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LG Optimus 4X HD Video Promo Emerges

Next month, the world will get a taste of the processing power of LG’s first smartphone to be powered by a quad-core application processor, the LG Optimus 4X HD. Made official at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Android-based device promises great performance capabilities, along with appealing grap...

17 May 2012
03:34 GMT

LG Optimus 4X HD Lands in Five European Countries Next Month

LG Optimus 4X HD, the first quad-core smartphone from the South Korean mobile phone maker, is expected to make an official appearance on shelves in some European countries as soon as next month. The handset vendor has just announced that it planned on making the smartphone available in Germany, Sweden, the UK, Ital...

15 May 2012
02:16 GMT

Nvidia’s Tegra 3 LTE Chip Pushed to 2013

Chip maker Nvidia has confirmed the availability of LTE connectivity inside its Tegra 3 application processor for the next year. The quad-core Tegra 3 became available several months ago and is already powering various mobile devices out there. Codenamed “Grey,” the LTE-enabled version of the CPU won&rsqu...

12 May 2012
05:21 GMT

LG LS970 (Eclipse 4G LTE) Leaks Online with 2GB of RAM

Last week, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics unveiled to the world a new smartphone powered by Android, the LG Optimus LTE2, the first in the world to pack 2GB of RAM inside. The handset was made official only for the South Korean market, and LG did not unveil plans to have it available on other market...

11 May 2012
04:11 GMT

Galaxy S III Almost Confirmed with Quad-Core, Impressive Performance

In two weeks’ time, the next flagship Android device from Samsung could make an official appearance under the name of Galaxy S III. The South Korean mobile phone maker has set up a press event on May 3rd, and with this occasion the successor of Galaxy S II is expected to make an official appearance. Unfort...

19 April 2012
03:35 GMT

Sony Xperia PLAY HD Concept Phone Packs Quad-Core CPU

Mobile phone users who are fond of gaming while on the go will always be looking for a smartphone capable of offering the best of the two worlds. Sony Ericsson made a first step in this direction with the launch of Xperia PLAY, but the device feels outdated when compared to current handsets out there. The first q...

13 April 2012
10:59 GMT

HTC One X Now Available at Vodafone UK

Today, mobile phone carrier Vodafone UK has made available for purchase the One X quad-core smartphone from HTC. Users interested in the acquisition of this mobile phone will be able to get the white version from the operator’s website for free on pay monthly plans starting at £41 ($65 / 50 Euros) per m...

5 April 2012
08:31 GMT

Purported Leaked Press Invite Shows Galaxy S III Image

As a formal announcement from Samsung is drawing near, more and more rumors regarding its yet unannounced Galaxy S III flagship smartphone emerge. The device, initially expected to make an official appearance last month, was pushed back so that the handset vendor could apply final touches to it. Apparently, the c...

5 April 2012
02:24 GMT

Galaxy S III’s 4.65’’ Screen Enters Production

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is gearing up for the release of its next-generation flagship Android device, none other than the long rumored Galaxy S III. The smartphone is expected to become official before the end of April, and might arrive on shelves starting next month. In the meantime, the device i...

4 April 2012
04:45 GMT

LG Optimus 4X HD to Land in India in May

Mobile phone users in India will soon be able to benefit from the features and capabilities that LG Optimus 4X HD has to offer. The smartphone was confirmed for the local market for May, though a specific release date hasn’t been offered as of now. South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is getting rea...

27 March 2012
01:58 GMT

HTC One X Coming Soon to Vodafone Australia

Australian mobile phone carrier Vodafone is gearing up for the release of a new highly appealing Android-based mobile phone on its airwaves, namely the HTC One X. The quad-core smartphone was made official at the end of last month during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. At the moment, the handset i...

23 March 2012
08:45 GMT

Acer Iconia Tab A510 Available for Pre-Order, Tegra 3 Hits $450 (342 EUR)

Acer’s Iconia Tab A510 quad-core tablet has just become available for pre-order in the US at a $450 (342 EUR) price point, making it the cheapest Android slate around to be powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 3 system-on-a-chip (SoC) device. This is the same chipset used by Asus for the popular Transformer Prime, ...

22 March 2012
10:53 GMT

Virgin Mobile Australia to Launch HTC One X on April 2nd

HTC’s One X quad-core smartphone will be available for purchase in Australia as soon as April 2nd, through more than one wireless carrier. We have already reported that Optus plans on adding the new mobile phone to its offering, and it seems that Virgin Mobile will make the same move on the second day of the...

19 March 2012
21:21 GMT

HTC One X Arrives at Optus in Australia on April 2nd

Mobile phone users in Australia will be able to purchase the Android-powered HTC One X smartphone on the airwaves of local wireless carrier Optus starting with April 2nd. At the moment, the mobile phone is available for pre-order on the wireless carrier’s website for free, on monthly plans starting at $59 pe...

19 March 2012
05:30 GMT

HTC One X Deluxe Limited Edition Emerges

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has made a new family of Android-based smartphones official, the One series. The company unveiled three smartphones in the series, namely One S, One X and One V (though a One XL was also listed on its website). Apparen...

13 March 2012
07:41 GMT

Toshiba’s Tegra 3 Powered 13.3-Inch Tablet Pictured

With the AT200 now successfully launched, Toshiba is looking to expand its tablet range with several new devices this year, including a 13.3-inch slate that will be powered by Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 chipset. The 13.3-inch monster was showcased by the company during a press conference held recently in the U...

8 March 2012
19:01 GMT

LG Optimus 4X HD to Hit the UK in June

One of the new mobile phones that South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics made official just ahead of this year’s Mobile World Congress was the LG Optimus 4X HD, which should land on shelves in the UK sometime in June. LG hasn’t made an official announcement on the matter, but online retailer Clov...

3 March 2012
03:46 GMT

MWC 2012: ZTE Era Hands-On

This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona brought along the first smartphones packing quad-core application processors. ZTE launched its own such mobile phone, the ZTE Era, and we took the time to photograph it. The smartphone packs Nvidia’s Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.3 GHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM, while runnin...

29 February 2012
02:56 GMT

Samsung Galaxy S III Full Specs Emerge

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is expected to launch a new Android flagship device in the near future, though not at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. We’re referring here to the Samsung Galaxy S III, a smartphone long rumored to arrive on shelves as the successor of last year...

27 February 2012
15:41 GMT

Three UK Will Carry HTC One X

Three UK is one of the wireless carriers that confirmed plans to add the new HTC One X smartphone to its offering. The flagship Android smartphone will become available for purchase on the wireless carrier’s network in the near future. It sports a 4.7 inch HD touchscreen display and is powered by an NVIDIA Tegr...

27 February 2012
05:27 GMT

World's First Quad-Core Mini-ITX Motherboards Launched by VIA

VIA doesn't get to brag about much on the CPU and motherboard markets anymore, but it still has its moments, like this one owed to the VIA EPIA-M900 and VIA EPIA-M910. The VIA EPIA-M900 and VIA EPIA-M910 are two mini-ITX motherboards designed to be used in the embedded market. This much is not enough to make...

24 February 2012
04:22 GMT

Quad-Core Intel Core i7-3820 Overclocked to 5.666 GHz

Overclocking goes on all the time, but one user or another sometimes performs a feat impressive enough that the Internet can't help but take note of. This time, it is GUN'G'STAR of TeamRussia that has managed to push a central processing unit to its limits. In fact, one might say that the overclocke...

24 February 2012
03:54 GMT

TI’s OMAP 5 SoC Is No Match for a Quad-Core Cortex A9

When compared to dual-core processors, quad-core chips should be faster. After all, they do have double the number of cores. However, it appears that not all of them can actually deliver the expected performance, and the video embedded above proves it. What you can see there is a device powered by a Texas Instrum...

23 February 2012
14:11 GMT

ZTE Promises Eight Devices for the MWC

Chinese mobile phone maker ZTE has just announced plans to unveil at the Mobile World Congress next week no less than eight new devices. The company will launch new smartphones at the event, including affordable handsets, as well as its first quad-core device, a flagship phone. The mobile phone maker promised gr...

23 February 2012
01:34 GMT

LG Optimus 4X HD (the Quad-Core X3) En-Route to MWC 2012

Following the unveiling of a new 3D smartphone, as well as of its L-Style handsets, South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is also gearing up for the release of its first quad-core smartphone. Previously spotted online as the LG X3, the device is now said to be en-route to shelves as Optimus 4X HD. In fact, ...

22 February 2012
09:43 GMT

Photos and Details of Motorola ATRIX 3 Emerge

Mobile phone maker Motorola is gearing up for the release of a new high-end smartphone running under Google’s Android operating system and included in the ATRIX family. We’re referring here to the Motorola ATRIX 3 smartphone, which made it online in a set of images over at Blog of Mobile. The handset...

17 February 2012
07:27 GMT

More Info on HTC One X (Endeavor) Emerges

In two weeks’ time, HTC One X, supposedly the first quad-core smartphone from Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation, will make an official debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The handset has previously made it to the headlines as the HTC Edge and Endeavor, but should hit the shelves as par...

17 February 2012
03:21 GMT

LG X3 (P880) Gets Benchmarked, Scores Impressively High

LG’s upcoming quad-core X3 smartphone has made another appearance online, this time in a series of benchmarking results which unveil that it will be one of the most powerful handsets in the world. South Korean mobile phone maker LG has been long rumored to plan the release of a quad-core smartphone in the ne...

15 February 2012
07:41 GMT

HTC Endeavour Specs Confirmed via Leaked RUU

HTC Endeavour, the yet unannounced HTC handset that made it to the headlines as HTC Edge last year, is expected to become the first quad-core smartphone from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker.   There have been a variety of rumors on its availability and hardware specs, and many have just been confirmed cour...

13 February 2012
02:52 GMT

HTC Endeavour (Edge) to Be the World’s First Quad-Core Smartphone

In two weeks’ time, the first smartphones in the world to pack quad-core application processors will be unveiled, and HTC is expected to make official the very first of them. Rumor has it that the Taiwanese handset vendor will launch its quad-core HTC Endeavour smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelo...

11 February 2012
05:15 GMT

LG Promises Revolutionary Smartphones for the MWC 2012

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is gearing up for the release of a series of great new devices later this month, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The handset vendor has already started to send out invitations for the launch event, which will be held in Barcelona on February 27th. Whi...

11 February 2012
02:52 GMT

The iPad 3 Doesn’t Have a Quad-Core CPU, Sources Say

Sources talking to The Verge about the latest iPad 3 leaks say the new Apple tablet will deliver pretty much everything that’s been rumored, save for a quad-core CPU. People who are allegedly familiar with the next-generation iPad are telling the publication that Apple has ordered a double resolution display &...

9 February 2012
08:47 GMT

Nvidia Confirms Quad-Core Smartphones for MWC 2012

This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, will mark a new step in the evolution of the smartphone market. The first quad-core handsets in the world will be unveiled at the event, and they will pack Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chipset. The chipmaker has long promised the availability of smartphones ...

9 February 2012
05:26 GMT

Galaxy S III to Be Incredibly Thin When Launched in May

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is gearing up for the release of a new flagship device in the Galaxy S line, supposedly called Galaxy S III. The smartphone did make it to the headlines a few times before, but some more info on it is now available, complemented by details on its possible release. Apparent...

7 February 2012
08:41 GMT

This May Be Samsung's Windows 8 Tablet SoC, Exynos 5450

According to PhoneArena, Samsung is preparing more than the still unannounced Exynos 5250 System-on-Chip. In fact, the company is building something called the Exynos 5450, a quad-core platform operating at 2GHz (the cores themselves are Cortex-A15). The report also mentions the Mali-658 as the graphics processing ...

1 February 2012
11:29 GMT

Image of Quad-Core-Powered LG X3 Emerges

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics was the first handset vendor in the world to launch a smartphone powered by a dual-core application processor. Apparently, it is also set to be one of the first to release quad-core handsets, and the first of these has just emerged. 2012 is expected to prove the year ...

20 January 2012
11:21 GMT

Adlink MXE-5300 In-Vehicle Fanless PCs Pack Intel Quad-Core CPUs

Adlink, a company specialized in the development of embedded computer systems, has just announced the introduction of a new series of compact PCs based on Intel’s Sandy Bridge CPUs that were specially designed for fanless operation and in-vehicle applications.Users going for Adlink’s new MXE-5300 series c...

19 January 2012
04:45 GMT

HTC’s Quad-Core Edge to Be Renamed HTC Endeavor

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is expected to unveil to the world its first quad-core smartphones as soon as next month. Among these devices, we should see an HTC Edge smartphone, some of the previous rumors on the matter suggested. We all knew that “Edge” was only a codename for the ha...

18 January 2012
10:14 GMT

Intel Atom CPU Going Quad-Core in 2013

As ARM is continuing its push on the computer market, Intel has begun to step up its own game, apparently going as far as increasing the core number on its low-end processors. Even though 2012 has only just begun, there are already rumors about what may or may not happen in 2013. Intel is the subject of the latest...

5 January 2012
02:40 GMT

Samsung Galaxy S III Concept Device Emerges

Samsung already has two successful Galaxy S devices available on shelves, and the company is expected to launch new ones as soon as next year. Following Galaxy S and Galaxy S II, the next flagship Android model from the handset vendor is expected to be the Samsung Galaxy S III. The phone was rumored before, but no s...

24 December 2011
03:05 GMT

Intel Core i7-3820X Quad-Core Chip Teased Online

As Advanced Micro Devices prepares its graphics cards and is taken by surprise when Microsoft publishes incomplete Bulldozer hotfixes, Intel is readying some central processors, like the Core i7-3820. Intel is definitely not done with the Sandy Bridge-E series of central processing units (CPUs). After all, it wou...

19 December 2011
02:55 GMT

Samsung's Exynos 4412 to Pack Quad Cores Clocked at 1.5GHz

Samsung is reportedly gearing up for the release of their first quad-core application processor for the smartphone market, and rumor has it that the new chip will arrive on the market as Exynos 4412. Following the release of a new dual-core application processor, namely Exynos 4212, the handset vendor has published ...

21 November 2011
08:41 GMT

HTC to Bring Quad-Core Smartphone and Tablet PC to the MWC 2012

Next year's Mobile World Congress has been long rumored to be the place where the first smartphones to pack quad-core application processors would debut, and it seems that things have been confirmed on the matter once again. Nothing is officially announced on this for the time being, but next year Taiwanese m...

14 November 2011
08:51 GMT

HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung to Launch Quad-Core Smartphones in 2012

Nvidia has just taken the wraps off its Tegra 3 quad-core application processor, which promises impressive performance capabilities for mobile devices that would range from tablet PCs to high-end smartphones. Actually sporting five cores, since Nvidia also counts the GPU as an additional core for the chip, Kal-El ...

9 November 2011
15:41 GMT

Nvidia Tegra 3 to Enable Next-Gen Mobile Gaming

Nvidia has just unveiled a ton of details on their quad-core Tegra 3 application processor for mobile devices, and also delivered some demonstrations of its capabilities, noting that users will benefit from a great experience when playing games of phones or tablets that are powered by this chip. In the video embedd...

9 November 2011
06:11 GMT

New Glowball Demo with Nvidia Tegra 3 Available

Nvidia has just announced the availability of their Nvidia Tegra 3 application processor for mobile devices, none other that the popular quad-core Kal-El chip, and also made available new video demonstration with it. Coming as part two of the Glowball demo that was published several months ago, the new clip is mean...

9 November 2011
01:30 GMT

HTC Edge to Sport 720p Display with Optical Lamination

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is expected to be among the first vendors to come to the market with quad-core smartphones next year, and the recently leaked HTC Edge might become the very first such device from the company. The smartphone emerged on the web yesterday, and a new waves of details on what...

8 November 2011
12:41 GMT

Qualcomm: Quad-Core Mobile CPUs in 2012, Up to 2.5GHz in Speed

Nvidia will bring to the market their first quad-core application processor for mobile devices as soon as this year (the already announced Kal-El, or Tegra 3 chip), yet it seems that rival companies will make a similar move soon as well. Qualcomm has already unveiled plans to step into the area, and has recently con...

17 September 2011
07:05 GMT

No Green Light for Quad-Core Smartphones This Year

Before the end of the ongoing year, we should be able to see on the market the first mobile devices packing quad-core application processors, but they won't be smartphones, it seems. Nvidia is the company to supply the said chips, and their President and Chief Executive Officer, Jen-Hsun Huang, has just con...

7 September 2011
15:11 GMT

NVIDIA Plans Quad-Core Tablets as It Speaks of Finances

Leaks and reports have been buzzing with what NVIDIA may or may not be planning to do on the tablet and smartphone market, but the company itself has now spoken up on the matter, exhibiting something akin to eagerness even. Though its existence on the mainstream and low-end graphics segments is being threatened b...

7 September 2011
05:10 GMT


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