Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Quanta Computer ships 3.5G smartphones to Russia-based Rover Computers

Daniel Shen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Monday 19 November 2007]

Quanta Computer has begun shipping a 3.5G smartphone, the G6, to Russia-based Rover Computers, according to sources in Taiwan's handset industry. The G6 is powered by a Marvell PXA270 processor and is equipped with a 2.7-inch touch-control display and a 2-megapixel camera.

In addition to the G6, Quanta is also manufacturing the Q6 and N6 smartphones for Rover Computers, making Quanta the largest handset contract supplier for the Russia-based vendor, the sources noted.

Rover Computers also outsources the production of its handsets to a number of other makers, including Cal-Comp Electronics of Taiwan and Lenovo, TechFaith Wireless and Amoi Electronics of China.

Cal-Comp has been shipping the W5 and Q5 smartphones to Rover Computers with both models being built on Freescale's iMX21 platform, whereas Lenovo, TechFaith and Amoi have landed orders for the S6, M5 and R5 handsets, respectively, with the three models all being built with chipset solutions from Texas Instruments (TI), the sources stated.

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