A rendering of the HTC Firestone smartphone is rumoured to have been revealed online recently. This apparently shows the device in all its glory, with its 3.6” WVGA resolution touchscreen monitor, Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional and HTC’s famed UI as well. The Firestone is the update of the Touch HD smartphone.

HTC Firestone

Other specs of the HTC Firestone include an 8MP camera, 600MHz Qualcomm 8250 processor, accelerometer, standard 3.5mm audio port and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support. The device is believed to be readying for an August 2009 launch.

HTC Firestone

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If we are using availability across AT&T’s and Verizon’s lineups as a benchmark, we would guess that FLO isn’t going very remarkably great. But as things stand, the Qualcomm subsidiary is rearing to expand its coverage just as soon as the remainder of the nation’s analog television stations go dark on June 12.

As many as 15 new markets will go live the moment the analog signals turn off, adding Boston, Houston, Miami, and others, while another 24 will tack on by the end of the year. The presently existing live markets like Chicago and New York will enjoy expanded coverage as well. But the million-dollar question is, where’s FLO’s meal ticket? More hardware helps, but it might ultimately take a transition to free services before mobile TV really takes off.

iPhone TV

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Qualcomm Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today introduced the WCN1312(TM) – a single-chip, high-performance 802.11n-compliant wireless local-area networking (WLAN) solution for handsets and mobile devices. This highly integrated device supports data rates of up to 72 Mbps – significantly higher than previous 802.11a, b, and g Wi-Fi solutions, which makes for a better user experience while downloading data, watching streaming video or surfing the Internet.

The WCN1312 solution offers a high level of integration with a 2.4 GHz 802.11n baseband processor, media-access controller, RF transceiver, transmit power amplifier, low-noise amplifier, transmit switch, power coupler and radio-frequency (RF) bandpass filter all in a small 7×7 mm package. This simplified design eliminates the need for many external RF components, minimizing the component count, which in turn, results in a smaller system footprint.

The new WCN1312 chip uses low-power 65nm CMOS technology and advanced power-management techniques to minimize sleep, standby and active power consumption. It is optimized for performance with Qualcomm’s complete Mobile Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM)) solutions and supports a variety of mobile operating systems, including Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform(R), Android and Windows Mobile. The WCN1312 chip is the industry’s first mobile handset device to support both 1×1 and 1×2 dual-receive configurations to increase range and data throughput performance when needed. The WCN1312 solution also implements advanced coexistence architecture and algorithms to optimize performance when paired with Qualcomm’s Bluetooth(R) solutions. This is slated for sampling in Q2 2009.

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Nokia and Qualcomm have agreed to co-operation on various standards including GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, OFDM, WiMax, LTE and other technologies. The 15 year agreement grants all Qualcomm’s patents for use in Nokia’s mobile devices and Nokia Siemens Networks infrastructure equipment.

“We believe that this agreement is positive for the industry, enabling the market to benefit from innovation and new technologies,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia Corporation. “The positive financial impact of this agreement is within Nokia’s original expectations and fully reflects our leading intellectual property and market positions.”

The financial structure of the settlement includes an up-front payment and on-going royalties payable to Qualcomm. Nokia has agreed to assign ownership of a number of patents to Qualcomm, including patents declared as essential to WCDMA, GSM and OFDMA.