Newport Digital Technologies Inc. recently announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft to develop RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Technology) related applications for its Windows Mobile platform, utilizing the MS Windows Mobile operating system. NDT will offer a comprehensive line of mobile computing products, targeting RFID field applications for use in asset tracking, inventory management, and POS for various B2B markets.

NDT’s CEO, Gary DeMel, a twenty-eight year veteran of the semiconductor and high-tech industries, commented on the agreement. “We are very excited to work with Microsoft’s technology and business teams to develop the next generation of RFID computing devices by utilizing Windows Mobile with customized application suites. Microsoft, which provides software and hardware products and solutions worldwide, is one of the world’s premier companies and we are looking forward to a successful licensing agreement with them.”

Daren Mancini, General

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Newport Digital Technologies, Inc., a technology solutions driven company organized to focus on serving the fastest-emerging businesses in the technology space, announced today after the closing bell that it has implemented the licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp. to develop applications for its Windows Mobile platform. The Company has also progressed with their distribution agreement previously announced with Ingram Micro, Inc. (NYSE: IM), which will serve as its initial primary sales channel partner.

Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. (NPDT), in conjunction with leading Taiwan-based R&D technology incubators, the Institute for Information Industry (III) and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), is commercializing a number of leading-edge Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies. The first product is the N37B Ruggedized Handheld RFID reader and computing device that was unveiled this week at the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association (VICS) conference hosted by the University of Arkansas

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Future sustainable growth of Qualcomm Inc (QCOM) is all set to come from its state-of-the-art next-generation Snapdragon technology platform. A major initiative of Qualcomm is the convergence of mobile computing with its Snapdragon solutions. These chipsets have been designed for pocket-sized portable computing devices.  This platform enables phone manufacturers to develop high-speed and more power efficient smart-phones and smart-books. We believe diversification into the mobile computing market was necessary for Qualcomm due to lukewarm growth of the company’s ordinary mobile phone chipset market. Massive growth of smart-phones may make up for these losses.  As of now, over 15 mobile device manufacturers are developing more than 30 Snapdragon-based products. Several leading software developers have started writing applications for mobile operating system, multimedia player, social networking, and productivity development tools based on the Snapdragon platform.  Acer Inc, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and LG Electronics Inc are the ...

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Chicago, IL – October 13, 2009 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Amphenol Corporation (APH) as the Bull of the Day and Palm (PALM) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on United States Steel Corporation (X), Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (CLF) and ArcelorMittal (MT).

Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2676

Here is a synopsis of all five stocks:

Bull of the Day:

Amphenol Corporation (APH) is scheduled to release its fiscal Q3 results on October 15. The company stated that though the economic environment remains uncertain, there was a stabilization of demand in most markets.

We remain optimistic about Amphenol's long-term growth prospects in the mobile devices business. Demand for mobile phones remains strong. Beyond mobile phones, the company continues to expand the use of its products into fast

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Although demand for Palm's (PALM) Pre smartphone is growing, it is still selling a small fraction of Pre phones to smart-phones users and, in our opinion, most of them are already existing Palm customers.

We still expect the stock to underperform the market as RIMM and AAPL continue to expand market share, and phones based on the Android operating system enter the market.

We believe the maturing lifecycle of Centro, the slow ramp of its Windows Mobile-based product sales, and the time taken to add carriers to distribute its Treo products in the U.S. and global markets will continue to exert pressure on revenue and earnings.Zacks Investment Research

Cogo Group, Inc. (COGO) announced a series of module design wins within multiple Smartphone and Smartbook products on both Windows Mobile and Android platforms.

The company's initial wins include blue chip Chinese handset vendors such as Huawei and ZTE, and it expects to secure contracts with other domestic China handset vendors as well. Cogo expects to begin recording small amounts of revenue from these contracts in the third quarter of 2009, with sales ramping up through the end of 2009 and into 2010.

As with the mainstream market, Cogo's current Smartphone designs are mainly based on the Windows Mobile platform. The company expects to unveil an Android product in the fourth quarter of 2009. Since Windows Mobile and Android are broadly-accepted platforms in the global market, it will help Cogo's customers expand their export business.

The company continues to experience growth in its combined digital media and handset business and has

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South Korea's incumbent wireless operator, SK Telecom (SKM), is set to launch T Store, the first mobile open market in Korea, on Sep 9. The upcoming on-line store will feature applications that are optimized for smartphones and other select regular handsets.

T Store will provide an open platform where content developers can sell their applications to users of mobile handsets based on the Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI), which allows cell phones to run applications regardless of manufacturer or carrier. Customers can download from a large assortment of multimedia content (approximately 6,500 applications), including games, phone decoration, music, broadcasting/movie and language/education that are categorized under eight main menus.

Registered content developers can sell their applications against a yearly registration fee, which is expected to be waived by the company by end of 2009 to boost developers' participation. The current revenue split is 70%/30% for the developers and SK Telecom,

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China Mobile (CHL) is reportedly setting up a joint-venture with MediaTek Inc, Taiwan ’s leading handset chip manufacturer, to design and develop key components for its 3G handsets. The Chinese wireless giant is expected to have 70% stake in the joint-venture with MediaTek holding the rest. MediaTek is currently the world’s seventh largest chip maker and has significant presence in the Chinese handset market. Upon the partnership materializing, MediaTek will be a major chip supplier for China Mobile’s home-grown TD-SCDMA technology based 3G wireless handsets. This will facilitate China Mobile to secure customized chips for its proprietary 3G smartphone models (called Ophones). The companies have reportedly entered into an agreement in late August 2009 to jointly develop 3G TD-SCDMA technology. China Mobile is increasingly focused on exploring opportunities for technology collaboration with world’s leading handset and chip manufacturers. The company has recently entered into a ...

Yesterday, Nokia Corp. (NOK) introduced its first high-end 3G smart-phone N900 based on Linux open source software. This converged mobile device provides a personal computer-like experience to users and will run on the Linux-based Maeme 5 software.

This 3G handset will have a high-resolution WVGA touch screen and incorporate a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It will be available in select markets from October for 500 Euros.

Traditionally, all Nokia handsets have used the Symbian operating system, which is now fully controlled by Nokia. However, the Symbian system has lost charm for mobile phone users and become outdated compared to open source operating systems like Linux, Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Android and the licensed system of Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) Windows Mobile. A wireless handset based on the Maeme 5 operating system will allow users to run more than a dozen application windows at the same time.

N900 will have multitasking feature

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Chicago, IL – August 25, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: China Mobile (CHL), Microsoft (MSFT), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Apple Inc. (AAPL) and China Unicom (CHU).

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Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog:

China Mobile Goes for “Ophones"

China Mobile (CHL) has reportedly entered into a strategic agreement with Taiwan-based High Tech Computer Corp (commonly known as HTC) today to jointly develop 3G smartphones in China. The joint-venture will design and develop handset models (called "Ophones") based on China Mobile’s

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