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Multiple Smartbooks arriving in Q1 2010 claim Pegatron

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

Having had a reasonably prolonged fondle with Quanta's Android Smartbook prototype yesterday, we're actually quite excited by the platform's prospects. According to one of Pegatron's general business managers, we shouldn't have too long to wait, either; Jeremy Shu is claiming that the company has received orders from a number of clients for large volumes of Smartbooks, and he expects them to launch in Q1 2010 alongside carrier partnerships for the integrated 3G connectivity.

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C-motech Mangrove WinMo UMPC hands-on

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 2 Comments

We’d forgive you for having forgotten about C-motech’s Mangrove UMPC; after all, the market for a 7-inch touchscreen tablet running Windows Mobile 6.5 is hardly vast. Still, we were interested to see the unit at Qualcomm’s event today, though its tubby form-factor was a whole lot less impressive when sat next to the Quanta Android Smartbook.

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Quanta Android Smartbook hands-on plus Qualcomm tablet prototype [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 3 Comments

We were hoping Qualcomm might whip out Lenovo’s upcoming Smartbook at today’s event, but unfortunately the diminutive all-day ultraportable is still being nursed for an official CES reveal. Instead, the company had Quanta’s functional Android Smartbook prototype and a non-working Smartbook/Tablet concept out for us to play with.

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Video demo after the cut

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HTC Dragon has been in testing at Google for weeks; release imminent?

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

Things have been quiet on HTC's Snapdragon Android plans since CEO Peter Chou squashed talk of an Android-based HD2, but that hasn't stopped "senior Android guys" from carrying around such a handset for at least the past few weeks. According to TechCrunch, the so-called HTC Dragon or HTC Passion is expected to hit shelves very soon, and will likely be thinner than the Motorola DROID or the Apple iPhone 3GS together with including Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon chipset.

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Acer Liquid A1 Android smartphone ships this month

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 17th 2009 No Comments

Acer have confirmed that their first Android smartphone, the Acer Liquid A1, will arrive in late November, at least in the UK. According to retailer Clove, the Qualcomm Snapdragon based smartphone – which will run Android 1.6 Donut rather than the newer Android 2.0 OS – is priced at £286 pre-tax ($481).

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 video demo: ah, there’s the Snapdragon speed

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 17th 2009 No Comments

Sony Ericsson’s launch event for the XPERIA X10, their first Android smartphone, was slightly undermined by the fact that their single demo prototype proved to be not exactly the Snapdragon speed-demon we all expected. The company’s homegrown Timescape and Mediascape apps ran like molasses in a permafrost, which Sony Ericsson told us was due to them not having been optimized for the hardware. Happily HDblog have had access to a newer prototype, and theirs looks positively snappy.

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Video demo after the cut

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Lenovo Smartbook with AT&T wireless & Snapdragon CPU debuts

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 13th 2009 No Comments

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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HTC HD2 review

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 15 Comments

Twelve months ago HTC shook up the Windows Mobile world with the launch of the Touch HD, a smartphone that offered a vast touchscreen, lashings of connectivity and the latest version of their UI tweaking, TouchFLO 3D, to produce what was hitherto thought impossible: an alluring Windows Phone. Now, the company have attempted just such a revolution with Windows Mobile 6.5 in the shape of the HTC HD2. They’ve upped their game with a speedy Snapdragon processor, even vaster display and a fresh UI that’s been educated by their recent work on Android. Can the HTC HD2 again do the unthinkable, and give us a reason to love Windows Mobile?

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LG Snapdragon Android smartphone coming Q2 2010

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 1 Comment

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.

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Acer Liquid A1 gets previewed: speedy Android but little customization

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 4th 2009 1 Comment

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.

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