Qualcomm to Highlight Snapdragon-Powered Smartphones

TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of wireless technologies, products and services, today announced the Company will showcase a variety of products based on its Snapdragon™ platform at the Computex Taipei 2010 conference in Taipei, Taiwan. Qualcomm recently expanded its Snapdragon product roadmap, which is now incorporated in more than 140 device designs that have either launched or are currently in design. Qualcomm will display a range of these innovative devices, including smartphones, pocket tablets, and smartbooks in both full-size tablet and clamshell form factors.

"Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform is making tremendous progress, powering some of the industry's most compelling devices available today," said Luis Pineda, senior vice president of marketing and product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "We are enabling a wide array of smartphones, e-readers, pocket tablets and smartbooks. With our newly expanded product family, Qualcomm is continuing to deliver an unsurpassed combination of mobile processing, connectivity and multimedia with optimized power consumption."

During Computex Taipei, Qualcomm will have demonstrations of numerous mobile computing and multimedia technologies and a wide range of Snapdragon-powered devices available for viewing by appointment only at the Grand Hyatt Taipei. Snapdragon-powered devices being demonstrated will include:

Acer's Liquid and neoTouch smartphones
Dell's Streak 5" Android tablet
HP's Compaq Airlife 100 smartbook
HTC's Droid Incredible and Nexus One smartphones
Huawei's S7 tablet
Lenovo's LePhone smartphone


Other Snapdragon and various Gobi™-equipped devices, as well as eZone™ wireless technology and MediaFLO™ demonstrations, will also be available.

The smartbook device category includes devices with 7"-15" displays -- including clamshell and tablet form-factors – that merge the best aspects of a smartphone experience with the benefits of a larger display form factor.

Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in the S&P 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2010 FORTUNE 500 company. For more information, please visit Qualcomm around the Web:


Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of ASIC components on a timely and profitable basis, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 27, 2009, and most recent Form 10-Q.

Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. eZone, Gobi, MediaFLO and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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