Qualcomm to power Snapdragon-based, pocketable MIDs by year end

Wow, I almost forgot about Qualcomm's plans for Snapdragon, a low-powered 1 GHz processor that uses only 500 mW. Stacey Higgenbotham offers up a great interview with Qualcomm's president and CEO, Dr. Sanjay Jha, and there's some useful tidbits of info worth sharing. By the end of the year, we should see a some pocketable devices with this chip. By pocketable, Qualcomm means that the displays will be in the 4- to 5-inch range. I anticipate that Samsung will be among the first to offer such a device, but there's no details on branding just yet.

The devices will be Windows Mobile or Linux-based, have broadband access (one of Qualcomm's specialties) and of course, be web-capable. Some might argue that Windows Mobile does not a MID make, and in it's current implementation, I can understand that thought as web-surfing is a chore. Yesterday's announcement of a new, enhanced Internet Explorer Mobile version by the end of 2008 might change some people's minds.