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Sanyo Bails Out Of OLED Business
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February 27, 2006
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Sanyo announced it will dissolve its OLED joint venture with Kodak. The two companies partnered to produce organic electroluminescent displays in 1999, but the venture was not successful for long. Sales for last financial year were near zero. Kodak will continue to manufacture and license the technology, which analysts predict could become successful with the right partners. Sanyo has aggressively been slimming down its operations, recently spinning off its CDMA handset business into a joint ven
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Qualcomm To Work With Competing Mobile TV Standard
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February 27, 2006
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Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs today admitted the company is working on DVB-H mobile TV chips. The chipmaker has not announced any models yet, but Jacobs said it was in Qualcomm`s best interest to support the rival format because it could "boost uptake of mobile TV in general." Qualcomm has a rival to DVB-H known as FLO or MediaFLO which it will launch with Verizon in the US. To date, KDDI in Japan is the only other operator to sign onto Qualcomm`s standard. DVB-H is gaining traction both in the US as
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DoCoMo Testing 4G`s Speed Limit
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February 25, 2006
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DoCoMo yesterday announced it achieved a 2.5Gbps download while traveling at 20 kmh over a 4G network test network. Although DoCoMo has not launched ...
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Hearings Resume In NTP Vs. RIM Case
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February 24, 2006
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Judge Spencer today resumed hearing NTP`s patent infringement case against RIM as scheduled. NTP was first to make its plea, asking for $126 million ...
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Moto Debuts RAZR Slider in Korea
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February 10, 2006
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Motorola Korea today announced the "Z", a slim slider phone based on the RAZR design. The 14.8mm-thick phone sports an etched metal keypad like ...
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First HSUPA Call Made
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February 10, 2006
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Nortel has completed the industry`s first handset to handset HSUPA call. High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) is the next step in UMTS`s evolution. ...
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Symbian Cuts Price Of Smartphones
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February 10, 2006
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Symbian today announced two measures it hopes can further increase its lead in the smartphone market. The group has announced new pricing models that ...
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