Mobile vendor strategies - 07/10/07

Palm will launch a $100 Centro smartphone. It is considered as the last chance for survival by analysts.

HTC launches the HTC Touch Dual with 3.5G connectivity in Europe.

Samsung targets capturing a 18% market share in India by the end of 2008.

NSN 3G equipment has been certified for use in Russia.

TriQuint Semiconductor announced a new generation of high-voltage gallium arsenide (GaAs) power amplifier transistors designed to substantially cut waste heat by 50%.

Aricent introduced its new UMTS baseband and WiMAX base station software solution.

RIM reported 10m Blackberry subscribers.

ALU claimed it still has a significant portion of ATT 3G contracts.