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Jolla’s Sailfish spills its MeeGo-reborn secrets: Carrier & chip deals inked

, Nov 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

MeeGo refugee Jolla has demonstrated its new Sailfish OS today, as well as announcing a deal with ST-Ericsson to run the platform on its mobile chips, and a carrier deal with Finland’s DNA. Revealed back in October, Sailfish focuses on “effortless multitasking” with the ability to run multiple apps simultaneously and even interact with them directly from the homescreen view. It also attempts to cut down on the taps, swipes, and pulls involved in checking status updates and notifications, and promises easy compatibility with Android apps.

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HTC and ST-Ericsson phone chip rumors could distance Qualcomm

, Apr 23rd 2012 Discuss [1]

HTC has reportedly partnered with chipset manufacturer ST-Ericsson to produce its own range of smartphone processors, further reducing its reliance on behemoth Qualcomm. The new chips will target the entry-level market, so the China Times reports, finding their way into low-cost HTC handsets as the company attempts to follow Samsung and Apple in taking control over its supply chain and components. Read The Full Story

Nokia fingers ST-Ericsson NovaThor for Windows Phones

, Nov 2nd 2011 Discuss [7]

Back in May, we had mentioned that Nokia would be using Qualcomm processors inside its range of Windows Phone handsets. At the time, we also reported that Nokia would be using the ST-Ericsson chips in at least a few of its Windows Phone devices. Today we learn that Nokia has chosen the ST-Ericsson dual core NovaThor for its future Windows Phone devices. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm “exclusive” Windows Phone 7.1 Mango chip supplier

, May 24th 2011 Discuss [2]

Qualcomm has announced that, just as with the first generation of WP7 handsets, its chips will be exclusively found inside the incoming range of Windows Phone 7.1 Mango devices. According to a statement Qualcomm gave SlashGear, "In close coordination with Microsoft, Qualcomm are excited to bring a new generation of Windows Phone handsets exclusively featuring Qualcomm’s second generation Snapdragon mobile processors to market." Read The Full Story

Nokia Windows Phone 8 powered by ST-Ericsson dual-core chip

, May 20th 2011 Discuss [5]

Nokia will use ST-Ericsson's chips in "at least some" of its upcoming Windows Phone handsets, rather than Qualcomm's Snapdragon as in the current range of WP7 devices. The news was confirmed by Carlo Bozotti, CEO of STMicroelectronics, to Forbes, describing the chipset partnership as being "an important supplier" for Nokia's Windows Phone 8 devices. Read The Full Story

Glonass Russian GPS coming from Qualcomm & more to boost LBS

, Mar 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

The next generation of smartphones and mobile devices could be far quicker to lock onto their physical location for mapping and LBS, with the news that big-name chipset manufacturers are adding Glonass support to their upcoming products. ST-Ericsson and Broadcom both support Glonass - the Russian-installed rival to GPS - in their new location chips, and Qualcomm has confirmed it will add support for the system in its 28nm integrated GPS offerings. Read The Full Story

ST-Ericsson “Focusing strongly” on the Windows Phone Platform

, Feb 17th 2011 Discuss [2]

Mobile chip maker ST-Ericsson is focusing strongly on the Windows Phone platform, to be ready when Nokia starts ramping up production of WP7 phones, according to Reuters. So far, Microsoft has only allowed use of its software on Qualcomm's chipsets, but ST-Ericsson CEO Gilles Delfassy said that would change. "We expect this situation will not prevail. Now everything has changed. The environment is different. We will be ready when Nokia ramps big volumes." he said in a Reuters interview. Read The Full Story

Wireless charging to see 65x growth by 2014 claims iSuppli; Nokia & RIM tipped as cutting their cords

, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Wireless charging solutions like the Palm Touchstone are likely to increase in shipments by a factor of 65x by 2014, iSuppli are predicting, suggesting that cordless power will spread from mobile phones to "portable media players, digital still cameras and mobile PCs."  They also predict the rise of a common standard which all manufacturers could promote cooperatively.  Current wireless charging shipments are believed to be around 3.6m units in 2010, though iSuppli expect that to rise to 234.9m in just four years time. Read The Full Story

Android gets support for multicore processors from ARM and ST-Ericsson

, Feb 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

ARM has been pushing its slick new Coretex-A9 MPCore symmetric multi core processor for a while now. The ARM processor consumes less power and operates at lower voltages and frequencies than single core processors, while offering increased performance. This makes the device perfect for smartphones and portable electronics. Read The Full Story

ST-Ericsson U8500 Cortex-A9 smartphone platform debuts [Video]

, Nov 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

The ST-Ericsson partnership between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson may only be young - the two firms founded the wireless semiconductor development project in February 2009 - but they're already showing off some interesting wares.  The ST-Ericsson U8500 uses an ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore SMP dual-core processor paired with the ARM Mali-400 OpenGL ES2.0 and OpenVG1.1 GPU; together, they're capable of outputting 1080p HD video in a smartphone form-factor. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story