When the Galaxy S III does land in the US, it might not have that rumored quad-core chip. That's according to a Samsung executive speaking to The Korea Times, who told the publication that Galaxy S IIIs in different markets will feature different chips. In Europe, the GSIII will feature Samsung’s Exynos quad-core processor, while Qualcomm’s chips will be used in the United States.
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James May Science Stories Qualcomm AR app hands-on
Augmented reality is headed into the museum today, though as a way of making science exhibits more engaging rather than relegating the tech to the history books. London’s Science Museum has teamed with Top Gear presenter James May and app developer DigiCave to use Qualcomm’s Vuforia augmented reality system to put a virtual guide on key exhibits. Nine of the Science Museum’s most prized items now get a personal tour by May on your iPhone, iPad or Android device; check out our hands-on with James May Science Stories after the cut.
HTC and ST-Ericsson phone chip rumors could distance Qualcomm
HTC has reportedly partnered with chipset manufacturer ST-Ericsson to produce its own range of smartphone processors, further reducing its reliance on behemoth Qualcomm. The new chips will target the entry-level market, so the China Times reports, finding their way into low-cost HTC handsets as the company attempts to follow Samsung and Apple in taking control over its supply chain and components.
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HTC One X arrives in Canada
HTC's flagship One Series smartphone, the HTC One X, has gone on sale in Canada, with carrier Rogers Wireless offering the LTE version of the handset from today. Priced at CA$169.99 with a new, three year agreement, the One X has a 4.7-inch 720p HD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor, and an 8-megapixel camera with Full HD video recording.
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Snapdragon shortage likely warns Qualcomm
A shortage of QUALCOMM Snapdragon processors could be very bad news for the smartphone market. QUALCOMM's smartphone processors are the best selling around and are used by some of the most popular and high-performance devices available. A shortage means that smartphone makers might be forced to go with processors for their devices that don't perform as well. This might be a good thing for Nvidia.
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iPhone 5 LTE release date tipped via Qualcomm shortage
This week it appears that the next generation iPhone 5 may have been inadvertently tipped by Qualcomm's quarterly earnings call via a supply issue warning for analysts tracking their mobile chipsets. The chipsets that are, in particular, seeing a strain on supply at the moment are their new 28-nm modem chips made to power the next generation of LTE speed devices. Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs spoke to analysts saying that "demand went so far ahead of availability that we've decided to start spending more money to get more supply as soon as possible."
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HTC One X and S bring an international choice to the USA
There’s no denying that reviews of the HTC One series have been extremely favorable thus far, not least of all because both the HTC One X and HTC One S have extremely forward-thinking chips inside them. Now that the USA is about to get a dose of both of these hero phones, it’s the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor that’s squarely in the spotlight. With the HTC One X’s international edition keeping the one NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor on a phone in the world, are we left with the Qualcomm build for the USA, or are we blessed with it?
Qualcomm Q2 earnings bust up the charts
This week Qualcomm is certainly headed out for a fine dinner or two as they report their 2012 Q2 financial earnings as record breaking. In fact, Qualcomm's words for Q2 2012 were "another quarter of record revenues and earnings per share." This fabulous results have a whole lot to do with faster smartphones in both emerging regions and those that are already developed - and great things appear to be on the horizon as well.
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T-Mobile HTC One S dated and priced for success
This week the T-Mobile version of the HTC One S has been both dated and priced, with $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate. This price has been released in tangent with an April 25th release date, this making the Springtime an HTC One experience as the HTC One X for AT&T is about to be released as well here in the USA. The HTC One S for T-Mobile has been reviewed in full here on SlashGear for your perusal as well!
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Motorola ditching TI in favor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon
Motorola has enjoyed a long and happy relationship with Texas Instruments, and occasionally NVIDIA for their smartphones and tablets as of late but some new leaks could be showing a big change moving forward. If some recently leaked benchmark results from Blog of Mobile are accurate, Motorola could be switching to Qualcomm and their popular new S4 Snapdragon processor in the future.
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Qualcomm invests in BlueStacks after 1m beta downloads in 10 days
A little backstory on BlueStacks: the company's app player enabled you to run Android apps on your PC for testing (or merely for giggles), with several companies impressed with the results. AMD has previously invested in the company to bring Android virtualization to the Fusion platform, although they’re not the only chip manufacturer looking to the technology. Qualcomm has apparently invested in BlueStacks after the latest beta achieved one million downloads in ten days.
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HTC Titan II Hands-on
We’re getting our first final-product hands-on experience with the HTC Titan II here at the end of the week, and with its seemingly large 16 megapixel camera, Windows 7.5 Mango, and 4.7-inch display, it appears we’ve got a beast in our fingers. To be sure, we’ve also got the iPhone 4S and the HTC One S here to compare to in brief – for their cameras, mostly. What you’ll find here in this first hands-on post is that this device is more than up to the task of being a fabulous Windows Phone – but is the smartphone you’re looking for?
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