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Can Intel Compete in a Mobile ARMs Race? [Fight]

By Tom Halfhill - MaximumPC | Published: September 15, 2010

Both Apple’s iPhone and iPad and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips are based on ARM architecture, as are almost all cell phone processors. But where is Intel and the x86? Can the world’s largest semiconduct…

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Qualcomm building a $2b Mirasol plant after winning ‘major client’?

By Vlad Savov | Published: August 20, 2010

Well, if this isn’t a statement of intent, we don’t know what is. Those good old market sources are reporting today that Qualcomm has set aside a cool $2 billion to build a new Mirasol display production plant in Taiwan. The chipmaker already has a Mi…

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ZTE Racer review

By Richard Lai | Published: August 11, 2010

In a battlefield now abundant with Android handsets, there’s only one easy way for a young smartphone brand to grab our attention: make a seriously dirt cheap handset. And we’re not just talking about a free phone chained to a pricey 18-month contract…

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Toshiba’s TG01 running Snapdragon launched as T-01A in Japan

By greader | Published: June 22, 2009

One of the hottest pieces of gear this year just made its way to retail in Japan. Less than a centimeter thick, the NTT DoCoMo T-01A is the same TG01 device revealed by Toshiba back in February running Qualcomm’s ultra-fast 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. As such, our far east brethren can lay claim to that 4.1-inch WVGA (800 x 480 pixel) resistive touchscreen display; HSDPA, GPS, and WiFi radios; and Toshiba’s custom-built UI meant to mask its Windows Mobile 6.1 core with a bit of Rothko misdirection. And now that Toshiba’s home country of Japan is all set, we hope to see the TG01 make its launch debute in Europe and beyond.

Gallery: Toshiba’s TG01 Snapdragon phone launched as NTT DoCoMo T-01A in Japan