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Bambook Sunflower eReader launches with Mirasol

Rue Liu, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Qualcomm has launched a new eReader device today in partnership with Chinese media company Shanda. The device is called the Bambook Sunflower and features a 5.7-inch Mirasol screen with overall hardware similar to the Kyobo Mirasol eReader. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm Snapdragon GameCommand launch date set

Chris Burns, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Qualcomm are letting loose a bit more information on what's now set to be called Snapdragon GameCommand, an environment not unlike what we've seen thus far from NVIDIA and their Tegra Zone, both arenas containing games that, at least for a limited time, work only on their own chipsets. We first heard about this Qualcomm project back in June, it then being nicknamed the Qualcomm Snapdragon Game Pack. Since then they've given a face and a brand new application to the project, and it'll all be shown off on the 10th of this month, right in the middle of CES 2012. Read The Full Story

FCC green lights AT&T/Qualcomm deal

Shane McGlaun, Dec 23rd 2011 Discuss [0]

AT&T recently took a $4 billion beating at the hands of federal regulators when its plan to purchase T-Mobile in part to get the wireless spectrum to build out its network more fully failed. The result was a $3 billion cash payment to T-Mobile's parent company for the deal failing along with a bunch of stock. Word came yesterday that the FCC had approved another deal that AT&T had cooking. Read The Full Story

Dell Streak Pro D43 Baidu-Yi phone revealed for China

Chris Davies, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

Dell has officially unveiled the Streak Pro D43, a touchscreen smartphone for the Chinese market that runs the Baidu-Yi platform on specs that would please many an Android buyer. Fronted by a 4.3-inch 950 x 540 qHD Super AMOLED touchscreen and toting a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor inside its vaguely Nexus-esque chassis, the Dell Streak Pro offers easy access to the well-used Baidu network of services in China. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm Snapdragon Stadium in the works for temporary brand impact

Chris Burns, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

This week its been revealed that Qualcomm will be temporarily re-naming the home of the San Diego Chargers to Snapdragon Stadium. This place where the football team does battle weekly has up until this week been named Qualcomm Stadium, this move done in order to make sure people know that the Snapdragon processor is on the rise, powering more than 300 smartphones and tablets worldwide and ready to make an impact on 2012. The re-naming of the stadium is a collaboration between the City of San Diego, the San Diego Chargers, and the San Diego Bowl Association. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon S2 and S3 support for GPS and GLONASS

Shane McGlaun, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

The number of apps and services in smartphones today that use GPS for locations and more is staggering. We take GPS location for granted until our devices can't get a fix thanks to trees or location. Qualcomm has announced new support for GPS and Russian GLONASS navigation satellites for its Snapdragon S2 and S3 processors. Read The Full Story

Kyobo eReader shows muted mirasol colors but solid video

Chris Davies, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

The mirasol-toting Kyobo eReader continues to taunt us from afar, with its color e-paper display capable of video playback, though first impressions from early hands-on have proved mixed. Both TweakTown and NetbookNews grabbed some playtime in Taipei this week, coming away generally impressed with the screen refresh rates - just under 30fps, so good enough for video - though with some concerns around color quality. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm: Tegra 3 is a “single use product”

Chris Davies, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [12]

Qualcomm is pushing to make its Snapdragon mobile chipset brand more visible in the consumer marketplace, dismissing the threat of NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 as a “single use product” and even temporarily rebranding the Qualcomm Stadium as the “Snapdragon Stadium” from this weekend. Speaking at a pre-CES briefing today, Qualcomm’s Senior Vice President of Software Strategy Rob Chandhok suggested that, while Tegra 2 may have been found in many of the headline-grabbing tablets and phones over the past twelve months, “in the mobile space, I’m not sure that NVIDIA has any more brand awareness than we do.” The company is similarly unconcerned about the quadcore Tegra 3.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 developer tablet running Android 4.0 ICS

Chris Burns, Dec 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

A bit earlier this month the folks at Qualcomm had an analyst summit with about 50 industry analysts from both North and South America to show off their developing technologies and in particular one device which had us raising our eyebrows - a new Snapdragon S4 developer tablet running Android 2.3 Gingerbread -- news today from Qualcomm shows off how this tablet is now prepped to be running the newest OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. You'll remember the MDB Qualcomm handset we had earlier this year, that one of the last developer-centric devices the chip manufacturer had out for purchase. Now we've got this lovely tablet coming out sooner than later, and complete with the tastiest Android flavor yet! Read The Full Story

Qualcomm Snapdragon 3rd-gen S4 dual-cores revealed

Shane McGlaun, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [3]

Qualcomm has announced to new parts that are slipping into its S4 Snapdragon range. The new parts are the MSM8625 and the MSM8225. Both of the chipsets are dual-core units that operate at up to 1GHz and use the Adreno 203 GPU. The also both pack a 3G modem inside. They are designed to be software compatible with the MSM7x27A and MSM7x25A. Read The Full Story

Samsung, Toshiba and Lenovo tipped to lead Windows 8 on ARM tablets

Chris Davies, Dec 5th 2011 Discuss [9]

Samsung, Toshiba and Lenovo will lead the Windows 8 on ARM platform, according to the latest supply chain leaks, with Microsoft putting Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and NVIDIA in the driving seat for choosing their development partners. The three chipset companies have each selected two partners from the tablet/notebook industry at Microsoft's instruction, Digitimes' sources claim, one major collaborator and one minor. Read The Full Story

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Context, not Cores, is the Tablet Industry’s Challenge

Chris Davies, Nov 30th 2011 Discuss [18]

Samsung showed off what makes it special this morning, with the new Exynos 5250 mobile chipset getting official ahead of its debut in next-gen smartphones and tablets next year. A 2GHz dual-core – with what Samsung reckons is twice the overall grunt of the company’s current 1.5GHz dual-cores and four times the 3D graphics prowess – the Exynos 5250 is also interesting because, unlike NVIDIA, Samsung has opted for a pair of ARM Cortex A15 cores, rather than four A9 cores as in the Tegra 3. That’s going to raise plenty of questions about comparative performance, heat output and power frugality, but perhaps most importantly – in the marketplace, at least – it’s going to prompt an interesting marketing challenge for every company pushing a tablet or phone.