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Qualcomm Shows Off Snapdragon Smartbooks
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| A drawback is that the Windows operating systems do not run on either of the
| two Snapragon processors: the 1-GHz QSD8x50, a new, upgraded 1.3-GHz
| QSD8650A, and the 1.5-GHz, dual-core QSD8672. That means that any smartbooks
| produced using the chip must run Linux, which consumers have seemed to shy
| away from, at least where netbooks are concerned.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2347890,00.asp
Inventec Ready to Ship Snapdragon Laptop in Q4
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| Inventec's latest reference design, running the Millos Linux operating system
| on a 10.1 inch screen, will be displayed by Qualcomm this week at Computex in
| Taipei. The laptop, intended to demonstrate the possibilities of the platform
| but not be a commercial product, uses a 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU. It features a
| 1,024 by 600 pixel resolution screen, a 64GB flash disk and integrated 3G
| wireless. It weighs about 800 grams.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/165820/inventec_ready_to_ship_snapdragon_laptop_in_q4.html
30 Snapdragon gadgets in the pipeline
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| The spokesman said that an open source Linux OS will be used to underpin the
| graphical user interface on devices powered by Snapdragon, but that the GUI
| (graphical user interface) will be more important to the user than the OS.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62054524,00.htm
Recent:
Qualcomm unveils 'smartbook' Linux netbooks
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| Pineda said smartbooks would have battery lives of up to eight hours, based
| on active usage. The devices, which will be made by Qualcomm's partners, will
| have GPS and HD video playback, and will run on Linux with a smartphone-like
| user interface.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012842o-2000331761b,00.htm
Qualcomm Runs Android on Netbook Chip
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| Qualcomm said today it is running Google’s Android platform on its Snapdragon
| chipset designed for netbooks and mobile Internet devices. This isn’t
| earth-shattering since Snapgragon is an ARM-based chip, and another Qualcomm
| ARM-based chip powers the G1 Android phone. Qualcomm is also a big Android
| backer through the Open Handset Alliance.
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http://gigaom.com/2009/01/08/qualcomm-runs-android-on-netbook-chip/
Qualcomm’s Kayak “PC alternative” pictured
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| The chipset uses an ARM application processor so it can’t run Windows
| applications, but like Linux-based netbooks, Kayak devices could run existing
| productivity suites and support some Office file formats. “Long-term we would
| welcome the opportunity to port any of the Windows applications and we’ve had
| numerous discussions with Microsoft on this, but we don’t have anything to
| announce at this point,” CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs said at the meeting today. He
| added that Qualcomm has worked with Adobe to support Flash applications on
| Brew, which should make it easier to quickly develop applications.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/computers/?p=262
Qualcomm debuts 3G Linux mini-notebook
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| All these are still on the drawing board, but "similar products could be out
| by the end of this year," said Luis Pineda, senior vice president at
| Qualcomm. The company hopes to make a big bang with Snapdragon-based devices
| at next year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9958179-1.html
Qualcomm: Interview with a cellular vampire
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| CEO Paul Jacobs, in his opening address to the collected mass ranks of US and
| European analysts, turned this image on its head – expressing his “palpable
| relief” that the Nokia patents dispute had been resolved – and on terms that
| will not wreck the greater part of Qualcomm’s profits – those through royalty
| payments, and talked about having been smashed around for the past three
| years, and that now that it was over, the settlement driving huge positive
| momentum for his company.
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| [...]
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| Jacobs added: “We are not quite so worried about that action since we have
| workarounds for the Broadcom patents which are already in chips, and that
| give us negotiating leverage. We have worked through multiple decision trees
| on the outcomes of that legal action and although we’d like to see it
| resolved, whichever way its goes it will not have as great an effect as the
| Nokia action.”
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/18/qualcomm_vampire/
Related:
Praying That Eudora Has an Afterlife
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| Hope is not lost, as Qualcomm released the software to open-source
| volunteers to use and improve. Eudora might again thrive by sharing
| code and features with Thunderbird, an E-mail program being
| developed at the open-source Mozilla project.
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http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/davesdownload/archive/070220/praying_that_eudora_has_an_aft.htm
http://tinyurl.com/27np2d
Eudora e-mail client to go open source
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| Qualcomm on Wednesday announced plans to release future versions of
| its Eudora e-mail client software as open source. The company is
| collaborating with The Mozilla Foundation to base the next version of
| Eudora on Mozilla?s Thunderbird e-mail software.
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http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/10/11/eudora/index.php?lsrc=mwrss
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