BlackBerry announced just days go that it had laid off 300 people in Waterloo. Now comes word from Intel that it is closing its Waterloo software development office as well, affecting 18 people. The move appears unrelated to BlackBerry’s decisions. In a statement, Intel Canada explained: “The decision was made after a comprehensive review by Intel Corp. of our current […]
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Motorola and Intel to hold September 18th event
Motorola today announced a joint event with Intel to take place on September 18th. As is often the case, the invitation and its tag line “Let us take you to the edge” shed little light on what could be announced. Back at CES, the two companies announced a new partnership focused on Intel-powered smartphones and tablets. At the time, Motorola […]
First Intel-powered smartphone to launch “later this week”
Intel yesterday announced its first-quarter earnings with revenues coming in at US$12.9 billion, operating income at US$3.8 billion, and net income at US$2.7 billion. On the investor call that followed, CEO Paul Otellini announced that the first Intel-based smartphone will launch “later this week.” As for who could introduce this first, there are a couple of likely suspects. It could […]
Would this Japanese Intel ad convince you to buy an ultrabook?
An increasing number of ultrabooks are hitting the market but they’re not exactly setting sales records just yet. See if you can resist buying an ultrabook after seeing this Intel ad: If you want to sing along, here is the translation: Ultra Ultra Ultra UltrabookThe new era is coming…For capable peopleUltrabookFor progressive people — UltrabookUltra Ultra Ultra Ultrabook, INTEL Brilliant […]
Motorola to unveil Intel Medfield-powered Android 4.0 smartphone at MWC?
A leaked image obtained by PocketNow suggests that Motorola and Intel could unveil an Intel Medfield smartphone at Mobile World Congress. The device could also be Motorola’s first smartphone to be powered by Android 4.0. The report adds that the device will run a new version of Motorola’s Motoblur user interface and will sport an instant-on camera capable of 15 […]
Samsung bada merge with Tizen still undecided
Samsung today clarified a report that it was merging its bada operating system with the Intel-backed Tizen initiative. A final decision has not been reached according to a company statement sent to AllThingsD: “Samsung and other members of Tizen Association have not made a firm decision regarding the merge of bada and Tizen. We are carefully looking at it as […]
Future Wintel tablets to sell between US$599 and US$899?
The price of upcoming tablets powered by Intel processors and Microsoft’s Windows operating system appears set to remain substantially higher than that of other tablets. Citing “sources from notebook vendors,” Digitimes reports that neither Intel or Microsoft are so far willing to reduce their prices on processors and Windows licenses. The outcome could be that Wintel tablets could sell for […]
Samsung bada merging with Intel-backed Tizen project
Samsung’s internally developped bada mobile operating system is is being merged with the recently announced Intel-backed Tizen operating system. Tae-Jin Kang, Senior Vice President of Samsung’s Contents Planning Team, indicated during CES that “We have an effort that will merge bada and Tizen.” Once completed, Tizen promises to be fully backwards compatible with bada. Both bada and Tizen developers will […]