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sammy2

Sep 10, 2004, 2:01 PM
Do you think that the other phone manufacturers will purchase the rights to use this type of display? If so how long do you think before it shows up on all the phones?

I like the idea of having a quality display that uses less batttery.
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Rich Brome

Sep 10, 2004, 2:44 PM
Well, Qualcomm isn't a phone manufacturer themselves, (they used to be, but sold that biz to Kyocera,) so I'm sure that's exactly what Qualcomm has in mind. They'll license this to phone and/or display manufacturers.

But what's a little scary is:

1. If this is the next big thing in phone displays, (which is definitely possible,) Qualcomm will come even closer to controlling all aspects of phone technology. 😳 They also own part of a next-generation battery company - is that their next purchase? If they go much further, most future CDMA and WCDMA phones would just be Qualcomm phones, with Samsung or LG logos just stamped on them. I'm exaggerating, but you get the point... I'm not really comfortable with one company controlling so many a...
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sammy2

Sep 10, 2004, 2:58 PM
It certainly is a concern. On the other hand this might "wake up" the other manufacturers developments departments. They must feel awful in light that they have been trumped in the technology (although not necessarily by Qualcomm). These firms ought to know that they must continuously strive to improve performance in the basic phone features and not just add gadgetry.

Reception, battery life, visual clarity, ease of navigation, safety are some of the basics of any phone.

In any case I would suspect that any advantage to one firm will be short lived to to technological advances.
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CainMarko

Sep 10, 2004, 10:37 PM
Man, I am gonna have to whole heartedly agree with that, Rich. One of my main beefs with Qualcomm is their seemingly huge need to try to dominate and control the industry. They are probably a big aspect as to my dislike of the CDMA product in general. You almost have to sell your soul to them in order to have the priviledge of working with them. I have never understood exactly why that was... anyone ever use a "quality" qualcomm phone? Me either. But they pretty much have their say in the CDMA world. Thank god they don't own WCDMA. Yay for open ended standards. I'm actually kind of jealous that Qualcomm was able to procure such a deal. I'm really not overly-worried about this, though. I totally have faith that Nokia, or anyone else in the O...
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MegaBit

Sep 10, 2004, 6:15 PM
I suspect there is some (or a lot) of speculation on the part of QualComm that this technology can be mass produced and at a price point that produces acceptable margins.

Look at OLED- it was touted as the biggest thing to come along more than 3 years ago and it was later discovered to have serious manufacturing and lifetime problems.

And what about the "smart paper" we heard so much about a few years back that was going to make regular print obsolete. Better add the super-high-density LCD panels IBM said would replace all LCDs on notebooks in 2003... you get my point.

We'll see it when LG & Samsung start shipping 50K units per week. Or, maybe not.
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