Newsbrief: Qualcomm improving BREW platform with standard apps and streamlined development process

Qualcomm plans to improve its BREW handset operating platform with basic applications and a streamlined development process that will allow applications to be distributed to multiple handsets.

News: Qualcomm introduces MSM7x30 chip family built for multimedia, graphics, and web

Qualcomm has introduced its MSM7x30 family of mobile chips built for multimedia, high-def video, and other advanced uses of graphics. The chips allow for 720p video, 5.1 surround sound audio, and cameras ranging up to 12.0 megapixels.

Product Launch: FLO TV Personal Television handheld provides mobile TV without the phone

Qualcomm owned FLO TV has launched Personal Television, a handheld device that brings mobile television without a mobile phone. The device features a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display and 5 hours of buffer-free video playback.

News: Qualcomm CEO: 3G handsets will own half of market by next year; "Smartbooks" are the future

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs says that the company expects 3G handsets to own more than half of the total market by next year and that "smartbooks" are in our near future.

News: Qualcomm announces new 1.3GHz chipset with 30 percent power improvement

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon QSD8650A chipset, featuring a 1.3GHz processor, multimedia and graphics improvements, and a 30 percent reduction in power consumption.

News: Qualcomm developing femtocell chipsets

Qualcomm announced that it is working on its own femtocell chipsets, which should be available in 2010. Qualcomm's Femtocell Station Modem chipsets will support HSPA and CDMA/EV-DO, for global wireless support.

News: Qualcomm to integrate NFC into mobile chipsets

Qualcomm has announced plans to include near-field communication technology into some of its mobile chipsets. Though it is a step forward for the mobile transaction technology, many hurdles still exist for wider service implementation, especially in the U.S.

Newsbrief: Qualcomm gets slight reprieve in patent suit with Broadcomm

A U.S. federal court has ruled that a lower court's ruling against Qualcomm was too broad in scope, and has ordered that it be reconsidered.

News: Qualcomm plans to extend MediaFLO coverage

Qualcomm's MediaFLO group has detailed plans to expand coverage and content as it moves into 2009. The group plans to nearly double the markets covered by its digital TV service.

News: Qualcomm abandons UMB development, pushes on with LTE

Qualcomm has officially abandoned efforts to advance its own 4G technology, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband) and will instead focus on LTE (Long Term Evolution).