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Freescale i.MX6 quad-core reference design caught on video at FTF 2011

, Jun 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Back in January around CES time, we uncovered some details on the Freescale i.MX6 platform that was then said to support up to four ARM Cortex A9 processing cores. The platform was aimed at tablets and smartphones when we first saw it. Freescale said at the time that the platform was up to five times faster than the current generation chips inside devices. The platform promised some nice features that had us intrigued like 1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode and support for 3D playback as well. Read The Full Story

Kobo Touch ereader revealed: 6-inch touchscreen for $130

, May 23rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Kobo has unveiled its latest ereader, the Kobo Touch, and as the name suggests the main difference is that you can now jab at the screen rather than physical controls. The company has done away with all but the home button, with the 6-inch E Ink Pearl display using a Neonode-sourced touch panel and getting its content via WiFi. Read The Full Story

PS Squared Smart Mobile Device Concept Design

, Mar 17th 2011 Discuss [2]

A design concept for Sony called PS Squared created by industrial designer Hirotaka Matsui, takes on a sleek and angular form. The device looks to be a small-sized tablet featuring a slide out QWERTY keyboard with raised buttons, a thin LCD screen, and PlayStation style D-pad buttons. The design was used in a video by Freescale Semiconductors to illustrate the future possibilities of smart mobile devices and how they can be integrated into all facets of our daily lives. Read The Full Story

Alcatel-Lucent lightRadio promises tiny 2G/3G/4G cell base-stations

, Feb 7th 2011 Discuss [6]

Cellular base-stations generally aren't all that interesting or visually endearing, but at least Alcatel-Lucent's new lightRadio technology promises to make them easier to ignore. Billed as a way to break down existing base stations into a combination of individual antenna and cloud-based components, rather than demanding multiple 2G, 3G and 4G antennas the lightRadio system has a single, 5cm cube with a software-defined radio. Read The Full Story

Freescale i.MX 6: up to 1.2GHz quadcore chips for tablets/smartphones

, Jan 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Manufacturers often get criticized for showing off new hardware at CES and then not shipping it for months, but new chips are even more frustrating; they can take a year or two to go from fanfare to retail. Freescale is whetting our appetite with the new i.MX 6 series, a range of single, dual and quad core application processors based on up to four ARM Cortex A9 cores, each motoring along at up to 1.2GHz. The company reckons the single-core i.MX 6Solo, dual-core i.MX 6Dual and quad-core i.MX 6Quad are up to five times as fast as the current-gen chips. Read The Full Story

Freescale mobile device concepts get video outing

, Aug 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

You might remember that we've been highlighting some of Freescale's tablet and ultramobile device concepts created with SCAD over the past month or so; now the company has put its (virtual) silicon where its pens have been, and created some concept videos.  The company sensibly reckons that different demographics will prefer different functionality, and so they've four different types of tablet ranging from young kids gaming, through teenagers using them for education, to adults wanting slates that work in business environments. Video demos after the cut Read The Full Story

AllGo $15 Android computer could enable super-cheap tablets [Video]

, Jun 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

We're seeing Android tablets all around, but just how many of them are actually reaching shelves where we can buy the damned things is another question entirely.  ARMDevices discovered what manufacturers AllGo are describing as an Android-based computing platform with a bill of materials coming in at $15; thrown in a 7-inch WVGA resistive touchscreen and a battery and they reckon it could still be just $35. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

SurfaceInk 12.1-inch Ubuntu tablet design gets video demo

, Jun 24th 2010 Discuss [2]

SurfaceInk may not be a name you're familiar with, but the product development firm may well have a tablet you want.  They've been showing off their latest prototype, a 12.1-inch 1280 x 1024 capacitive slate running Ubuntu on Freescale's i.MX51 800MHz Cortex A8 chipset, and which they're currently trying to persuade manufacturing partners to adopt.  ARMDevices caught up with the company recently, grabbed some footage of the unnamed reference design, and also found out about SurfaceInk's future plans for smaller versions. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Lenovo uses Freescale tech in a design reminiscent of the Skylight

, Jun 21st 2010 Discuss [1]

We found out late last month that Lenovo had killed off the interesting sounding Skylight smartbook in favor of devices running Android. Lenovo is showing off a new design for a smartbook that looks very interesting. The new device is being shown off by Freescale, who provides the hardware platform. Read The Full Story

AMtek iTablet Speed-Lite Tegra 2 tablet brings four touchscreen friends to Computex

, May 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

The tablet market is gathering momentum, and AMtek has just announced all five of the models they'll be bringing to Computex next month.  The slates range in processor prowess from a simple 800MHz Freescale chip, through NVIDIA's Tegra 2, and then into the realms of Intel's Menlow and Montevina platforms.  Touchscreen technology, meanwhile, includes active digitizers and multitouch-capable capacitive screens. Read The Full Story

Freescale tablet concept offers pro-audio docks

, May 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

Freescale are following up on their first batch of mobile device concepts with another idea for the table of the future, a multimedia and pro-audio focused slate.  Targeted at college-age students "into art and music", the unnamed tablet would have a number of modular docking stations into which it could snap for specialised connectivity. Read The Full Story

Freescale smartbook concepts take on mobile gaming, iPad & more

, May 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

We love a good concept mock-up, and Freescale are generally a pretty good source for them.  After last year's smartbook designs the company has again turned to the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) to come up with nine new ideas for the mobile device of the future.  Among the selection - which are gradually being revealed on Freescale's blog, along with the research that educated them - there's a gaming device targeted at teenagers that also allows for easy SMS and instant-messaging, together with a tilt-screen ultraportable notebook that can be used as a slate for young professionals to take handwritten notes in lectures and meetings. Read The Full Story
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