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  • Google Teams With MediaTek

    Posted on February 9th, 2010 AndroidPhoner.com 4 comments

    Google and Microsoft have turned to Taiwanese chipset vendor MediaTek to boost their traction in smartphones aimed at China and other emerging markets.

    MediaTek has already developed a chipset and other hardware for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6 operating system and has sent the package, MediaTek hardware plus Windows Mobile software, to handset makers in China so they can start designing new Windows Mobile smartphones, a MediaTek representative said.

    “There is a huge thirst for smartphones in emerging markets,” Microsoft said in a statement. “For many people, the phone rather than the PC is the main entry point to the Internet, resulting in a high demand for rich communication devices. In order to meet this demand, we have teamed up with MediaTek to facilitate the provision of affordable smartphones,” the company added.

    MediaTek will release a similar hardware and software package with Google’s Android mobile phone OS in the second half of this year, the MediaTek representative said.

    Google did not return calls requesting comment.

     

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