Laptops, Tablets, eReaders
TomTom Won’t Meet 2008 Target
Dell to Join Under $500 Ultra-Portable Makers
Intel: What’s in Your Pocket?
The PDA market is dead, the Ultra-Mobiles never caught on…is it time for a range of wireless internet devices aimed at an alleged gap between smartphones and laptops?
In Shanghai, Intel wants developer buy-in on its MID technology. Introducing products at the Intel event are Asus, BenQ, Clarion, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Lenovo, LGE, NEC, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba.
Based on their new Atom processors, Intel claims advantage over makers of chips for cellphones (i.e., Qualcomm) because of Continue reading...
Quo Vadis GPS?
Mobile Broadband Up 157% in USA
WiMax Auction in Italy Sets Record in Europe
Ciao, Wimax! The Italian government sells (in auction) 35 licenses for a record of €136.3 million.
Auctions for WiMax in France raised €125.8 million and in Germany €56.1 million. But the big surprise was who actually bought the licenses…
Little-known AriaDSL SpA secured licenses in all Italian regions for a total of €47.5 million. The company is reportedly controlled by Israeli billionaire David Gilo, founder of Vyyo, a company in Georgia (USA) selling wireless high-speed Continue reading...
No, TomTom Can’t BuyBuy, Says EC
The EC objects to TomTom’s €2.9 billion plans to purchase map supplier Tele Atlas. The statement gives TomTom a date (May 5th) by which it will have to come up with remedies to EC concerns.
Once a statement of objections is issued, this can slow the deal process as it creates a formal procedure that must be followed to resolve problems with the deal.
TomTom is anxious to go past hardware where double-digit profit margins could decline. TeleAtlas would also strength its arsenal against Continue reading...
iThings to Adopt GPS Features
Apple develops a solution to access complete directions and maps using a portable device. Their “podmaps” patent describes the "Creation, Management and Delivery of Map-based Media Items."
The patent seems to link audio, video, and images with map for a solution that would enable users to access complete directions and maps using a portable device. Another threat to TomTom, Garmin, and Mio…
Apple Finds New Directions (Literally)
Microsoft buys online map service
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