Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Nokia and Qualcomm together to make a smartphone for the Americans.

Company Nokia and Qualcomm have jointly developed samartfon, which will support the network 3G, reports PC World. It is designed for the North American market.
Smartphone will be built on the base chipset Qualcomm. Platform of the device will be Symbian S60, used in mobile phone Nokia. It is anticipated that this smartphone will be released in mid-2010.
Note that during the three years between Nokia and Qualcomm had a conflict. In 2005, they accused each other of violating the patents. Qualcomm sought to prohibit the importation and sale of products in the U.S. Nokia, violate its patents. Nokia demanded by Qualcomm licenses and accused of illegal use of their developments in the production of microchips.
This conflict was resolved in July 2008. Then, Nokia and Qualcomm entered into a new partnership agreement for a term of 15 years.
Currently, Qualcomm is the largest supplier of chips for mobile phones. Nokia - the largest manufacturer of cell phones.

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