"2009 will be a year of battle for the mobile smartphone platforms: Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, are looking to gain significant market share with its chipset, who will win?"
It seems that 2009 will be a year of great turmoil for the world of telephony. The entry into the smartphone market for the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform seems to be one of the hot topics of this year, but not limited to, the Nvidia Tegra platform is willing to have their say.
After the presentation of the first smartphone based on Snapdragon chipset with a 1GHz processor, from Toshiba, DigiTimes claims that the next producer to do this step will be HTC, with about three months behind at Toshiba. The list this year should also stretch a lot and seems destined to include Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Acer, ASUSTek Computer, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics.
CNet puts instead highlighted how Microsoft seems willing to bet on Nvidia Tegra to reach the market with a smartphone running Microsoft Windows Mobile, will probably follow the trend that sees depopulate full touchscreen devices. Also, are active from time items they want a future iPhone to use its platform Nvidia, which promises significant benefits in terms of multimedia.
Intel? The house of Santa Clara expects smartphones to the gate and has already prepared its own solution Moorestown in this light. HTC, as reported by DigiTimes always, is developing solutions based on Intel Atom chip, probably MID, although the features are planned farther than the exit of the new smartphones with Qualcomm Snapdragon solutions.
Currently Qualcomm seems to benefit everyone, not only in time, but for purely technical issues: the possibility to use his experience in the world of radio modules and integrate on the same chipset all components gives the producer of a San Diego slight advantage, especially in a field in which they are so important benefits, but the independence remains one of the most visible to users.
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