More Qualcomm-based devices coming from HTC by end of year

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HTC has announced that it plans to launch more devices that will use Qualcomm chip solutions by the end of the year. So far, all of HTC’s CDMA and WCDMA/HSPA devices, including the HTC Mogul, HTC 6800, HTC 5800 and HTC TyTN II, have used Qualcomm’s MSM7500 and MSM7200 solutions.

The MSM7xxx-series chipsets from Qualcomm are the industry’s first to integrate two distinct processors – each dedicated to modem and multimedia functions – to provide support for third-party operating systems, including Windows Mobile. The MSM7500 for CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A and MSM7200 for HSPA also feature rich multimedia capabilities – such as VGA video encode/decode, 8 megapixel camera, and 3D graphics – as well as advanced data functionality with unsurpassed levels of integration.

What future devices we will see was not made clear from the press release but a DigiTimes article suggests that we will see more smartphones and UMPCs.

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