Nokia sure is doing a lot of
hand shaking over in Barcelona, as shortly after it signed a
gentlemanly agreement with Adobe, the Finnish handset maker has decided to equip some of its future devices with Qualcomm chipsets. Right now, details are somewhat vague, though we do know the two are hoping to "develop advanced UMTS mobile devices initially for North America." It's intended for these devices to be based on Symbian S60, and the chipsets involved will be the NFC-equipped
Mobile Station Modem (MSM) line. Unfortunately, we aren't apt to actually see a handset emerge from this collaboration until mid-2010, though these devices will be compatible with the forthcoming
Symbian Foundation platform. Teamwork, shrouded in mystery -- you guys sure know how to get attention.
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posted Feb 18th 2009 3:24AM
Mobile news overkill. When does the WMC get over ?
Qualcomm for the fucking loss...
How so? Qualcomm's chip itself has never been the issue. Companies like HTC decided not to include certain features (drivers in their O/S release). You can't blame that on Qualcomm...
I bet some people are happy about this and some are sad.
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Do you agree with this endeavor Nokia has taken with Qualcomm? Why or Why not. (20 points)
Do you like or dislike Qualcomm? Explain (10 points)
Extra Credit: What significant event under the Woodrow Wilson administration lead up to the economic recession today? (100 points)
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Desone
2/18/09
I do not agree because the US has an import ban on qualcomm chips and i think nokia should hold a grudge from all the patent lawsuits.
I don't know enough about qualcomm to pass judgment.
The Federal Reserve Act followed by years of government incompetence and consumer spending lead up to this mess.
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You pass!
Good to know that some people on Engadget are actually knowledgeable people and not just e-diots that say FIRST all the time.
black
2/18/09
I have no opinion on this because certain Qualcomm chipsets are banned due to some patent infringements. ( I have no idea if Snapdragon falls under here).
Don't know enough about Qualcomm, so it's hard to pass judgment here.
I believe its the Federal Reserve act, but a lot of it falls with predatory lending, overinflated expectations of the Amercian Dream, and the fact that the government was giving incentives for owning a home.
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I hate Qualcomm because they are a sheisty company with a poor history of treating their employees right, as well as jacking up the licensing fees on software and driver support for their chipsets and hardware platforms. HTC has such a problem getting proper video driver support from Qualcomm, instead forcing themselves to write substandard drivers for their phones, rather than pay out the fees to their business partner.
My Touch Pro and the previous device that I owned, the TyTn II, both have poor video acceleration despite having more than adequate hardware to match the potential performance. Hell, the Touch Pro has an ATI graphics chip, but because HTC can't deliver the goods, it goes relatively untouched -- save for minor application enhancements (TF 3D, for example).
It's all because of Qualcomm. Why HTC doesn't stop dealing with them I will never know...
Engadget it's been pointed out by others that you were wrong about the "agreement" with Adobe. Nokia has been partnered for Flash mobile with Adobe since the beginning and are in fact the founders of the initiative. It might be worth noting that.
Lol. Engadget edits their posts without putting a note about the change. I doubt such an action will be taken.
I really would like Microsoft to just release Silverlight for Windows Mobile so that Adobe feels threatened and will just make flash more efficient. Almost all Adobe products take forever to load. Even the damn PDF reader for goodness sake. Adobe just has bad code in their DNA, period.
Nokia NO! Just no! Go with Samsung, Intel or Nvidia if you want but not Qualcomm... With my dissappointing experiences with Qualcomm equipped HTC devices, I don't want to come anywhere near another phone that use those...
Qualcomm is CDMA right?
stick to GSM Nokia
They also make GSM chips.
I hate Qualcomm because they are a sheisty company with a poor history of treating their employees right, as well as jacking up the licensing fees on software and driver support for their chipsets and hardware platforms. HTC has such a problem getting proper video driver support from Qualcomm, instead forcing themselves to write substandard drivers for their phones, rather than pay out the fees to their business partner.
My Touch Pro and the previous device that I owned, the TyTn II, both have poor video acceleration despite having more than adequate hardware to match the potential performance. Hell, the Touch Pro has an ATI graphics chip, but because HTC can't deliver the goods, it goes relatively untouched -- save for minor application enhancements (TF 3D, for example).
It's all because of Qualcomm. Why HTC doesn't stop dealing with them I will never know...
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Qualcomm has been in the top 20 of companies to work for over 10 years running. In order to achieve this status Forbes talks to the employees directly and does a survey. So while I don't doubt there are always disgruntled companies; the majority of people working for them must be happy if they can achieve this status so many years in a row.
HTC has never had a problem getting the driver from Qualcomm; technically it's not even Qualcomm's driver it's ATI's; as the MSM series uses an integrated ATI video processor. The only problem was that HTC didn't want to pay for it...
Qualcomm is just as good as anyone else, in the end they all use ARM's CPU cores and Imagination PowerVR graphics, although they do have custom DSP/FP/video chips and have different combinations of components...