Today Qualcomm announced that it will begin building new chips that will allow for combined cellular/satellite phones. Qualcomm struck an agreement with satellite providers Mobile Satellite Ventures and ICO Global Communications. It will incorporate their technology into new baseband chips for use in cell phones so that phones can use both cellular networks and satellite […]

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Qualcomm has agreed to pay $16.3 million for 40 MHz of L-Band spectrum in the U.K. Qualcomm will use this sliver of spectrum to test and further refine its MediaFLO mobile TV technology. The European Commission recently chose DVB-H as the standard for mobile TV for European countries, so it is unclear what other purposes […]

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The GPS smartphone Mio were showing back at CES earlier this year, which uses Qualcomm’s new QST1100 combined app processor/GPS/cellular radio chip, has acquired a name and a likely release; called Lovebird, the touchscreen Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro handset has both GPS and A-GPS, quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 2GB of ROM to store Mio’s mapping data.
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Nokia and Qualcomm have made some progress in their ongoing legal battles concerning patents and cell phone technology. While none of the litigation has been settled, both companies agreed to refrain from filing any new lawsuits, put some of the cases on hold, and combine several of the proceedings to speed up the process. The […]

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Terminal.hu has just posted pictures of the Sony Ericsson Experia X1. What’s so special about this? The fact that it runs on the yet to be announced Windows Mobile 6.1.
Bloggers and Journalists alike were frustrated with the team showcasing the Experia X1 at Mobile World Congress, the team were very “hush hush” about it all. […]

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Mio Technology and Qualcomm have teamed up to design personal navigators with communication capabilities. The devices will be based on Qualcomm QST1100 chipsets. This solution involves an application processor, a GPS-module and cell network support. The new generation navigators will become convenient and useful solutions: in addition to GPS-functionality they provide (via the Internet) real […]

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Motorola has expanded its use of chips from Qualcomm. Today Motorola committed to using certain Qualcomm UMTS 3G chips in phones set for release in late 2008 and throughout 2009. It also released quarterly results for the end of 2007. Sales of its handsets dropped by 38% compared to the same quarter in 2006 to […]

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Documents seen on the FCC site revealed the Samsung Z400, a ruggedized clamshell bound for Sprint. This CDMA EVDO phone will be the first phone to use Qualcomm’s QChat PTT technology, which will be branded Direct Connect on the Sprint network. It has dual displays, with an OLED exterior display. It hosts stereo speakers, a […]

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The information about HTC Clio 200 and HTC Clio 100 UMPC appeared on FCC site at the end of November.
There wasn’t much details about these Clio devices at the time, but people in the know quickly concluded that these are HTC Shift UMPCs, headed for the U.S.
They were right. Today the external photos and […]

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Qualcomm has introduced prototypes of two mobile devices – Fairbanks and Anchorage. The company will offer these samples for manufacturers so they can make their products. The first model is a portable media player with GPS. It is equipped with a big touch-sensitive display, a 3-megapixel camera, a digital TV receiver and an expansion slot […]

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