Neowin News Feed for: Low-end

Microsoft and Nokia go low-end for higher marketshare

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:49:18 +0100

Nokia and Microsoft are focusing on the lower end of the market with devices like the Lumia 521. This strategy seems to be working and it might bring higher marketshare to these companies. Read more...

MWC 2013: Hands-on with Huawei's first Windows Phone 8 handset, the Ascend W1

Andy Weir — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:19:46 +0000

Huawei finally announced its long-awaited Ascend W1 at the start of this year - but was it worth the wait? Check out our first impressions of the company's new budget Windows Phone 8 handset. Read more...

Nokia's Asha range outselling Lumias 2:1

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:28:49 +0000

Nokia's low-end Asha touch-phone range for emerging markets is outselling their flagship Lumia Windows Phone range by 2:1, showing fantastic growth even in markets where low-end Android devices rule Read more...

Nokia's "Flame" low-end WP8 device joins the rumor list

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:31:47 +0100

Nokia appears to be planning yet another Windows Phone 8 device if the rumors are to be believed, the newly mentioned "Flame" being a low-end device with a four-inch display and dual-core CPU. Read more...

Rumor: Nokia planning "Glory" Lumia 610 successor, running Windows Phone 7.8

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:27:08 +0100

Rumor has it that Nokia has a new low-end smartphone in development: it's known as the "Glory", it will be running Windows Phone 7.8 and will supposedly be a successor to the Lumia 610 Read more...

Intel adds low-end member to 4 series chipsets

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:58:53 +0000

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Intel is planning to add one more member to its 4 series (Eaglelake) chipsets which will be launched in the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at motherboard makers. In addition to its original... Read more...

AMD cuts prices for mid- and low-end processors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:00:44 +0000

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AMD has announced price cuts for its mid- and low-end Athlon 64 X2 processors amid earlier reports that Intel plans to slash prices for its older Pentium D CPUs. According to AMD's website, pricing for... Read more...

Tight supply of low-end CPUs delivers uncertainty for 4Q

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:19:24 +0100

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Charles Chou, an analyst at Fubon Securities, commented that the tight supply of low-end Intel Celeron and AMD Socket AM2 Sempron CPUs became apparent in the middle of September, with the two chip vendors gearing... Read more...

Intel reportedly readying low-end mobile Core 2 Duo

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:34:16 +0100

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Intel will ship its anticipated low-end mobile Core 2 Duo T5200 dual-core processor next month, it has been claimed by Taiwanese notebook manufacturer moles. The part has not, apparently, been listed on recent Intel mobile... Read more...

TechSpot's Low-end PC Buying Guide

Julio Franco — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 07:51:00 +0000

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Build your budget box right. Creating a cost-effective PC is more than just assembling from the cheapest parts you can find. It is an important balance of quality, features and cost. For this reason, you... Read more...

AMD sketches out new high-end, low-end chips

malebolgia — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:58:44 +0000

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Advanced Micro Devices will take the high road and the low road in the chip market. Executives here at the company's annual analyst meeting on Friday outlined a strategy that will, ideally,... Read more...

Intel sneaks out a low-end Pentium M

malebolgia — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 05:17:55 +0100

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Intel has released a new Pentium M chip to select manufactures. The name of this new Pentium M chip is 705, which runs at 1.5 GHz and packs 1MB of cache. With this... Read more...

IBM sells off low-end PowerPC chips

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:27:18 +0100

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IBM last night sold two of its PowerPC processor lines and a licence for the PowerPC instruction set to Applied Micro Circuits for $227m in cash and a renewed foundry commitment. The deal, announced last... Read more...

Dell & EMC Prep Low-End SAN

configure — Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:51:16 +0000

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Dell VP Russ Holt today said the company is working on a "sub-entry" SAN platform for release later this year. Speaking to analysts on a conference call, Holt described the elements of the product: "Aligning... Read more...

Microsoft Weighs New Play For Low-End Accounting

configure — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 05:57:16 +0000

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Microsoft is hoping Magellan can take it where Microsoft Profit and bCentral Finance Manager could not. The destination? Small business accounting, a market dominated by Intuit's QuickBooks. After several failed attempts, the software giant will... Read more...

Palm to Manufacture Low-End Models in Brazil

configure — Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:51:57 +0100

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The world leader in the handheld computer market, Palm, plans to announce on Tuesday that it will begin manufacturing low-priced models in Brazil, according to the company. A source close to the project who preferred... Read more...

IBM unmuzzles low-end "Raptor" mainframe

DavidXP — Mon, 18 Feb 2002 05:26:04 +0000

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IBM on Monday will debut its newest model in the old-guard mainframe line, a less-expensive system code-named Raptor that can run only newer software. The new z800 is in a sense... Read more...