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When people started snapping up smartphones en masse back in 2007, thank Apple for that, no one could have predicted that it would be mobile gaming that would drive the ecosystem forward. Many, myself included, thought that push email, maps, and general web browsing would make the “new” product category popular enough that people would…
The internet is a place where “he said, she said” type rumors quickly become major news and then through some weird prism of logic somehow become fact. One such rumor was that Google’s upcoming Android 3.0 tablet optimized mobile operating system would require a minimum set of system specifications in order to even run. That…
Music has been a part of our culture since the dawn of man, but these days the problem is finding new music to listen to. Thanks to piracy you can download pretty much anything that was ever recorded, but even if you did that, and listened to music from the moment you wake up to…
During the next 12 months you’re going to hear about several devices, actually many devices, coming to market. Most of the higher end hardware will have one feature in common and that’s HDMI connectivity, otherwise known as the single cable needed to transmit both audio and HD video to your brand spanking new boob tube.…
Qualcomm, looking to expand their product portfolio after making a name for themselves by being one of the best suppliers of chipsets for mobile phones, has announced that they’re going to invest $1 billion in Mirasol display technology by building a factory in Taiwan that produces screens for various types of devices. Last summer it…
Freescale Semiconductor, which used to be a part of Motorola until 2004, has recently announced a new lineup of chips dubbed the i.MX 6 series and they pack one hell of a punch. To start things off the applications processor is based on ARM’s Cortex A9 processor. Right not there’s nothing on the market that’s…
When you think about how much information your mobile phone knows about you, such as who you call and when, the texts you send and receive, the sites you’ve been to, your stored passwords, and pretty soon a history of your transactions, then you might get a little hesitant to let someone use it, even…
HP Palm (is that what the firm is now known as?) has started sending out invitations to “an exiting webOS announcement” due to take place on February 9th in San Francisco, California at 10:00 in the morning. The text at the top of the invite reads “Think big. Think small. Think beyond.” which can have…
Update: It happened. Qualcomm purchased Atheros for $3.1 billion. There’s a rumor going around, started by the New York Times, that in a few short hours Qualcomm will announce their intent to pick up Atheros Communications for roughly $3.5 billion, making it the largest acquisition Qualcomm will have ever performed. If you’re unfamiliar with either…
Two people who wish to remain anonymous, for obvious reasons, have told Business Week that the search giant Google is in the process of developing a near field communication (NFC) based payment system that would let users buy everyday items using nothing more than their mobile phone. If this rumor is true, and depending on…