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There's never been a compelling reason to have a portable TV. Do we really need another way to rot our brains? Flo TV certainly thinks so. The Qualcomm-developed technology began appearing on a handful of mobile phones last year and offers live and previously aired content from a variety of networks including Comedy Central and the Disney Channel. Flo TV's new Personal TV (PTV) is a direct-to-consumer device that streams content without the hassle of having to deal with a mobile-phone carrier. But does someone with an iPhone or even a DVR need another...
...Netbooks are inspiring a flurry of technological cross-pollination between mobile phones and computers. At Computex, wireless telecommunications company Qualcomm rolled out a new subcategory of portable devices it calls "smartbooks" - small computers based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor that, because they don't require heat sinks or cooling fans, will be even thinner and lighter than many netbooks, yet can run for 10 hours without recharging and will be capable of fast wireless Internet connections via Wi-Fi and mobile phone networks...
...magazine fans should not despair: a variety of competitors are also working on color-display technology that's as readable as E-Ink, among them Fujitsu's Flepia, which is already on sale in Japan, and Qualcomm's Mirasol technology, which is being used in smart phones...
Leslie Presutti, director of product management at Qualcomm, which sells the GPS chips that go into more than 100 million cell phones each year, says enabling two-way connectivity on GPS devices is the logical next step. As for why device makers don't offer it yet, even though the technology has long existed to do so, she says, "They never really had to compete in this space, so there wasn't the need." But as prices come down (on April 23, TomTom reported that its average product price had fallen 42% over the past year to $185 per unit...
...speed of innovation depends on whether a newcomer like Google or Qualcomm, both of which are registered bidders, has the money and the will to acquire enough licenses to break into the wireless game and force the telecom companies to break old habits. Sure Google has the cash, but do they really want to get in the labor-intensive business of broadband networks? Already, startup Frontline Wireless, a venture supported by a group of Silicon Valley investors, has gone belly up, unable to secure funding for its intended bid on the discounted public-private D block...