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Linux client market share gains outside the Android? Instead of gains will it shrink to 5% in the next 3 years?

The Linux Foudation quite proundly referred to ReadWriteMobile: The ‘Year of the Linux Desktop’? That’s So 2012 [Feb 3, 2013] For those Linux enthusiasts still pining for the mythical “Year of the Linux Desktop,” the wait is over. In fact, … Continue reading

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Ubuntu and HTC in lockstep

Update at 18:05 PM CET: Both Ubuntu’s and HTC’s countdowns have ended, and there was no relationship between the two. Ubuntu, however, managed a clever publicity this way. What Ubuntu is promising now – touch enhanced experience from a single … Continue reading

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Allwinner vis-à-vis HTC on 2013 International CES

From Allwinner: Allwinner has launched its latest quad-core application processor A31 in December 2012 and will create another legend in the consuming world. If you would like to know more about A31, please schedule a meeting with us at CES … Continue reading

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Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5 (and vs. Android, Galaxy S3, HTC One X+)

András Velvárt suggested to me an excellent customer review available on Amazon of Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5. It is really amazing that Lumia 920 is winning against iPhone 5 in so many respects. I checked on the web and … Continue reading

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Can VIA Technologies save the mobile computing future of the x86 (x64) legacy platform?

After Urgent search for an Intel savior [this same blog, Nov 21, 2012] this is a quite legitimate and important question. Watch Cher Wang, the founder and still the chairman of the VIA Technologies (also HTC), speaking about the enterpreneurship … Continue reading

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Boosting both the commodity and premium brand markets in 2013 with much more smartphones and tablets while the Windows notebook shipments will shrink by 2%

This is my conclusion after reviewing The ongoing trends in the commodity and premium brand ecosystems of Android devices: – Smartphones- Tablets and The emerging new trends in the premium ecosystem of the Windows devices:- Notebooks – Smartphones as reported … Continue reading

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Qualcomm decided to compete with the existing Cortex-A5/Krait-based offerings till the end of 2012

Update: Nvidia Tegra 3 under strong pressure from S4 Pro, say Taiwan makers [DIGITIMES, Dec 7, 2012] Snapdragon S4 Pro series processors developed by Qualcomm have brought increasing competitive pressure on Nvidia’s Tegra 3 because of its superior overall performance-cost … Continue reading

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The low priced, Android based smartphones of China will change the global market

During the 12 months or so China took over the overall leading market role for smartphones from the key markets considered to be in the lead: US, Australia, Brazil, Great Britain (GB), Germany, France, Italy and Spain. An even more … Continue reading

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Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement — UPDATED with MT6588/83 coming in Q4 2012 and 8-core MT6599 in 2013

Follow-up: MediaTek MT6589 quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC with HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA is available for Android smartphones and tablets of Q1 delivery [Dec 12, 2012] The MT6588 was recently renamed MT6589. Update: Sold 70 million in the first three quarters, MediaTek smart chip dominates China … Continue reading

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Tech investment banking expertise to strengthen the unique value focus of growing the HTC brand and to achieve high growth again

Updates #2: -  HTC sees revenues down sharply on-year in July [DIGITIMES, Aug 7, 2012] HTC saw its revenues dip 16.7% on month and 44.5% on year to a five-month low of NT$25 billion (US$834.45 million) in July. For the … Continue reading

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