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Qualcomm Shows World’s First Auto Stereoscopic HD 3D Tablet

Despite the attention Samsung’s SGS III is getting lately, Qualcomm is not sitting still and, after all, they have the most advanced ARM processor out right now. So Qualcomm has reportedly resented the world’s first auto stereoscopic HD 3D tablet that is able to produce 3D graphics requiring no special ...

10 May 2012
07:44 GMT

Snapdragon-Powered Phone Travels Around the World on One Charge

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon application processors are common in mobile phones these days, since they can deliver both the performance and battery life savings that users are looking for. To show that one charge can allow one device to do a lot, Qualcomm made an interesting move: they sent one fully charged smartph...

31 March 2012
08:11 GMT

Qualcomm Glasses-Free 3D Tablet Set for MWC 2012

Apple has the iPad 3 in the works, ASUS has its own high-res product on the way for MWC 2012 and, now, Qualcomm is preparing its own device. Long story short, Qualcomm has entered a partnership with Master Image 3D. Together, they will create a Mobile Development Platform (MPD) tablet using the latter's glasse...

24 February 2012
10:23 GMT

Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs Delayed by Three Months

Qualcomm, one of the main suppliers of ARM chips for smartphones and tablets, is implied to be having some issues that forced it to delay the launch of some upcoming products. Like all IT companies, Qualcomm has a product roadmap it tries to stick to as best as it can, but there seem to be difficulties with this go...

15 February 2012
09:54 GMT

Qualcomm Details Nokia Lumia 900 CPU, Likens It to Porsche Cars

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

Windows 8 Loaded on AT&T LTE Tablet

It appears that the partnership between AT&T and Microsoft will stretch beyond the release of Windows Phones, and that it will include Windows 8 tablet PCs as well. At least one such device is planned to arrive in the United States via this wireless carrier. LTE capabilities are also expected to be included into ...

7 January 2012
04:31 GMT

Qualcomm Says Snapdragon Windows 8 PCs Will Appear in 2012

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

Qualcomm Announces More Exclusive Mobile Games for Android Devices with Snapdragon CPUs

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

Qualcomm Bug Circus Can Charge a Smartphone

Before the advent of Tegra 2 and OMAP, Qualcomm's Snapdragon system-on-a-chip stood at the heart of many smartphones out there, so in order to build up some interest for this SoC yet again the company has build one of the most interesting contraptions we have seen to date.It's called the Qualcomm Bug Circus...

26 October 2011
14:31 GMT

BSQUARE DragonBoard Dev Platform for Android Now Generally Available

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs to Power First-Gen Windows 8 PCs

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

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini Available for Pre-Order in India for $295

The Xperia mini made its appearance on the official Sony Ericsson India website for quite a while now, but only today the phone has become available for pre-order.Although the smartphone was expected to arrive in India two weeks ago, Sony Ericsson India delayed the launch of the device in the country for unknown reas...

18 August 2011
04:18 GMT

Leaked Qualcomm Roadmap Shows Quad-Core 2.5GHz CPUs

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

Qualcomm to Launch Quad-Core Application Processors Soon

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

Quanta Tablet PC Showcased with Dual-Core Snapdragon Chip

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

HTC Panache Officially Introduced by Mobilicity, Available Now for $500

Canadian carrier Mobilicity has recently announced the availability of the HTC Panache 4G smartphone. The device is available starting today via Mobilicity stores and authorized dealers across Canada for $499.99 without contract. HTC Panache is exclusive to Mobilicity in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary, b...

19 May 2011
08:05 GMT

HTC Sensation to Hit Indian Stores in Q2 2011

Korean handset manufacturer Samsung has recently confirmed that its latest Android-powered smartphone, the HTC Sensation is scheduled for a Q2 release in Asian territories.The HTC Sensation was officially introduced on April 12, during a special event held in London.According to Mobile Indian, the Sensation might be ...

18 April 2011
09:53 GMT

Qualcomm's 1.5GHz Dual-Core Snapdragon Benchmarked

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

Gameloft HD Games Optimized for Qualcomm's Snapdragon CPUs

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

Qualcomm Intros 2.5GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon CPU

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

Qualcomm Dual-Processor Snapdragon CPU Inside HP TouchPad Gets Detailed

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon Will Power Over 20 Tablets

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

T-Mobile G2 Officially Available in September

Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA has just confirmed that the much expected T-Mobile G2 with Google, it first Android-based mobile phone to pack support for HSPA+ connectivity, will land on the market sometime in September. The new device, exclusively available in the United States on T-Mobile's airwaves, is expect...

9 September 2010
01:55 GMT

Qualcomm Proclaims Death of Smartbooks, Tablets Are to Blame

Smartbooks seemed to have some degree of marketing appeal until some time ago, as they were supposed to be a cross-breed between netbooks and smartphones, but Qualcomm has now reportedly come out and said that smartbooks are already dead as a market, because of tablets.Though netbooks were always expected to grow as...

8 September 2010
09:46 GMT

5-Inch Dell Streak Tablet Starts Selling this Week

Like all other companies that deal in PCs and consumer electronics, world-class company Dell has been developing its own tablets, of varying sizes, and it seems like the Streak, its 5-inch model, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, has finally reached the point where it can fall into the hands of customers bas...

11 August 2010
05:35 GMT

Qualcomm Completes Dual-Core 1.2GHz Snapdragon Chipsets

Handset and smartphone developers everywhere now have another reason to rejoice as the new, very fast and multi-cored ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets have made their official debut. Dubbed the Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM8260 and MSM8660, these fresh platforms, as the third-generation in their line, are the ...

1 June 2010
03:07 GMT

HP Compaq Airlife Smartbook Arrives in May

HP may not be the only company that has a team working on smartbooks, but it seems to be the bravest when it comes to actually launching one. Most PC suppliers are still unsure of the chances such a device would have on a market dominated by netbooks. There are also concerns that the rapid rise of tablets will impact...

29 April 2010
03:12 GMT

HP's ARM-Based Android Airlife Smartbook Detailed

Even though the birth of the media slate market seems to have cast a shadow upon the life expectancy of smartbooks, companies still seem willing to experiment with this device concept, especially when its development is, more or less, complete. In fact, back in February, HP was one of the first to officially unveil o...

21 April 2010
03:19 GMT

New HTC Incredible Photos, Details

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has been long rumored to be working on a new handset powered by the Google Android operating system and which will arrive on Verizon Wireless' airwaves, the HTC Incredible, and now a series of new photos with the device emerged. Moreover, some details on the hardware...

12 March 2010
03:32 GMT

LG Launches Maxx LG9400 in Korea

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has just launched a new device on the market in its home land, the LG Maxx LG9400, which is none other than the LG Arena Max LU9400 which was already unveiled to the world not to long ago. The handset is now available for purchase in the country via LG Telecom, the smal...

1 March 2010
06:17 GMT

Nokia to Launch Snapdragon-Based Symbian Phone

Espoo, Finland-based leading handset vendor Nokia seems set to use some of the latest mobile technology in its future devices, delivering a new level of performance to those who chose its mobile phones over rival solutions. Among these handsets, some might include Snapdragon chipsets from Qualcomm, at least this is ...

17 February 2010
10:41 GMT

HP Brings Android-Enabled CompaQ Airlife Smartbook

Even though the ARM architecture still hasn't managed to establish a foothold in the netbook market, it seems to be getting closer and closer, especially considering the latest smartbook that HP has revealed. The company has put together what seems to have been the internal circuitry of a smartphone inside ...

12 February 2010
09:24 GMT

LG LU9400 Arena Max Packs a 1GHz Snapdragon

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is reportedly working on a series of new high-end devices that should arrive on the market during the ongoing year, and an LG LU9400 Arena Max is one of them. The phone emerged into the wild before, some of you might already know that, and now a series of photos with it...

8 February 2010
14:31 GMT

Leaked Photos and Video of HTC Incredible Emerge

One of the upcoming mobile phones that should land on the market with Google's Android operating system on board is the HTC Incredible, which has just emerged in a series of leaked photos, as well as in a video that is meant to offer us a glimpse at what it can deliver. The handset hasn't been officially u...

8 February 2010
06:44 GMT

HP Smartbook in the Works, FCC Filing Shows

Smartbooks are a rather recent concept on the computing market and their ability to survive in the current marketing conditions is still questionable. While the portability and connectivity capabilities of such products would be quite high, the already well-established netbooks boast largely similar capabilities. Sti...

22 January 2010
08:39 GMT

Snapdragon and Android in HP's New Smartbook

While Intel and NVIDIA are focusing their efforts on developing products that offer support for devices such as smartphones, tablet PC and netbooks, Qualcomm is looking forward to an upocming wave of new devices that will be designed to take advantage of the company's Snapdragon chipset platform. On that note, t...

8 January 2010
06:00 GMT

Qualcomm to Launch 1.3 and 1.5 GHz Snapdragon CPUs in 2010

Chip maker Qualcomm delivered a great deal of capabilities to the mobile phone industry with its Snapdragon platform, which is currently included in a great deal of handsets on the market, offering users the possibility to enjoy 1GHz processor speeds, and it seems that the company plans on rising the bar higher more...

8 January 2010
05:10 GMT

HTC Passion and Bravo Are the Same Device

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has seen its roadmap for the first half of the next year leaked into the wild a few days ago, and now some additional details on one of the leaked devices emerged. The handset in question is the HTC Bravo, a Snapdragon-powered Android phone, which is now said to turn o...

8 December 2009
10:39 GMT

New Photo with HTC Bravo Available

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is expected to deliver a wide range of appealing devices during the upcoming year 2010, and some of you might have learned already what the company has in store for us for the first half of the year. A recently leaked presentation from the company unveiled to the world HT...

8 December 2009
04:10 GMT

HTC Passion to Be Delayed to Q1 2010

One of the HTC long rumored handsets that will arrive on the market with Google's Android operating system on board is the HTC Passion. The device surfaced into the wild a few months ago, and has been since said to be called the HTC Dragon, to arrive in 2009, to sport a Qualcomm 1GHz Snapgragon processor and to...

7 December 2009
06:52 GMT

Qualcomm Snapdragon-Based Smartbook Showcased

Earlier this month, Qualcomm, one of the world's leading providers of next-generation mobile technologies, announced the very first smartbook to be manufactured on the company's Snapdragon platform. Manufactured by Lenovo and scheduled to arrive in the retail channel through network carrier AT&T, the new s...

26 November 2009
08:55 GMT

HTC to Launch Snapdragon-Based Android Phone in Q1 2010

HTC Corporation, the mobile-phone maker that delivered to the market the first handset running under Google's Android operating system, the HTC Dream (aka T-Mobile G1), is rumored to be ramping up for the launch of an Android-powered mobile phone that will boast a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor inside. Moreover, ...

24 November 2009
19:01 GMT

Qualcomm Announces First Snapdragon-Powered Smartbook

As we reported earlier this week, Qualcomm, a leading vendor of smartphone processors has officially announced the world's first Snapdragon-based smartbook system. Said to debut at the upcoming Computer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the new ultraportable computer system has been designed in partnershi...

13 November 2009
03:56 GMT

Qualcomm Smartbook Announcement Due Tomorrow

Back in May this year, chip maker Qualcomm made waves with the introduction of a new concept, namely that of smartbook, a portable computer system that was touted as a mix of smartphones and netbooks, designed to compete with today's netbooks. Seen as an alternative to the vast number of Wintel netbook solution...

11 November 2009
08:55 GMT

LG to Deliver Snapdragon-Based Android Handset

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has already made a move into the Android side of the smartphone market, with the launch of LG GW620, which is also known around the Web as the LG Eve. However, it seems that the company does not plan to stop only here, but that it will come to the market with yet another...

7 November 2009
05:03 GMT

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 Announcement in November

Japanese -Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has been rumored quite a few times before to plan on launching on the market an XPERIA model that would run under Google's Android operating system, the XPERIA X3 Rachael handset, and it seems that we're getting closer and closer each day to the official an...

17 October 2009
06:18 GMT

Introducing Acer Liquid, a Snapdragon-Based Android Phone

Computer maker Acer has announced today the launch of its new smartphone “Liquid” series, a Qalcomm Snapdragon-based handset that runs under Google's Android operating system. The new device comes to the market with a WVGA touchscreen display, includes the powerful 1GHz processor from Qualcomm and sp...

14 October 2009
08:24 GMT

HTC Dragon's CPU to Be OMAP

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation was rumored not too long ago to plan on releasing to the market a new handset running under Google's Android operating system, namely the HTC Dragon. The first reports on this device showed that we'd soon have the chance to enjoy a really powerful Android phone, ...

13 October 2009
02:25 GMT

HTC HD2 Goes Official, Comes in October

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation officially announced on Tuesday the launch on the market of HTC HD2, a high-end device that comes powered by Microsoft's newly released Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. Moreover, the handset vendor also announced that the new HTC HD2 was the first Windows phone to...

7 October 2009
02:48 GMT

Acer F1 Launch Date Confirmed, Pre-Orders Started

Acer's Windows Mobile-based F1 smartphone has made the headlines the past few days, with rumors pointing towards October 6 as the possible launch date for the device, and it seems that its maker has indeed confirmed what we were all expecting. The handset will land on the market the very same day Microsoft is se...

22 September 2009
08:48 GMT


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