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Simon Bryant, Principal Consultant – Consumer Electronics & Imaging, Futuresource Consulting
The Portable Consumer Electronics Market
Netbooks, pocket video cameras, digital SLRs, smartphones, mobile Internet devices and handheld games consoles are fuelling growth in the European portable electronics market this year, which in the face of economic challenges and convergence, grew 18% in 2008 to [...]
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Amsterdam/ New Delhi, June 3, 2009 – At the WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2009 trade show and exhibition, being in Amsterdam from June 2-3, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:ALU) is reaffirming its leadership in the WiMAX 802.16e (Rev-e) wireless broadband market, having secured more commercial agreements than any other infrastructure vendor.
The company recently inked a [...]
Intel Executives Share Vision, Updates at Beijing Tech Event
Intel Developer Forum 2009 Beijing
Celebrating the 1-year anniversary of Intel Corporation’s introduction of its wildly popular Intel® AtomTM processor family, Anand Chandrasekher, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group, introduced two new processors for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and several other milestones [...]
Bringing Versatility and Expansion Capabilities to Users with Intuitive Ease and Comfort
Versatile, Intuitive and Elegant. These are the qualities found in the Eee PC™ 1004DN, an ultra-portable mobile internet device which provides mobile computing flexibility through intuitive interfaces and input methods while shrouded in an avant garde style. The Eee PC™ 1004DN is the [...]
Device Running Android on a Live 3G Network at Mobile World Congress
Mobile World Congress 2009
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC) showcased the operation of its integrated SlimChip HSPA Modem on a live 3G Network. InterDigital’s module, which can be efficiently integrated with a variety of applications processors, is being demonstrated in the Texas Instruments advanced new OMAP 3 [...]
Company Brings Industry-Leading Expertise to Full Linux-Based Software Solution for Mobile Internet Device Manufacturers
Mobile World Congress 2009
Booth #2.1D76
MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced Montabello, a new Linux-based software platform for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) that provides an integrated set of applications including a web browser, document reader, email client, contact [...]
Telmap, the world leader in mobile location solutions, today announced that it is delivering an advanced navigation and location based service for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) based on the Intel® Atom™ processor and Linux-based Moblin platform.
As a leading authority in mobile location services, Telmap is embracing the MID category to bring rich navigation and location [...]
Community members prepare for the year’s most anticipated Linux-focused events
SAN FRANCISCO, January 27, 2009 – The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that registration is open for the Linux Foundation’s Annual Collaboration Summit taking place April 8 – 10, 2009 in San Francisco. Also available [...]
First, complete communications client for MIDs supports voice and video calls, IM
2009 International CES
CES BOOTH: HILTON #5121
Skype today announced the availability of Skype™ 1.0 Beta for Intel-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). This new version of Skype software is the result of working with Intel Corporation to develop a new mobile Skype experience for MIDs [...]
Support for Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR to Bring Rich Internet Applications to ARM Powered Devices
Adobe MAX 2008
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)] today announced a technology collaboration to optimize and enable Adobe® Flash® Player 10 and Adobe AIR™ for ARM Powered® devices, ranging from mobile phones to set-top boxes, mobile [...]
