Carmaker Daimler on Saturday announced a partnership with mobile technologies company Qualcomm Inc. to explore wireless recharging of mobile phones in cars as well as recharging of electric cars without cables.
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Qualcomm recently reduced Q2 earnings for 2015, and considered Samsung as a big factor to it. However, what led Samsung to drop Qualcomm chips seems to stem from Apple’s move about the iPhone 5s. Without noticing, Apple’s “checkmate move” had a ripple effect against Qualcomm and Android devices.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 is speculated for an early August release. It is also said to come out with a curved display, EPOP memory, and an LTE-Advanced modem. This seems to be backed up as Qualcomm expects slow sales in Q2, and Samsung investing $9 billion for another chip plant.
Rick Osterloh, Motorola's President, revealed the company's plans about the latest iteration of Motorola X. As part of Twitter's #AskRicko initiative, Osterloh answered the question as to when the timeframe for the third generation Moto X will be released.
The Galaxy Note 5 will not have the Snapdragon 820, but use Qualcomm’s MDM9x45 category 10 LTE-Advanced modem instead. It was also confirmed that the Samsung device will have a curved dual-edge screen on its release date.
Activist investor Jana Partners is asking Qualcomm Inc to consider spinning off its chip unit from its patent-licensing business to boost the chipmaker's sagging stock price, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a quarterly letter that will be sent to Jana investors on Monday.
Samsung Display aims to produce millions of flexible OLED panels for Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S7. And a leaked phablet design from an HTC website is perceived to be worn best by Galaxy Note 5. Galaxy Note 5 could have a change of microprocessor.
Much has been expected for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 5, with various rumors saying that it will be a lot impressive than its predecessor. Recently, news have been surfacing that Samsung seems to change its processors for the Galaxy Note 5.
U.S. stocks bounced back on Monday, helped by merger and acquisitions activity, while Apple shares ended slightly higher following the long-anticipated rollout of its watch.
As the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closes in on the all-time high it reached in March 2000, investors are facing a market that barely resembles the go-go era of 15 years ago.
