Qualcomm to support Google's Chrome OS

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LAS VEGAS | Fri Jan 8, 2010 3:00pm EST

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Qualcomm plans to support Chrome, Google Inc's upcoming operating system for small computers known as netbooks, the company's chief executive, Paul Jacobs, said on Friday.

Jacobs, who heads the leading maker of mobile phone chips, announced support for Chrome during a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show that focused on the convergence of wireless and computing.

The executive, a first-time keynote speaker at the annual gadget festival, also said 15 different device makers are designing about 40 products that will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip for smartphones and mobile computing devices.

Also during Jacobs' presentation, the chief executive of HTC Corp came on stage to announce that his company would support Qualcomm's Brew mobile application platform.

(Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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MTinger wrote:
Not surprised as Google has enough “cloud”. Having had a snoop what others are doing – the most interesting ‘dark horse’ is clearly the “Netbook Pack” from whytwitter. It seems they will have the ‘upgrade market’ under control before Chrome OS is launched late 2010. Personally, I think these guys are ahead of the rest of the pack. Which reminds me… That was how Google started!

Anyway, their link is http://www.whytwitter.co.uk

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