Tag archive: qualcomm

Lenovo already showed off its Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Hybrid last week, but tonight at CES Unveiled, we had a chance to check out the new dual-OS laptop in person. While we did bump into a few unexpected quirks of balancing two operating systems and processors in one machine, the concept does show promise for users hell bent on wringing every minute of battery life possible from their notebooks. As the hybrid name implies, the new X1 runs both… Read More

Mobile operator AT&T got a bit of a holiday present from the Federal Communications Commission: the FCC has approved its $1.9 billion purchase of 700 MHz spectrum blocks from Qualcomm, a move that will help AT&T build out its LTE 4G network. “This spectrum will help AT&T continue to deliver a world-class mobile broadband experience to our customers,” said AT&T's senior VP for federal regulatory issues Bob… Read More

Like many other booksellers around the world, South Korea's Kyobo Book Centre (Korean) is entering the ereader market with its new Kyobo eReader, and a 5.7-inch XGA display, battery life measured in weeks, Google's Android under the hood, and (not surprising for the Korean market) an emphasis on Korean content. However, the Kyobo eReader has one feature that makes it absolutely unique on the planet: it uses a 5.7-inch XGA mirasol… Read More

Intel chips are the brains of most desktop and laptop computers, but the company has not yet been able to produce a successful processor for the mobile phone or tablet market. Today, Intel announced that an Android phone powered by an Intel chip will be on the market in early 2012, and all future builds of Android will be optimized for Intel silicon. Android will be designed from the kernel up to optimize performance on Intel chips. The official… Read More

You'd think that a company like HP would figure out what it wants to do with webOS before it publicly discontinues all current and future products containing the operating system. You know, to avoid confusion. Well, no, apparently the decision was made with too much haste. According to ThisIsMyNext, HP held an all-hands meeting with the webOS team yesterday where newly appointed head of webOS Stephen DeWitt reiterated that HP still plans… Read More

AT&T is not a company unfamiliar with government regulation. Yesterday the Federal Communications Commission’s chief of Wireless Telecommunications, Rick Kaplan, sent a letter to both AT&T and Qualcomm saying that more time was needed in reviewing AT&T’s purchase of Qualcomm’s 700 MHz spectrum, in a deal worth $1.93 billion. The slowdown is also on the heels of AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile last March, which will be halted as well.… Read More

Google Android has been incredibly successful, but it has also been wrapped in a series of problems. A good deal of the problems come from Google’s attempt to tear down the software licensing model Microsoft had been using for years. Much like if you try to put a round peg in a square hole, this kind of thing results in problems. Interestingly enough, Qualcomm has come up with what may be the best, though least well-known, way to make a better… Read More

Apple is gearing up to launch the iPhone 5 (or is it the iPhone 4S?) in the next few months, reports the Wall Street Journal. The hardware maker has placed orders for “key components” in its next generation iPhone, which should launch sometime in the third quarter of 2011 (likely Sept.). Unsurprisingly, the new phone will be both thinner than the iPhone 4 and lighter as well, with an 8MP camera to boot. Sales are expected to be… Read More

Phone maker Nokia has confirmed that it will be using Qualcomm chipsets in its first Windows Phone devices, widely expected to reach consumers before the end of the year. The announcement comes as no real surprise, given that Qualcomm is currently the sole supplier of chipsets for Windows Phone devices. However, Nokia and Qualcomm have a decidedly antagonist history littered with patent disputes over fundamental mobile technology…and… Read More

As tablets are moving into a central role in technology users' everyday personal and professional lives, it's no surprise that almost every technology company on the planet wants to have a strong presence in the tablet market. However, chipmaking giant Intel has largely been left out of the revolution: while its processors power the vast majority of notebook, netbook, desktop, and server systems on the market, tablets are dominated… Read More

Have you watched a football game on TV in the last few years? If so, you already know what augmented reality is all about. Broadcasters digitally add in the 1st down line as you watch. This adding of digital graphics to a realistic image is augmented reality. Augmented reality is not a cool name. Like net neutrality or cloud computing, it doesn't sound great and no one seems to understand what it is until you explain it to them. I was one… Read More

The mobile tech game is going to be bringing out exponentially more powerful hardware over the next year or two, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon family of processors is leading the charge at the moment. The company released the details on its upcoming upgrade to the CPU in a press release, revealing just how much power is stacked into that little chip. In short: more than you get from your personal computer right now, most likely.… Read More

Samsung’s already busy hyping its new dual core Galaxy S phone for Mobile World Congress, but now we’re hearing it could also unveil a 10.1-inch Honeycomb-based Galaxy Tab 2. According to Pocket Lint, the upgraded Galaxy Tab will be slightly smaller than the iPad with a larger display. It’s also rumored to come with a dual-core Qualcomm processor, but in lieu of Samsung’s own Exynos chips that they themselves built, we doubt it will sport a… Read More

Chip-maker Qualcomm announced Thursday details about its new 1.2GHz dual-core APQ8060 Snapdragon processor, which powers the newly-announced HPTouchPad tablet computer. The chip, which uses the Adreno 220 graphics processor, allows for the rendering of up to 16 megapixel still images, and 1080p high-definition video capture and playback of stereoscopic 3D images, which can be ported through an HDMI output to autosteroscopic display panels or… Read More

We told you last week that the next-generation iPhone would get a new CPU, and that Apple was investing in Qualcomm chips. Today, Apple Insider is reporting that the iPad 2 will be getting some interior upgrades of its own. Citing the same source that spilled on the licensing deal between Apple, Imagination Technologies, and Samsung back in 2008, the site claims that the upcoming iPad will feature double the resolution, and an enhanced version… Read More