’s Snapdragon-powered PurseBook gets demoed

by Chris Ziegler, Engadget, posted April 3, 2009

Light and Cheap, Netbooks Are Poised to Reshape PC Industry

by Ashlee Vance and Matt Richtel, The New York Times, posted April 1, 2009

3G netbooks: Are they the cell phones of the future?

by Brian Nadel, Computerworld, posted February 25, 2009

Video: Toshiba TG01 1GHz Windows Mobile hands-on

by Jason Jenkins, CNET UK, posted February 24, 2009

Finding a fix for phone frustration

by Dan Simmons, BBC, posted February 20, 2009

One potential answer could be Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset which its makers claim is about 50% more powerful than those in current smartphones.

Nokia, Qualcomm Pair to Bring Symbian Phones to U.S.

by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine, posted February 17, 2009

Nokia and Qualcomm on Tuesday announced a joint effort to ramp up the availability of Symbian OS S60 smartphones in North America by working together to develop new phones for UMTS networks, like the networks AT&T and T-Mobile use.

Nokia, Qualcomm Join on 3G Smartphone Development

by Dan Nystedt, Computerworld, posted February 17, 2009

The world's largest mobile phone vendor and the biggest cellular chip developer said Tuesday that they plan to make 3G (third-generation) mobile devices together for the North American market.

Qualcomm Promises One Wireless Card to Rule Them All

by Priya Ganapati, Wired, posted February 13, 2009

Qualcomm is readying the second generation of its universal wireless broadband platform, allowing users to connect to any telecom carrier worldwide with a single device.

Double Your 3G Option: Gobi Lets You Connect Anywhere

by Brian Nadel, Computerworld, posted February 11, 2009

Rather than working with a single frequency, the Gobi device -- which currently can only be obtained already built into a notebook -- uses Qualcomm's MDM1000 chip that can operate on 850 MHz or 1.8-, 1.9- or 2.1 GHz. As a result, rather than being stuck with either this network or that network, Gobi lets you choose which to connect with, doubling your chances of getting online.

Qualcomm Challenges Intel Over Netbook Dominance

by Phil Goldstein, FierceWireless, posted January 12, 2009

Qualcomm plans on challenging Intel on the netbook and mobile Internet device (MID) front, arguing that its Snapdragon chipset will out-compete Intel's Atom processor in the growing market segment.

The Chips Are Down for Little PCs

by Matt Richtel, New York Times, posted on January 9, 2009

At C.E.S., Qualcomm’s booth was located just a few paces away from Hewlett-Packard’s. In an interview there, Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm chief executive, said the chips are sufficiently powerful that they could eventually be used for more traditional computers, like laptops.

Qualcomm Gobi: Mobile Innovation Awards - Mobile Computing

by LAPTOP Staff, LAPTOP Magazine, posted January 09, 2009

If mobile broadband killed hotspot hunting, Gobi killed the need for having to choose between different integrated cellular modems when purchasing a notebook.

ThinkFree Office Suite on Qualcomm Snapdragon Netbook

jkOnTheRun, posted January 8, 2009

This morning I met with Edward Coloma from ThinkFree, developers of the ThinkFree Office suite. Back in October, the company introduced a demo of the productivity suite specifically for netbooks and today the company showed me the software running on Qualcomm-based hardware.

Qualcomm Runs Google Android on mobile chipset

by Richard Wilson, Electronics Weekly, posted January 8, 2009

Qualcomm has demonstrated Google’s Android mobile operating system running on its Snapdragon mobile chipsets at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Qualcomm Could Shine At CES

by Elizabeth Woyke, Forbes, posted January 7, 2009

Qualcomm rarely grabs the spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show, the sprawling annual exhibition of high-tech gadgets. But this year could be different.