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Tag Archives: smartphones
China: Entry-level dual core IPS WVGA (480×800) smartphones $65+ now, quad-core $70+ in June
China market: Qualcomm, Spreadtrum cutting quad-core processor prices [DIGITIMES, April 25, 2013] Qualcomm and Spreadtrum Communications have both cut prices for their quad-core products to better compete against MediaTek, which controls half of the smartphone-chip market in China, according to … Continue reading
Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC
Tagged 2.5G, Android, China, China Mobile, dual core, entry level, 蘑菇手机, HSPA+, HSUPA, IPS, MediaTek, MOGO OS, Mogu, Mogu Phone, MOGU蘑菇手机, Qualcomm, SC6825, SC8825, smartphones, Spreadtrum, TD-SCDMA, WVGA
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Temporary Nokia setback in India
According to “Samsung Nokia India GfK-Nielsen” search from April 25 to April 28, 2013: Samsung beats Nokia to become largest Mobile Phone seller in Urban India Samsung Leads In Phone Sales & Grabs Leadership Position From Nokia Samsung topples Nokia, … Continue reading
Posted in "smart" feature phones, Geopolitics, smartphones
Tagged Java, India, Nokia, Samsung, Micromax, Karbonn, smartphones, Samsung Mobile, mobile phones, Videocon, Asha, entry-level smartphones, urban India, Asha Full Touch, Samsung REX, Samsung REX 70, GfK-Nielsen, Nokia India, Karbonn Mobiles, Idea Cellular
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Qualcomm quad-core Cortex-A7 SoCs with Adreno 305 and 1080p coming for the high-volume global market and China
With Qualcomm’s this week announcement (see below in the details section) the company is expanding the high-volume Play tier of its S4 class SoCs for aggressive competition with Taiwan (especially MediaTek, see in the details) and mainland China based competitors, … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, Geopolitics, SoC
Tagged 1080p, 28 nm, 28nm, Adreno, Adreno 300, Adreno 305, Adreno 320, Beidou, China, Cortex-A7, Dell, dual SIM, Dual-SIM Dual-Active, Dual-SIM Dual-Standby, Exynos, global market high-volume smartphones, Google, GPU, high-volume market, Krait 300, Krait v2. Krait 200, Krait v3, LG, MediaTek, MSM8226, MSM8626, MSM8960T, multi-SIM, Nexus 4, quad core, S4, S4 Play, S4 Pro, smartphones, Tegra 3, video, Windows RT on Snapdragon
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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
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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ST-Ericsson: Fundamental repositioning for modem, APE and ModAps spaces
Rumour: Microsoft to expand ARM processor choices to Samsung and ST-Ericsson SOCs in next Windows update [Oct 5, 2012] MSNerd, long time Microsoft leaker, has passed on a little tip about the next version of Windows on ARM. Currently Windows … Continue reading
Posted in SoC, Geopolitics, smartphones, tablets
Tagged SoC, Microsoft, LTE, Android, HSPA+, Tablets, Samsung, ST-Ericsson, smartphones, Windows, finFET, 28nm, GlobalFoundries, HKMG, 32nm, Windows Phone, STMicroelectronics, Windows RT, FD-SOI, modem, APE, ModAps, NovaThor, L8540, L8580, U8500, U8520, M7400
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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, Geopolitics, smartphones, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing
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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Nexus 7: Google wanted it in 4 months for $199/$245, ASUS delivered + Nexus Q (of Google’s own design and manufacturing) added for social streaming from Google Play to speakers and screen in home under Android device control
+ the whole Android-centric story is getting even more interesting when Chrome, Google Drive, Chrome OS and the apps related to that are added. So the latest updates on that are included here as well (in fact from the Day … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, consumer devices, smartphones
Tagged Android, Android 4.1, Android Market, Android phones, Android tablets, appsgames, Asus, books, Chrome, Chrome for Android, Chrome for iPad, Chrome for iPhone, Chrome OS, Chrome Remote Desktop, Chrome Web Store, Chromebook, Chromebox, digital entertainment distribution service, digital entertainment distribution service in the cloud, distribution service, entertainment, Google, Google Drive, Google Drive for Android, Google Drive for iOS, Google I/O, Google I/O 2012, Google Now, Google Play, Jelly Bean, magazines, movies, music, Nexus 7, Nexus Q, OMAP4460, smartphones, speakers, Tablets, Tegra 3, TV
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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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