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Tag Archives: Motorola
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
Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, notebooks, smartphones, tablets
Tagged 2013 ICT market, 2013 market, Acer, Alibaba, Aliyun, Allwinner, Amazon, Android, Android devices, Android smartphones, Android tablets, Apple, Asustek, branded Android tablets, China market, commodity, commodity markets, Compal, Coolpad, Dell, Digitimes, Digitimes Research, ecosystems, FIH, Flextronics, Foxconn, Gartner, global tablet shipments, Google, Haier, Hewlett-Packard, HTC, Huawei, IDC, iPad, iPhone, Lenovo, LG, major brands, market forecasts, market shares, Microsoft PixelSense, Microsoft Surface, Motorola, Nexus 10, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, notebooks, ODMs, OEMs, Oppo, PC brands, PC replacement, Pegatron Technology, premium brand markets, premium brands, price points, profits, Quanta, Rockchip, Samsung, smartphones, Tablets, Taiwan makers, Toshiba, trends, white-box tablets, Window Phone, Windows 8, Windows notebooks, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.8, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT, Wistron, Xiaomi, ZTE
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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
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, Geopolitics, smartphones
Tagged Microsoft, Apple, Google, Android, India, China, Baidu, Nokia, Symbian, Samsung, HTC, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, iOS, Motorola, RIM, Latin America, Russia, Brazil, IDC, iPhone, K-Touch, Gionee, smartphones, United States, US, Windows Phone 8, Coolpad, Spain, Asia-Pacific, Oppo, global market, Australia, Great Britain, GB, Germany, France, Italy, lead market, commoditization of smartphones, commoditization, Xiaomi, Kantar, Analysys International, Canalys, Mexico, price tier, price, IHS iSuppli, Meizu Technology, Shanda Interactive, Alibaba Group, iPhone 3GS, Ralph Haupter, Gordon Frazer, devices and services, low-end
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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
Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC
Tagged 2012 smartphone war, 40nm, Android 4.0, Apple, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, Coolpad, Cortex A9, Cortex-A7, dual SIM, HSPA+, HTC, Huawei, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, iHTC, Lenovo, MediaTek, Motorola, MStar, MT6575, MT6577, MT6583, MT6588, MT6589, MT6599, MTK6589, Nokia, Oppo, PowerVR, PowerVR Series5, Qualcomm, retail channels, Samsung, SGX544, Shanda, smartphones, ST-Ericsson, TD-SCDMA. WCDMA, white-box vendors, ZOPO, ZTE
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Intel 2011: a year of records, milestones and breakthroughs
Intel’s CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results – Earnings Call Transcript [Seeking Alpha, Jan 19, 2012] + Q&A –> Intel’s industry position and prospects for years ahead [Dec 9, 2010 – March 21, 2011] reinvented the transistor with our 3-D Tri-Gate … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, smartphones, tablets
Tagged 14 nanometers, 14nm, 22 nanometers, 22nm, 3-D Tri-Gate, Android, China, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Google, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, Infineon, Infineon Wireless Solutions, Intel, Ivy Bridge, K800, Knights Corner, Lenovo, McAfee, Medfield, Microsoft, Motorola, Romley, Sandy Bridge, smartphones, SoC, Tablets, Telmap, Ultrabook, Windows 8
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The new, high-volume market in China is ready to define the 2012 smartphone war
Follow-up: Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement [June 27, 2012] - China TD-SCDMA and W-CDMA 3G subscribers by the end of 2011: China Mobile lost its original growth momentum [Jan 21, 2011] Updates: China market: Local vendors to roll out CNY300 … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC
Tagged 3.5G, 3G, Amoi, Android, Apple, Broadcom, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Wireless Technologies, cloud client, Coolpad, GLBenchmark, Hisense, HTC, Huawei, iPhone 3G S, Lenovo, MediaTek, Motorola, MStar, MT6573, MT6575, MTK6573, MTK6575, Philips, PowerVR, Qualcomm, Sang Fei, smartphones, SoC, Spreadtrum, Taiwan, TCL, TCL Communication Technology, TD-SCDMA, TSMC, UMC, W-CDMA, Yulong, ZTE
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OPhone 2.5 and beyond from Borqs for China Mobile
Recommended preliminary reading: OPhone OS (OMS) 2.0 based on Android 2.1 [July 5 - Dec 13, 2010] China Mobile trailer video [Jan 8, 2011] Borqs: The Early Bird Catches More Worms [Borqs article, Nov 23, 2011] The lower versions of Android were … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Geopolitics, Mobile Internet, smartphones, tablets
Tagged Android, Asus, Big Cloud, Borqs, China, China Mobile, cloud client, Coolpad, Huawei, Marvell, Mobee, Motorola, OPhone, PXA918, PXA920, Sony Ericsson
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More on supply chain battles for …
preceding post: Supply chain battles for much improved levels of price/performance competitiveness [Aug 16, 2011] Digitimes Insight: Acquisition of Motorola may enhance Android services [Aug 30, 2011] Due to Google’s recent acquisition of Motorola including the tablet vendor’s mobile hardware … Continue reading
First real chances for Marvell on the tablet and smartphone fronts
especially because: Kinoma is now the marvellous software owned by Marvell [Feb 15, 2011] Update [Aug 21, 2012]: ZTE’s U880 is based on Marvell’s then market leading PXA920 single chip SoC, and was introduced a year ago at a list price of … Continue reading
Posted in smartphones, SoC, tablets
Tagged Android, China, China Mobile, cloud client, FDD LTE, Huawei, Marvell, Motorola, Research in Motion, RIM, Samsung, SoC, Tablets, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, TDD LTE, ZTE
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