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Qualcomm is getting ready for the release of a new mobile system on a chip, one that has already made an appearance on Nenamark website. Dubbed Snapdragon S4 MSM8960, the new application processor was already benchmarked, and it appears to be offering great performance capabilities. The chip packs a 1.5GHz proces... |
30 January 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Although everyone was expecting Nokia to offer a dual-core device after the company launched the first two Lumia series phones, back in October 2011, it looks like the Lumia 900 features a similar 1.4 GHz single core processor manufactured by Qualcomm.
The first thing that Nokia/Microsoft officials highlighted... |
27 January 2012
09:58 GMT |
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Qualcomm is known for many things, but displays aren't exactly the main source of its fame, something that may or may not change after the most recent deal is closed.
Though Qualcomm is primarily a developer of mobile products and wireless technology, it also dabbles in fields like entertainment devices and di... |
26 January 2012
10:09 GMT |
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A Morgan Stanley analyst issued a note this week with projections for Apple’s first and second half of 2012, including prognostications for an iPad 3 and the much-anticipated iPhone 5.
Katy Huberty, of investment bank Morgan Stanley, said (among other things) "Apple will also launch iPad 3 in H1 and a slimmer ... |
13 January 2012
03:23 GMT |
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NVIDA’s main competitor on the chipset market, Qualcomm has just announced that its “Snapdragon GameCommand” application for Android devices will go live at 2012 Consumers Electronics Show, next week in Las Vegas. Qualcomm revealed its plans to release this showcase application about two mon... |
5 January 2012
17:11 GMT |
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Qualcomm is happy to have its Snapdragon application processor packed inside all Windows Phones out there, though there are two different CPU generations available at the moment.
The first wave of Windows Phones, which made an appearance on shelves last year, came with the Snapdragon S1 processor, while the newer ... |
20 December 2011
13:51 GMT |
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It took a while, but the Qualcomm Gobi 3000 mobile broadband technology has found a new home in a number of HP mobile personal computers, especially business ones.
HP won't be including the software with every one of its machines, instead sticking to a select number of them.
After all, the notebooks that will... |
16 December 2011
10:16 GMT |
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For those who remember when we said that the first Mirasol-equipped e-reader had finally been completed, it turns out that Kyobo and Qualcomm decided it was time for a real video walkthrough.
When we talked about how the 5.7-inch device had finally become reality, we also pointed people towards a small intro video ... |
14 December 2011
19:31 GMT |
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You'd think the so-called touchscreen age would last a bit longer, but Qualcomm is already playing with screens that respond to how you wave your hands.
As shown in a video, Qualcomm envisions handsets, like smartphones or whatever else, using ultrasound sensors and microphones to keep up with hand movements.
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12 December 2011
09:23 GMT |
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Some may have thought it would never happen, or at least that it wouldn't happen any time this year, but it did, Qualcomm made an e-reader using a Mirasol display.
The device that Qualcomm created measures 5.7 inches in diagonal and stands apart from all other e-book readers through the special properties of i... |
22 November 2011
02:50 GMT |
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Windows 8 is coming and, since it will support the ARM architecture, Qualcomm decided to promise that, by the end of 2012, there will be at least one PC powered by its Snapdragon chips.
Qualcomm says this will help its products sell in markets where it couldn't before.
It aims for those people who would like... |
21 November 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Qualcomm has another embedded data connectivity platform available commercially, namely Gobi 4000, which is based on the company's multimode 3G/4G wireless modems, the MDM9600 and MDM9200.
The new Gobi 4000 platform comes with a common software interface (Gobi API) to enable the development of connection mana... |
17 November 2011
12:41 GMT |
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One of the most important chipset vendors for Android smartphones, Qualcomm has just announced new mobile games for devices that features Snapdragon CPUs and a new showcase application called Snapdragon GameCommand.The mobile games expand its Snapdragon GamePack that comprises more than 100 games to date and further ... |
16 November 2011
09:05 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is expected to bring to the market more Windows Phone devices in the near future, and it seems that some of them will pack Qualcomm application processors, the same as the newly released Nokia Lumia 800 does. Nokia did announce a new wave of handsets powered by Microsoft's mobil... |
12 November 2011
09:21 GMT |
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With ARM-based processors becoming more powerful with every new generation, the idea of using such devices for powering next-generation ultra-thin notebooks and entry-level PC seems extremely plausible, and Qualcomm wants to be one of the first ARM licensees to get into this market. This information was made public b... |
4 November 2011
09:36 GMT |
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Chip maker Qualcomm has just announced a new series of application processors for the mobile industry, namely the Snapdragon S4 SoC (sytem-on-a-chip), with a wide range of enhancements when compared to the previous family of CPUs.
The company has packed the new chips with the latest advancements in the industry,... |
10 October 2011
12:21 GMT |
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Reportedly, chip maker Qualcomm has started shipments of baseband chips to Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia, so that the latter could use them in its upcoming Windows Phones.
The company managed to secure deals for such chips with Samsung as well, also to be used inside the company's new Windows Phone devices... |
29 September 2011
03:43 GMT |
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Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the leading telecommunication services provider that regularly pushes the boundaries of the networks wireless speeds.The latest test run by the company at PT Expo Comm in Beijing, China, demonstrated an HSPA+ data call with peak throughput of 336 Mbps (megabits per second).According t... |
28 September 2011
08:04 GMT |
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Qualcomm and BSQUARE have just announced the general availability of the latter's DragonBoard development platform for Android devices.The platform is based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon APQ8060 CPU and promises to offer handset manufacturers and app devs with early access to the APQ8060 processor, a flexible an... |
27 September 2011
13:31 GMT |
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With the introduction of ARM support in Windows 8, many SoC makers have now the possibility of entering into the PC space and Qualcomm seems to be extremely interested in this market as it has recently announced that is collaborating with Microsoft to include Snapdragon processors in the first generation of Windows 8... |
20 September 2011
06:11 GMT |
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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 |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is already hard at work with the development of the next flavor of Windows Phone, which should arrive on shelves sometime next year, most probably, about the same time that Windows 8 will land on PCs, and it seems that it will receive full support for mobile chip makers out the... |
16 September 2011
11:41 GMT |
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O2 is the second major UK-based carrier announcing the Galaxy W Android smartphone, after Three UK confirmed the release of the device in late August.The operator already listed the phone on its “Coming Soon” page, but has yet to announce the exact released date, along with the phone's price options.... |
6 September 2011
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Last night, South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced the release of the US flavors of its high-end Galaxy S II smartphone, but it seems that they did not offer all of the details that were there to show.
Some of the details that remained shrouded in mystery involve the Samsung Galaxy S II mo... |
31 August 2011
12:21 GMT |
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Logs obtained by a developer whose software has been tested against new iPhone hardware indicate that Apple is making the iPhone 5 a “world phone,” supporting multiple carrier standards.
According to the developer, who asked not to be named, a small number of people have recently registered for one of ... |
23 August 2011
07:51 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics has reportedly decided to use a VIA Telecom chip for ensuring the CDMA radios on its DROID Charge handset instead of launching the smartphone with a chipset coming from Qualcomm.
The DRIOD Charge is Samsung's Android-based smartphone that landed on shelves ... |
16 July 2011
06:26 GMT |
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Chip maker Qualcomm is expected to start producing quad-core application processors for mobile devices in the near future, and a recently leaked roadmap from the company provides all of the necessary info we were hopping for on this.
Although Nvidia promised the first quad-core application processor for smartphon... |
6 July 2011
06:57 GMT |
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It appears that even supposedly promising projects, in this case an e-reader display of 5.7-inches, sometimes meet an untimely end, even if only so that the road could be clear for a new undertaking to be embarked upon.On the market of e-book readers, e-paper displays from E Ink are the most commonly encountered.Thi... |
3 June 2011
10:23 GMT |
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Leading chip maker Qualcomm has unveiled at Computex 2011 in Taipei this week that it would soon come to the market with quad-core application processors for mobile devices.The company's Snapdragon processors are already highly popular among mobile phone users, and it seems that they should soon be able to appe... |
2 June 2011
14:11 GMT |
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Some may have heard that Qualcomm will soon release a new batch of application processors for mobile devices (smartphones, tablets), and it looks like they will have support for a certain OS not usually found on such items.Qualcomm has been collaborating with Microsoft for a while, and it looks like this has affecte... |
2 June 2011
08:48 GMT |
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A new game pack comprising of more than 100 mobile games optimized for the Snapdragon processors has just been introduced by Qualcomm.Dubbed the Snapdragon Game Pack, this is only the first installment of an upcoming collection of the latest console-like and casual games optimized and enhanced for Snapdragon-based mo... |
1 June 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Verizon and Qualcomm have reaffirmed their commitment to the Brew mobile platform and Brew devices, which will be announced by the carrier in the next months.In the last couple of months, the Brew MP has grown up to become a full operating system, as new functionalities have been added, allowing developers to deliver... |
1 June 2011
10:03 GMT |
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Chip maker Qualcomm has its Snapdragon application processors packed inside more than just smartphones, and some tablet PCs that run under Android 3.0 and sport such silicon were brought to the spotlight during the Computex show in Taipei.Qualcomm's mobile application processors are already popular around the w... |
31 May 2011
08:57 GMT |
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When the first devices running under Windows Phone Mango arrive on shelves later this year, they would be delivered from a wider range of manufacturers than before, as Microsoft expanded the list of OEM partners with four new additions, including Nokia, Acer, Fujitsu, and ZTE. While the agreement with Nokia was anno... |
25 May 2011
08:11 GMT |
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Qualcomm has just announced the commercial availability of their Augmented Reality (AR) Platform for Android smartphones, which is being offered through the company's developer portal.The new 1.0 release comes as the result of the successful completion of the beta program, and offers users the possibility to bu... |
2 May 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Leading mobile chip maker Qualcomm is expected to bring to the market in the not too far future a new product that would fit inside high-end smartphones, the MSM8x60 chipset, which was recently benchmarked and reviewed inside Qualcomm's own mobile development platform (MDP).The chip is reportedly headed to the ... |
2 April 2011
12:01 GMT |
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Leading developer of digital and online games Gameloft has just announced the signing of a n agreement with Qualcomm for the delivery of an enhanced experience on some of the company's top games.According to the company, they partnered with Qualcomm so as to optimize Gameloft’s premier HD mobile games for... |
2 March 2011
06:00 GMT |
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While visiting Qualcomm's booth at MWC 2011, we've had the chance to take a peek at some of the latest technologies the company has come up with, one of the most impressive systems on display being a stereoscopic 3D solution powered entirely by a smartphone featuring a Qualcomm chipset inside.Of course, we&... |
18 February 2011
03:11 GMT |
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Qualcomm has been one of the most active companies present at the 2011 Mobile World Congress, which takes place right now in Barcelona, Spain, and besides the various SoC and chipset announcements made during the show, the outfit also showcased a tablet/eReader device that featured a Mirasol display.
Touted as a m... |
17 February 2011
07:11 GMT |
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Qualcomm Incorporated brought to the spot light a new, quad-core Snapdragon processor, aimed at powering the next generation tablet PCs and mobile devices. The quad-core APQ8064 CPU is said to be the flagship device in the new family of Snapdragon chipsets, based on ... |
14 February 2011
05:16 GMT |
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Since one of the most important competitive edges the HP TouchPad slate has over its competitors is represented by its computing power, Qualcomm, the company behind the Snapdragon CPU powering the aforementioned tablet, has decided to offer us a bit of an insight into this CPU, so that we'll have at least a gene... |
10 February 2011
09:19 GMT |
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NVIDIA's Tegra 2 SoC may be the more popular ARM-based platform among tablets makers so far, but Qualcomm is, of course, not daunted in the least, having great plans ahead.Like so many other companies that have made a name for themselves on the IT market, Qualcomm has presented its financial status and given so... |
27 January 2011
10:20 GMT |
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Apple has begun sourcing components for its next-generation iPhone 5, according to a Chinese language Apple Daily report. The Cupertino giant reportedly chose Qualcomm for the baseband chip and a faster ARM chip for the processor, 9to5mac.com concludes, based on a rough translation of the report. A new name is ment... |
14 January 2011
12:41 GMT |
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No doubt end-users have been dreaming about a time when power sources would be self-sufficient, and while this is still out of reach for technology, wirelessly-recharging batteries/power packs are not.Basically, a self-sufficient power source is one that never runs out of power regardless of how much time passes.Whi... |
7 January 2011
10:20 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is set to bring to the spotlight at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a series of new devices, some of which should offer support for its new LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, many with Qualcomm hardware inside, it seems. Some of the connectivity devices that Big ... |
5 January 2011
12:41 GMT |
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Qualcomm and ooVoo have recently announced that they have signed a partnership to provide high definition video chat for various mobile platforms.
Following ooVoo's launch of the first 4G mobile video chat service in December 2010, the partnership is trying to combine Qualcomm's hardware codec capabilit... |
5 January 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone carrier AT&T announced officially that it has signed an agreement with Qualcomm Incorporated for the purchase of spectrum licenses in the Lower 700 MHz frequency band from Qualcomm for $1.925 billion.According to the wireless carrier, the deal should offer it the possibility to deliver advanced 4... |
20 December 2010
09:14 GMT |
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Two months after it has been officially unveiled, HTC’s Desire HD makes its way on the Romanian market. Packed with a whole new HTC Sense experience the manufacturer’s new flagship Android smartphone will be available through Romanian major carriers “in a few days.”HTC Desire HD is the first s... |
3 November 2010
10:07 GMT |
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Citing a report out of the Far East posted earlier today, AppleInsider reports that the lineup of component suppliers for the fifth-generation iPhone and second-generation iPad has been decided on, by Apple.Qualcomm is responsible with building the first CDMA cellular base station in the early '90s. The company ... |
30 September 2010
06:21 GMT |
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Citing various reports, including a Google-translated piece by the Commercial Times, AppleInsider informs that the next iPhone is likely to do away with an Infineon baseband chip, in favor of a silicon from Qualcomm, thus corroborating rumors of a CDMA-capable device.The report by Commercial Times reveals that Infine... |
13 September 2010
03:52 GMT |
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