Remember FLO TV? We’d forgive you if Qualcomm’s standalone streaming TV handheld had slipped your mind; after all, the market for a dedicated device for mobile TV (that’s already available on certain mainstream cellphones) seems pretty limited. Still, if you’ve been saving your pennies and waiting anxiously to pick up a FLO TV Personal Television, salvation is at hand: it’s going on sale today.
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Qualcomm has revealed its latest line of mainstream smartphone chipsets that promise to add gigahertz processing to the average smartphone. The new line is the MSM7x30 family. Products in the line are geared towards multimedia performance with support for HD video recording and playback.
What’s red, fuzzy and makes your mouth water? Why, this photo of Lenovo’s first Smartbook of course, grabbed from Qualcomm’s recent webcast and promising to officially launch at CES 2010 this coming January. The Snapdragon-based ultraportable will apparently have an HD-capable display for 720p video together with AT&T integrated wireless connectivity.
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LG have announced that they will be offering a Snapdragon-based Android smartphone in Q2 2010. The device - which will initially be available in the Korean market - has not yet been named, and LG are keeping full specifications close to their chest, but according to the company's VP of electronics, it will be a "more mature" device than the LG GW620 Eve which went on sale in Canada this week.
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 may have been making the Android headlines this week, but it’s not the first smartphone running Google’s open-source OS to pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. That honor goes to the Acer Liquid A1 – though the company have apparently underclocked the CPU to 768MHz – set to be the first Snapdragon Android phone to reach consumers’ hands. Arne from the::unwired has been playing with the Liquid and has put together a “preview” review.
Sony Ericsson have finally come clean on their latest smartphone, and as expected it’s an Android flagship. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 – previously known as the Rachael and the X3 – is a Snapdragon-based touchscreen candybar, with a huge display, 8.1-megapixel camera and some “special sauce” in the shape of two homegrown applications – for communication aggregation and media aggregation – with a custom UI. SlashGear caught up with Sony Ericsson in London yesterday to take a look at the new smartphone, and find out why the company reckons this is the launch not only of the Android X10 but of a new “user experience platform”.
After the cut: live XPERIA X10 gallery and video
Nokia’s trouble breaking into the US market has become a cliché over the years, so it’s good to hear that the Finnish firm may be turning their fortunes around. According to a VentureBeat report, Nokia and AT&T are working together to launch a Symbian handset that will be based on a Qualcomm chipset; definitive specifications are unknown, as is launch date, but Nokia are reportedly being more accommodating of US carriers’ desire to customize individual devices.
Bargain hunters looking for a new ultraportable this Christmas could do well to hold off until the new year, as ASUS CEO Jerry Shen has announced the company plans to launch an Android-based Smartbook in Q1 2010 that could be priced at around $180. ASUS were among the companies demonstrating Smartbook prototypes – based on Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor – back in June, but since then have downplayed their involvement with the format.
Acer have pushed out their Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone range, and they’ve segmented the handsets into two different categories. The Acer beTouch line is intended for style-conscious, “trendy” users, while the Acer neoTouch line are more serious, high-end devices. Four models have been announced, the beTouch E100, E101 and E200, and the neoTouch S200 (aka the Acer F1).
Acer have officially announced their first Android smartphone, the Acer Liquid A1, and it’s also the first handset running the Android platform to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor. The Liquid has a WVGA touchscreen, HSPA connectivity and a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, geo-tagging, ISO and a self-timer.
The speedy Qualcomm chipset also means the Liquid can support 3D graphics, and the phone will run Android 1.6.
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