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Qualcomm Kayak spec announced for low-cost 3G devices

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Computing | by Stephen Schenck | Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:17PM | 0 comments

Qualcomm announced its Kayak, a "PC alternative" design spec for wireless web access, targetted at developing areas of the world. The company is trying to attract hardware manufacturers to build their own systems based on Qualcomm's design. Kayak-compatible systems will run Qualcomm's dual-core Mobile Station Modem chip, but the company mentioned the possibility of using a Snapdragon system-on-a-chip in the future. The Kayak spec can be used for either desktop or laptop design, and will include 3G hardware for online access. Opera is crafting a browser for the system, which Qualcomm encourages be used for accessing web-based applications.

Qualcomm looks like it's going after a very specific market niche: users who don't need x86 software compatibility, want a cheap web-only machine, and yet are able to afford expensive 3G data rates. Besides Inventec, which is building the first Kayak machines, no other manufacturers have announced plans to develop for the Kayak platform.

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