“As LTE networks are deployed alongside 3G networks,” Cristiano Amon, senior vice president of product management at Qualcomm said in a statement, ”the ability for multimode 3G/LTE mobile devices to connect to different network technologies will be an important part of providing the best possible mobile voice and data experience to consumers.”

The demo used Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC), allowing a single radio to shift a call between 3G and 4G networks. Existing LTE devices have used CSFB (circuit-switched fallback technology) which automatically step a radio down from 4G to 3G when a voice call is to be made. Paired together, manufacturers can use a single 3G/4G chip rather than two separate radios.

Verizon is tipped to be trialling VoLTE in two US cities currently, with a full rollout believed to be intended for 2013. The carrier demonstrated the technology in early 2011, though not with transition to a 3G network, and has since committed to including LTE support in all its future smartphones.

The mirasol appeal, of course, is the combination of E-Ink style low power consumption but with video-capable refresh rates, as well as outdoor visibility. mirasol builds on the same light-bouncing principles that make a butterfly’s wings shimmer, only Qualcomm uses it to produce a color display that gets brighter and more color-saturated the more light is directed at it.

Design-wise, we’re guessing all of the four mirasol ereaders we’ve seen so far – the Kyobo model, the Bamboo Sunflower, the Hanvon C18 and this new Koobe version – are all based on Qualcomm’s own reference design. That would explain the lack of pure tablets using mirasol; Qualcomm had always said it intended to target ereaders first, though larger mirasol panels for iPad-rivals are also in the pipeline.

Koobe says the Jin Yong eReader will include WiFi and come preloaded with content by the Chinese author it’s named after. No word on pricing, nor when we might see a version arrive in North America or Europe.

With AllJoyn, most of the work is done by developers before you, the user, ever gets it in your hands – this is part of what makes AllJoyn so excellent – you barely even need to know it’s there! The next thing that makes AllJoyn so enticing is its ability to connect devices together without a middle-man – you’ll see several different examples of ways this is happening in the videos below. Then there’s the support developers get from Qualcomm when developing with AllJoyn – there’s nothing like having an ultra-pro group of technical specialists there to help you when you’re working with a new technology, especially when you’re a developer on the rise.

Namco’s Pacman Kart

First peek at a presentation of Pacman Kart from Namco working on a pair of Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphones. Here you’ll hear how when both devices are connected to one another directly with AllJoyn – pay special attention to the end of the video where we speak on how these devices could be connected with their Wi-fi radios or their built-in bluetooth, AllJoyn not needing you to choose between them – it just works!

Phunware on a tablet connected to smart TV

Next take a look at a set of apps created by Phunware to work on a Qualcomm-powered tablet (an HTC Jetstream for those of you wondering) communicating with a Qualcomm-powered smart tv (powered by an S3 chip). You’ll find that the connection between the tablet and the television is in-sync because AllJoyn is communicating between the two devices with the radios built-in to either. The first example has an interactive trivia game controlled by the tablet. The next example has video playing on the television while related links and images appear on the tablet. The final example has a karaoke game that uses the tablet as a microphone, able then to play the song back with the voice you recorded the song in on the television immediately after you sang it.

JamJoyn music

JamJoyn is shown next, this an application custom-made for AllJoyn in which music is able to be controlled by several different devices all working with the same stereo. The devices used here are the HTC Thunderbolt and the HTC Nexus One (both running Snapdragon processors, of course) working with a Jawbone JAMBOX, each of them able to control the music by switching tracks, adding to a single playlist, and more. In this use case you’ll find the list of songs sitting below a control panel on both devices – the JAMBOX is connected to the Thunderbolt with an audio output cord, but both devices can control the jams.

Whiteboard

AllJoyn shows its power again with an app by the name of Whiteboard in which regardless of how many devices you’ve got open with the same canvas, anyone can draw and the canvas will be modified accordingly. Imagine the use of such a tool in an educational setting – especially in an art class! You could have a set of tablets all showing off the same piece of artwork with each one able to modify the rest – brilliant!

Fight Game: Heroes

We also got the chance to play the brand new mobile game Fight Game Heroes connected with AllJoyn on Qualcomm MSM8960 developer platform tablets. It was your humble narrator versus Cory Gunther and, believe it or not, I get knocked out in no time flat. Have a peek and see how versatile this system is on a couple of tablets made for developers only!

We’ll certainly continue to keep you updated on Qualcomm’s work with AllJoyn and will continue to bring you use-case scenarios as they appear on the mass market. Exciting stuff coming from a group that brings you not just the processor, but a network of finely tuned hardware in every device they work with. Developers get your thinking caps out!

This application has several sections: one called My Games, this being the place where your applications are stored, it working as a sort of alternate apps drawer for you for all the GameCommand games you love so well. Next there’s Featured, this section having the Snapdragon logo because here is where you find all the most fantastic games you’ll want to download through the app. What the application does is tell you all the info you need to see if you want the app, then there’s a link that leads you into the Android Market. You then download your app in the same way you would normally from the market as you always do.

The third section in GameCommand is News, this being a feed of several news sources speaking on various bits of news that’ll inform you on the mobile world, hopefully in the Qualcomm environment. You’ve got settings in the upper left, this allowing you to arrange things just a bit different, then the “i” button in the upper right lets you know how to use the app if you can’t figure it out. This is Qualcomm’s current attempt at reinforcing their chips in a way that shows developers that they’re worth working with. This weekend we’re going to have a couple of features on Qualcomm noting how their approach is superior to the competition, built from the ground up.

You can grab the Snapdragon GameCommand from the Android Market today, and it’s completely free for all.

This device will be released very soon as the Lumia 710 has been launched today (today being the 11th of January, 2012,) and will be taking on the mid-tier of devices currently dominating those users new to the smartphone game. Android being versatile enough to work on essentially any quality device, we’re glad to see that such lovely beast as this to take on the market with one of the least expensive dual-core chips on the market.

That said, pricing has not yet been made available, and no details on if this device will be running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich have been given. Samsung has dedicated itself to bringing one whole heck of a lot of their devices to the newest version of Android, this certainly not one to miss out on the party come early this spring or summer.

This device is both sleek at .4-inches deep, works with Flash 16 GB eMMC, and has 512 MB DDR2 RAM. What this device represents is the oncoming flow of LTE Windows Phone devices as coming down first from AT&T in a collection of smartphones. With this 5.2-ounce beast, we’re sure Microsoft lovers and new smartphone users alike will be keen to get onboard. But that camera – it’s just fabulously large.

This device’s back-facing camera setup contains a f/2.6 28mm wide angle lens, 720p video capability, dual LED flash, and a dedicated camera button. The front-facing camera is a 1.3-megapixel shooter for video chat. The back facing camera is set to be the topmost powerful smartphone-based shooter on the market here in the USA. Have a ball working with Mango on this beast – coming SOON. Price and release details coming soon.

Also check out our history with the original HTC Titan to see where this device gets its cool roots – any rather popular HTC Windows Phone deserves another.

Those budget ambitions means this is unlikely to be the OLED display toting tablet Toshiba has also been teasing, which is likely to carry a more premium price tag when it arrives. Connectivity for the cheaper model includes WiFi, Bluetooth, microSD and microUSB – no surprises there – and there’s a rear camera but no LED flash.

In contrast to September’s Thrive 7, the new model is slightly longer and apparently slightly thinner, too, though it’s also likely to be less powerful than the Thrive 7′s Tegra 2 chipset and, of course, runs at a lower resolution than the earlier slate’s 1280 x 800.

On this sort of device, pricing is everything: Toshiba will be up against low-cost options like the $249 NOOK Tablet after all, while you can pick up the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for around $340. We’ll know full details at CES next week.

The Snapdragon GameCommand app will contain over 100 games right out of the gate, and one game specifically will be shown off at the event next week: “Fight Game Heroes.” Qualcomm executives will be facing off against the UFC monster by the name of Alistair Overeem in a video game battle on the game just mentioned, this putting them both in a strange position where the winner will be the one with the swiftest face-smashing fingers on an Android device. Other games on the platform include such odd titles as “Bunny Maze 3D” and mini-game “Desert Winds.”

While we wait for the big names in future games to launch on this platform, we’ll be keeping our eyes to the grindstone for how well it all adds up agains the already popular Tegra Zone. Unlike the Tegra Zone, not all games launched on GameCommand will be restricted to the chip the manufacturer’s game zone is pushing – but some of them will be. Just like Tegra-restricted games, some games in this Snapdragon game arena will be restricted to Qualcomm chips, but only for a limited time.

Optimization is the key here, folks, and with more chip-makers promoting games by giving them awesome resources like this, we’re set for a fabulous 2012 in mobile gaming!

“Tegra 3 isn’t concerning us” he said, referring to the NVIDIA chipset found inside the ASUS Transformer Prime and other incoming Android slates. “There are lots of smart people in the world but what we’re going to focus on is product roadmaps that help our manufacturing partners not just single use products … I could go away and make something brilliant with Tegra 3, but you’re going to see hundreds of [Snapdragon] S4 devices in the marketplace.”

The ambitious approach isn’t new from Qualcomm, though the company still remains behind when it comes to pure core count. Qualcomm’s quadcore S4 chipsets, like the 28nm MSM8960, will initially drop in dualcore form, with quadcores on the roadmap later.

Qualcomm has previously argued its design strategy by pointing out that – unlike NVIDIA or Texas Instruments, for instance – the company designs its own ARM-based cores. That allows it to choose its own balance between performance and energy efficiency; as Chandhok said, “we have a design point for mobility that we think is different from what others focus upon.” Whether it can convince customers to look beyond pure core-count and dig deep into actual abilities remains to be seen.

Though details aren’t especially numerous or expansive at the moment on this build, Qualcomm themselves have provided the images you’re seeing above and below. Qualcomm is sure to be releasing their S4 processor as well inside 2012, and based on what we’ve seen with the massively popularity and well-working nature of past processors from the group, you can bet this one will be a doozy as well. Qualcomm is currently getting Ice Cream Sandwich fully optimized for Snapdragon S4-toting tablets as well as the rest of their Snapdragon processors.

This means that it’s more likely than ever that, for example, the HTC line of smartphones from 2011 (and beyond) will be able to work with Ice Cream Sandwich in one way or another. All HTC handsets that you’ve likely handled have had Qualcomm processors in them, and until next year when the rumored NVIDIA-powered HTC Zeta is released, that one-processor-love situation will continue to stay strong. Ice Cream Sandwich ahoy for Qualcomm in 2012, that’s for certain!

P.S. Notice how awesome the text size is on the back of this tablet – and also check out how powerful the camera is if you dare. More massive than the most massive camera on any tablet before, much less a smartphone!

The new parts are also using the third generation of the Qualcomm Reference Design or QRD ecosystem program. The new parts add more capability for these device makers to expand smartphone lines and 3G possibilities. The QRD program is intended to let the device makers develop smartphones that can be sold in high volumes at lower costs.

The new parts are to give device makers an upgrade path for taking their snapdragon S1 designs to dual-core S4 mobile processors under the hood. The new chipsets will be available in the first half of 2012 in the QRD platform and will be available as standalone chips too.

We’ve been tracking mirasol for several years now, Qualcomm’s color display technology that promises color, video-capable e-paper with battery life akin to monochrome E Ink screens. This particular panel is a 5.7-inch, 1024 x 768 display using Qualcomm’s front-light technology that uses LEDs to make the eReader usable in darkness. There’s also a projected capacitive touchscreen, as on the NOOK, and WiFi, though no 3G.

Kyobo – Korea’s leading bookstore – will offer 90,000 ebooks for the mirasol eReader, as well as video education content, integration with social networking services and English text-to-speech support. There’ll also be a searchable dictionary, along with magazines and other content for “downtime” between classes. The retailer is expected to lock down its Gingerbread install, but we can’t imagine that will dissuade the legion of Android hackers likely to find the slate appealing.

Part of that appeal is lengthy battery life, likely to exceed three weeks of regular use. Unfortunately there’s no word on when – or if – the Kyobo eReader might go on sale outside of South Korea, but we wouldn’t be surprised if Qualcomm had some further mirasol announcements to make at CES 2012 in January.

Smart TV has been around for a while now, but compared to things like tablets and smartphones the TV is lagging behind in what it can do and just how smart it is. Qualcomm’s Craig Barratt, Atheros President, has told CNET “We’re going to drive technology to more media devices in the home.” He also sees the chip landing on more set top boxes. I’ve long thought that a smart set top box from a satellite or cable company is likely where most people around the world will get into the Smart TV realm.

I could certainly see Qualcomm being one of the major chip players in that market. Barratt also sees a future for devices in the home like TVs, routers, computers, and more that will be able to directly talk to each other to speed communication and have less lag. The cool part about that is that you would be able to move photos, video, and other content from one device to another without having to use a third party device like a router.

[via CNET]

Along with Ice Cream Sandwich, the HTC Zeta comes naturally with HTC’s own Sense UI, as well as an ample 32GB of internal storage, a 1830mAh battery, Bluetooth 4.0, and proprietary Beats Audio. On the media capture side, it also comes with a uniquely shaped 8MP camera with dual LED flash and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. All that’s wrapped in a strangely shaped body of 9.8mm thickness and 5.15 ounces weight. No pricing or availability information revealed just yet.

This one’s totally from the rumor mill coming from Engadget, so take everything with a grain of salt. That’s a ridiculously powerful Snapdragon CPU, something not entirely seen in the current-gen of smartphone processors. Also, the sharp edges don’t really relate to HTC’s current design philosophy, but I’m not complaining if this is indeed the new flagship phone that’ll be churned out by the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer in a couple months or so.

[via Android Community]

Nokia Lumia 800

The Nokia Lumia 800 is a device that should very much remind you of the recently reviewed by Chris Davies Nokia device by the name of Nokia N9. While that device ran MeeGo, this new one rolls out with Windows Phone and is therefor modified physically to meet the needs of the alternate mobile OS. You’ve got the three Microsoft designed buttons at the bottom of a 3.7-inch 480 x 800 pixel AMOLED display, inside you’ve got a 1450mAh battery for nearly 10 hours of talk time, and inside you’ve got the lovely 1.4GHz single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor to back you up.

Inside you’ll find 16GB of built-in storage, 512 MB of RAM, and the ability to use the cool 8-megapixel camera on the back of the device, this camera capable of 720p HD 30fps video as well as HD photos. The single piece of bright colorful polycarbonate should have you agreeing with Nokia that the whole experience is “pillowy” and without a doubt this is a high contender for the top class of smartphone devices out there, being described by many as the “first true Windows Phone device” right out of the gate due to its unique design and top-tier specifications.

Nokia Lumia 710

The device that for one reason or another appears to be taking a second seat to news about the 800 is the Lumia 710, another Windows Phone 7.5 Mango device with a 3.7-inch display at 480 x 800 pixel resolution. This time the display is a TFT LCD and the 1300 mAh batter should be giving you nearly 8 hours of talk time. Inside you’ll find the same single-core 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, while the back of this device has a slightly smaller 5-megapixel camera still capable of 720p HD video at 30 fps.

Built-in storage is set at 8GB, while system memory is 512 MB and, just like the 800, this device has a candybar design. You’ll see right away though that these certainly don’t taste the same, and if they were made of candy, they wouldn’t both be chocolate, that’s for sure. While the 800 is 4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 inches in size and weighs in at 142 g, the 710 rings in at 4.69 x 2.46 x 0.49 inches and weighs 126 g.

I suppose at this point you’re confused whether these two devices are nearly the same or completely different. Truth be told, they’re going to be held up by you in the store next to one another and it’s likely the price that’ll do the deciding for you. That or your ability to choose certain fantastic color cases for one and different sets of colors for the other. Whatever happens, happens!

Also feel free to check out another competition from this morning by the name of Lumia 800 vs iPhone 4S, then see how you’ll be getting some sweet app options with Nokia App Highlights curated store as outlined this morning as well.

See our full Nokia Lumia 710 hands-on post or just check out the video here:

And see our full Nokia Lumia 800 hands-on post or just check out the video here:

Then let us know which one you’d choose if you had the choice right this second!

Another point to make here is that Qualcomm has currently cornered the Windows Phone market with their processors. That’s right, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors power 100 percent of Windows Phone devices on the market right now, and they don’t plan on stopping there! With the Windows Phone 7 marketplace on the rise, its in Qualcomm’s best interest to continue to hold on to the entirety of the platform.

Enrico Salvatori, senior vice president and president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Europe, is more than pleased with the situation of course. Salvatori notes that the process from start to finish only took six months, quite a feat for two manufacturers working to optimize eachothers products for one another for market release. “The completeness of the Snapdragon processor and deep integration between Snapdragon and Windows Phone 7 have enabled a unique smartphone experience in record development time for Nokia.” Sounds good and dandy!

Check out our Hands-on with the Lumia 800, our Hands-on with the Lumia 710, and hit up the entire Nokia experience this week by seeking out the Nokia World 2011 portal.

Compared to the original EVO, you’ve got some very similar specifications in from of you: 4-inch display on the Design, 4.3-inch display on the original EVO 4G, similar processors: both single-core Qualcomm Snapdragons with the original EVO clocked at 1GHz and the Design clocked at 1.2GHz, but that’s where the similarities stop. What you’ve got here is an upgraded EVO with a smaller display – but with MORE pixels. That means sharper detail and an HD look at your mobile world.

Look at this: 4 inches of display with 540 x 960 pixels packed inside, that’s qHD, and that’s bright and beautiful. The handset is 4.80 x 2.40 x 0.50-inches, weighs in at 147g, and fits in your palm quite nicely. Also there’s that cool HTC metal strip through the back so you know it’s nothing if not high quality.

The camera on the back is a 5-megapixel with a single LED flash, there’s a 1.3 megapixel camera on the front for video chat, and the 1520 mAh battery should leave us with a full day of work – we can hope. We shall see. Have a look at the photos above and below as well as the video of the unboxing of this device, then make sure to stack up all the questions you’ve got because we’ll be answering them in the full review. Ask away!

What 28nm means is that the same amount of work will be able to be done with a much smaller piece of hardware – the last smallest process was 45nm – as Qualcomm here seeks to massively impress the world with nearly halving the size AND boosting the power, we must dig out fingernails into out kneecaps in anticipation. No way around it. This size also means lower power consumption, this meaning a much longer up-time on the same size battery.

The Krait CPU will bring a new pipeline architecture and promises a whole 60% boost over the current Qualcomm Scorpion line. Clock speeds rang from 1.5 to 2.5GHz — this being notable since the highest rated processor speed on a CPU for ANY mobile device thus far has been 1.5GHz out of the box. Hackers have seen to it that devices have gone beyond this behind the scenes, but not on the mass market. These new speeds come aside asynchronous multiprocessing and dual-channel memory.

The GPU, that being the Adreno name we all know and love, now in a 225 flavor, will have a massive 50% increase in performance over the current 220 line. In addition, the 225 will provide support for DirectX 9.3 for Windows 8 as well as OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0. I told you there’d be some specs thrown around, right? All this means for the lay person is that it’s going to be really awesome for high-powered GAMES. Look forward to it!

Then there’s the S4 MSM8960, which will allow multi-mode World capabilities along with support for frequencies ranging between 700 and 2600MHz – so versatile! Qualcomm claims support for Cat. 3 LTE (up to 100Mpbs!) and Cat. 24 HSPA+ (up to 42Mbps). Then there’s a bunch more, why not, right? There’s EV-DO Rev. B 1x Advanced, EV-DO Rev. B TD-SCDMA, GSM, GPRS, and EDGE. AND there’s support for simultaneous GLONASS and GPS and of course, Bluetooth, Wi-fi, NFC, and FM radio. Gotta catch em all!

We’re ready, Qualcomm, blow em all away! More competition for better products, faster advancement, and of course, more speedily developed games for ME in the end.

[via Qualcomm]

With Qualcomm behind the wheel at dual-core 1.5GHz, you’ve got quite a fabulous little handset on your hands – when you’ve got HTC working the chassis, you’ve got one fantastically high-grade piece of hardware on your hands. Judging by how the HTC Sensation feels to use (I’ve been using it for several weeks, full disclosure,) it’s no doubt that this similarly shaped device will blow the competition away – or at least make people think it’s time to trade the Sensation in for a slightly newer device starting with an A and ending with a “maze.”

Another factor to take note of – the photos here are taken with a myTouch 4G Slide, another HTC device with the same camera that you’ll be getting here in the Amaze. Look like a nice combination to you? I think so, yes. You can find the source for these photos below, but note that the photographer appears to be shy on sharing because his profile is private. Now let me direct you back to the original announcement post so you can get all kinds of information on this device before you purchase it on October 12! Or, if you prefer, you could head to the lovely all-in-one package offered with the HTC Rhyme instead. Up to you!

[via Carms Perez]

This device’s motor, again, is a 1GHz Scorpion processor, you’ll also get Adreno 205 GPU with your MSM8255 Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. If that sentence just completely flew over you head, basically what it means is that you’ll do fine for games and apps, but it’s not nearly as powerful as the dual-core processors we’re seeing on many smartphones on carriers here in the USA these days. Sony Ericsson seems to be pushing this device out as a promotion of their lovely form factor and color options (white) rather than trying to win the specs contest.

They’ve also got a pretty neat little commercial to go along with the device as it’s important to have such a presentation here in the USA as you well know. The high color BRAVIA ENGINE running the display, HD recording on its 8.1 megapixel camera with Exmor R technology shown to make it all look quite impressive, the Android Market coming with the device right out of the box as well. An odd point here – they’re showing the old Android Market here still – the newest Android Market having been released since this commercial was first shown back in June.

You can grab this device from Newegg today with just a few taps and a credit card. Feel free to pick me up a few other gadgets while you’re there, Newegg for life.

Bonus colors!

“Hollywood Quality Video is a well-recognized, award-winning technology that provides Qualcomm with a leadership position in the video processing space,” Steve Mollenkopf, executive vice president and group president of Qualcomm claims. “Media consumption continues to cross device boundaries and create growing expectations for high-quality viewing experiences.”

The exact nature of Qualcomm’s intended implementation of the IDT tech is unknown at this stage. Given, however, that smartphones and tablets are increasingly being positioned as multimedia hubs for streaming, HD video and powering multiple displays, boosting the abilities of future Snapdragon SoCs could help them claw back some of the Android ground NVIDIA took with the Tegra 2.

Exact terms of the all-cash deal have not been revealed, though Qualcomm says it has already been approved and is expected to be completed in the next few weeks. IDT and Qualcomm will also work together in the future on smart device technologies.

The team was even apparently able to run webOS as a web-app in the iPad 2 browser, where it similarly out-performed native code on the TouchPad slate. At the core of the issue was old hardware: the TouchPad that launched just a few months ago was based on the same specification as Palm’s original tablet plan, from around two years ago.

That reliance on aging components left HP’s internal development teams just as unenthused as the market proved to be. Apparently, as well as the 7-inch TouchPad Go spotted clearing the FCC recently, HP already had the 9.7-inch TouchPad successor in the pipeline, complete with a high-resolution display to take on what’s believed to be a “Retina Display” panel in the iPad 3 and a slimmer, lighter metal chassis.

Qualcomm has always insisted that its dual-core Snapdragons – while later to the market than dual-cores from rivals like NVIDIA – offer a better balance of performance and power consumption, with chipset VP Raj Tulluri telling SlashGear last month that rival chipset firms “haven’t mastered” that equilibrium yet. Nonetheless, HP had already prepared an overclocked, 1.5GHz TouchPad 4G for AT&T to answer criticisms of the tablet’s potency.

Lucky for the world, we’ve had a personalized look at this device as it stood seemingly ready for distribution back in February of this year. Now we’re looking at a release just next month and the specs, while still decent, don’t have the same impact they did when dual-core was a word we used for only a couple of devices on the market at the time. Now we’ve got a giant device with a fantastically large display with only a single core processor on our hands – it’s hard to imaging it adding up! Luckily this device does have some features we can enjoy along with the longest thinnest display on the market: a relatively thin profile (so says Davies,) HSDPA, Wi-Fi b/g/n, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.

Will this device strike your fancy if it’s released on a carrier for the same price the rest of the top-tier devices are being dropped at? Or will it be the sort of device you wait until it’s free on contract to pick up? Or is the fact that this unique device only have a single-core processor turn you off? This device is extremely large when it comes to smartphones – would you rather have this device or a tablet? All of this you’ll have to answer for sometime inside September for 499 Euro – aka something like $700 USD, and we’re still not quite sure when the device will be out for certain in the USA – perhaps for cheaper on a 2-year contract, if you know what I mean.

[via Android Community]

From the looks of it, this device appears to be very similar to our good friend the HTC Sensation. Of course the HTC Sensation, carried at the moment by T-Mobile in the USA, has a dual-core Snapdragon MSM8660 1.2GHz processor, this making us feel like a dual-core processor of at least that size being standard in this HTC Ignite device. The Ignite has a very similar look to the Sensation in that it appears that the entire back panel will be able to be removed to work with the battery, SIM card, and microSD card, though the two notches at the bottom of the device are no longer present, making us feel like this device’s back will be one solid piece instead of the stylized swoop present in the HTC Sensation.

You can see two reviews of the HTC Sensation, a device whose code-name is HTC Pyramid, in it’s European iteration and in its T-Mobile iteration in the USA. Also we’ve got an HTC Sensation giveaway in the UK mix as well.

Also present is a single light dot in the lower right of the device where the Android HOME button would normally be. This could mean several things. One, that the touchscreen buttons below the display could be set by the user. Two, that this device will take some cues from Honeycomb and run Ice Cream Sandwich with Android Menu buttons that look like dots until they’re activated, in which case they turn into the Home, Back, and etcetera buttons – if this is true, it’s still possible for this device to be Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich hero device – wouldn’t you agree? Three, the Home button is just too small to show up in a recognizable way in this photo/mockup.

So rejoice, and be glad, all you fans of the HTC Sensation, HTC’s next effort is going to be quite similar, the next device on the candy bar road to Android glory.

UPDATE: This device is, in fact, a Windows Phone 7 device, as revealed by XDA.cn in the image below. Shucks! Good news for WP7 fans on the other hand.

“Applications processors are enabling a range of new ways for consumers to interface with their home entertainment and mobile devices. Our acquisition of key technology and assets from GestureTek will strengthen Qualcomm’s smartphone product portfolio and enable our customers to launch products with new and compelling user experiences” Steve Mollenkopf, executive vice president and group president, Qualcomm

Many of GestureTek’s publicly-known products are designed for large-scale digital signage, interactive display and advertising. For instance, the company offers a Microsoft Surface-rivaling multitouch table, the GestTable, as well as a clear multitouch display wall, the Illuminate.

However, we’ve also seen GestureTek demonstrate its gesture-recognition technology back at IDF 2010 (as shown in the video below), using camera tracking to monitor hand-movement and navigate UIs and games. With an increasing number of smartphones and tablets offering front-facing cameras, they could be used to remotely control the device while it’s on the table or docked in your car’s dashboard.

We’ll have to wait and see exactly what Qualcomm does with the GestureTek technology, and whether manufacturers choose to implement it into future Snapdragon-based products. Meanwhile, Snapdragon-based “home entertainment devices” could replicate some of Kinect’s functionality with support at the chipset level, and given Google TV is Android-based that could have interesting implications for how we control our multimedia consumption from the couch.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

It should be Q1 2013 when things get really interesting, with the quadcore Krait chips arrival. The MSM8974 will run at between 2.0GHz and 2.5GHz, with 2MB of L2 cache, 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory support and Adreno 320 graphics. It’ll also pack LTE Cat-4, HSPA+ and various other connectivity support, and be capable of 1080p 60fps HD video together with processing images from up to 30-megapixel sensors.

Those chips should be propping up the flagships in tablets, smartphones and even ultraportable notebooks to rival Intel’s Ultrabook drive. SlashGear spoke to Raj Talluri, VP of product management for Qualcomm’s chipset division, about what makes the company’s chips special, particularly given that NVIDIA expects to have its quadcore Kal-El platform on the market sometime this quarter. The Qualcomm advantage, Talluri says, is that the company designs its own cores rather than, as with NVIDIA, TI and others, using off-the-shelf ARM designs.

“[Firms like NVIDIA and TI] don’t have the ability to make their own [cores], they haven’t mastered that yet” Talluri pointed out, suggesting that NVIDIA’s quadruple Cortex-A9 chip will sacrifice battery life in its pursuit of performance, while arguing that Texas Instruments was limited to just a pair of Cortex-A15 cores in its OMAP5 because any more of the toasty chips “would burn through the package.”

Instead, the VP claimed, Krait offers significantly more DMIPS per MHz (i.e. performance) than an A9 core, and is roughly on a par with an A15 core. However, when it comes to DMIPS per milliwatt (i.e. power frugality), Krait uses significantly less than either an A9 or A15 core. Rivals, he suggested, are merely targeting “multicore” rather than “the right core”; Qualcomm has already insisted that its existing dualcore is faster than Kal-El.

Update: Qualcomm has requested that we remove the roadmap information.

[via Netbook News]

According to Timmons, quad-core’s primary benefit today is on the spec-sheet, as something to impress OEMs and consumers. “For marketing purposes it’s great to be able to say ‘we’ve got the biggest’” he argued. “But in terms of devices there’s more to it than that.”

Qualcomm does have quad-cores on the roadmap, though they’re not expected until early 2012. The APQ8064 will use four Krait next-gen cores – rather than the Scorpion cores in the current-gen Snapdragons – running at up to 2.5GHz and paired with new dual- and quad-core Adreno GPUs. Timmons tells us that the APQ8064 (which, unlike the MSM-prefix chips, lacks an integrated cellular radio) is targeted at Windows 8 tablets as part of the Windows on ARM program, though a quad-core MSM version for smartphones is in the pipeline, its ETA unannounced.

Instead, Qualcomm is pushing its asynchronous dual-cores as offering the best balance between performance and battery efficiency. “Power is everything” Timmons explained, “how do I deliver this level of performance at a lower power consumption?” Rather than focusing on whether ARM-based chipsets can deliver the same outright power as x86 processors, like Intel’s Atom, we’ll be increasingly aware of DMIPS per milliwatt, or how much juice it takes to compute.

As for taking on NVIDIA’s Tegra Zone for promoting on-device game downloads, Timmons tells us Qualcomm has no ambitions to push its Snapdragon Game Pack as an alternative app store. “We’re distinctly not in the services business” he explained, “and don’t want to be.” Instead, Qualcomm will be focusing on OEMs using its Snapdragon chipsets, encouraging them to use the best-of-breed titles optimized as part of the Game Pack.

Qualcomm is pushing the Snapdragon chip hard as a way to extend its reach beyond radio chips that it is known for. The company sells the license to a lot of the tech that is required to operate a 3G device. The surge of smartphones is pushing the demand for all sorts of chips and processors and Snapdragon is along for the ride.

Jacobs doesn’t offer any hint at what sort of new devices will be using the Snapdragon or when the new devices will land. The new products will likely include a bunch of smartphones and tablets in the mix. Jacobs said, “Mobile is now the dominant computing platform, and it’s never going back. Computing has changed forever.”

[via Bloomberg]

There’s also 16GB of internal storage – with a microSD card slot to add to that – along with a 1.3-megapixel front camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and HSPA for international roaming. SRS WOW HD audio (and a bundled pair of Sennheiser earphones, instead of the shonky set you usually get) takes care of sound, while there’s an interesting split-screen display layout which can be used to show, say, live TV on one half of the screen and your Twitter feed on the other.

OS is Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, with USIM payment support, and the whole thing measures in at 128.5 x 65 x 9.8mm and weighs 131g. It’s priced at the equivalent of $740 and available in black, white, or two-tone black & white.

Qualcomm’s program will involve working with developers to optimize the performance of their games to take full advantage of the Adreno GPU in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors. The Game Pack will initially come with 100 mobile games that will be available through the Android Market and developer stores. Those same games will also be available to manufacturers working on pre-production devices running Snapdragon processors.

Numbers

There are currently over 125 devices on the market powered by Snapdragon. And, another 250 Snapdragon devices are currently in development worldwide from various OEMs. It’s safe to say that games optimized for the processor will have a rather large market for distribution. Several developer groups have already signed on with Qualcomm’s optimization program, including Babaroga, Booyah, Com2us USA, Digital Chocolate, Eyelead Software, Glu, Guild Software, NAMCO BANDAI Games America, Gameloft, Natural Motion, Polarbit, Southend Interactive, and Tripwire Interactive.

Games

There are also a couple of games that have already been Snapdragon optimized and released, including GT Racing: Motor Academy and Real Soccer 2011 that are both available at Gameloft. Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus is available through the Android Market as well as through V-Cast Apps for the Xperia PLAY. Some other optimized games that will be available soon include Pool Pro Online 3, available through the developer’s website, and PAC-Mac Cart Rally 3D, which was demoed at the event today.

The Difference

Qualcomm’s game optimization program strives to ensure that games will work best with its Snapdragon CPU and Adreno GPU to encourage consumers to seek out devices with its processors for the optimal gaming experience. But like we mentioned earlier, the main difference between Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Game Pack approach and rival game optimization programs is that Qualcomm is not limiting developers to one processor. With already a large market, some successfully optimized games with more in route, and an “open” approach, Qualcomm could certainly become a major player when it comes to mobile gaming hardware.

Press Release:

SAN DIEGO – June 01, 2011 – Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced the introduction of the Snapdragon™ Game Pack, which is an optimization program initially featuring more than 100 mobile games that represent the first installment of a growing collection of the latest console-quality and casual games optimized and enhanced for Snapdragon-based mobile devices. This significant milestone conveys the depth of support and collaboration among Qualcomm and top gaming publishers and developers that are using the advanced graphics capability of the embedded Adreno™ GPUs in Snapdragon mobile processors to bring a better gaming experience to mobile users. Future phases of the Snapdragon Game Pack will be able to take full advantage of next-generation Snapdragon mobile processors that will feature quad-core Adreno GPUs and will be optimized for larger display devices, such as tablets.

With more than 60 percent of smartphone users regularly playing games on their mobile devices, the demand is clear and the time is right to bring this significant advancement to the mobile gaming ecosystem. These individual Snapdragon-optimized games are accessible to the Android community via the Android Market and developer stores. The next-generation games to be included in the Snapdragon Game Pack will also be made available by the publishers and developers of such games for mobile device manufacturers working on pre-commercial products to bring an industry-leading gaming experience to their Snapdragon powered devices. The Snapdragon Game Pack is also designed to help publishers with more pre-install opportunities for generating new revenue with their existing catalog of games. With more than 125 Snapdragon devices announced and more than 250 in development from OEMs and operators worldwide, the Snapdragon platform is the mobile platform of choice for many publishers.

“We are excited to be leading the way with the top game developers in the industry to bring better gaming experiences to Android and other platforms for everyone to enjoy,” said Dave Durnil, director of advanced content at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. “Our in-house gaming team is comprised of lead programmers from major game studios that have launched commercial titles for consoles and mobile. This team is focused on enabling industry-leading gaming experiences for our next-generation Snapdragon mobile processors and supporting developers that are part of the Snapdragon Game Pack.”

The Snapdragon Game Pack and the list of games associated with the Snapdragon Game Pack will continue to grow over time. Some of the Company’s collaborators in this effort include Babaroga, Booyah, Com2us USA, Digital Chocolate, Eyelead Software, Glu, Guild Software, NAMCO BANDAI Games America, Gameloft, Natural Motion, Polarbit, Southend Interactive and Tripwire Interactive.

“We are happy to work with Qualcomm to deliver a great gaming experience on Snapdragon-powered Android devices, with games such as GT Racing: Motor Academy, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus and Real Soccer 2011,” said Baudouin Corman, vice president of Publishing Americas, Gameloft. “These powerful devices enable the development of immersive HD games, and we are pleased to work with Qualcomm to take it to the next level.”

“The wide industry support behind Snapdragon helps to facilitate consistency of hardware, even between different manufacturers, and it makes optimizations of our products an easier process,” said Mitri Wiberg, CEO, Polarbit AB. “Working with Qualcomm also gives us the opportunity to attain business opportunities with major mobile industry players that rely on Qualcomm technology to power their products.”

“We are delighted to continue our collaboration with Qualcomm in bringing extremely compelling gaming experiences across platforms,” said Jason Loia, chief operating offices, Digital Chocolate. “Android has the potential to be a key catalyst of the social gaming revolution on mobile, and Digital Chocolate is committed to it as a first-rate gaming platform.”

“We are always pushing the limits of 3D Social Mobile game quality with the goal of delivering a dynamic, console-like gaming experience,” said Giancarlo Mori, chief creative officer, Glu Mobile. “The Snapdragon Game Pack offers top developers like Glu the tools needed to continue delivering this experience on the next generation of mobile devices.”

“The broad adoption of Snapdragon mobile processors in the Android space, along with great developer support from Qualcomm, made a compelling case for bringing our unique MMO experience to these devices,” said John Bergman, CEO, Guild Software Inc.

“As a leading and innovative games developer, we always aim to make the best games no matter what platform, and with the help of Qualcomm and the performance of Snapdragon mobile processors, we are able to do just that,” said Fredrik Erlandsson, CEO, Southend Interactive.

“Snapdragon-powered devices exhibit great performance and impressive 3D graphics for game development, allowing us to maximize the visual appeal of Pool Pro Online 3,” said Dominic Lobbia, senior R&D director, NAMCO BANDAI Games America. “Qualcomm has also provided industry-leading tools, including the Adreno Profiler, which has enabled us to fine-tune the 3D performance of our games on the Snapdragon platform.”

“We are pleased to be bringing a number of our titles onto the Android operating system that are optimized for devices utilizing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform,” said Torsten Reil, CEO, NaturalMotion.

“Snapdragon mobile processors with embedded Adreno GPUs make it possible for us to bring rich gaming experiences with wide appeal like Homerun Battle 3D to Snapdragon-based mobile devices,” said Don Lim, General Manager, Com2us USA.

“Collaborating with Qualcomm enables us to bring a better overall experience for players and publishers alike,” said Andreja Djokovic, founder, Babaroga.

“The breadth and reach of Snapdragon mobile processors in the Android Market makes working with Qualcomm a smart business decision, “said Brian Cho, director of business development, Booyah.

“By collaborating with Qualcomm and utilizing their Adreno Profiler tool, we optimized our game to deliver higher performance, richer 3D content and a more exciting mobile gaming experience,” said Nikos Vassiliou, chief software architect, Eyelead Software.

“We are excited to start bringing top-of-the-line PC games to the mobile market, and now we can do it on Snapdragon-powered devices,” said Alan Wilson, vice president, Tripwire Interactive.

Qualcomm’s Adreno graphics technology has long been a hub for mobile gaming. The latest Adreno GPUs allow developers to continue to utilize high-performance Adreno graphics capabilities to drive spectacular gaming and user experiences across all device tiers. Qualcomm’s embedded Adreno GPUs have enabled the largest mobile graphics ecosystems as evidenced by the hundreds of games available on Android, Windows Phone 7, Xbox Live gaming and PlayStation Certified gaming on Sony Ericsson’s Xperia PLAY.

There’s also 1GB of RAM – a welcome bump from the 768MB in the Sensation – along with WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0. Two cameras are onboard, an 8-megapixel unit on the back and a 1.3-megapixel version up front for video calls and vanity shots. Unclear at this stage is whether the phone will support AT&T 4G, and if so which flavor: the HTC Holiday could have HSPA+, like the Infuse 4G, or it might be part of the carrier’s first wave of LTE handsets.

The news fits in with a leaked image of the Holiday which Pocketnow acquired earlier this month. At the time, it was unclear whether this was a tiny or a large phone, since screen size was unknown. Launch date is still a mystery at this stage.

[via Engadget and via Android Community]

That’s the same chip as at the heart of the MSQUARE MDP, and going by Qualcomm’s promises is quite the potent chunk of silicon. The MSM8660 is tipped to have 5x the performance of the original Snapdragon, 4x the graphics performance, and use 75-percent less power. There’s also onboard LTE support, which is useful for AT&T’s fledgling 4G network; we’d already heard that LTE would be baked in, along with “Magic Pen” stylus support.

That pen support seems to be confirmed by what are claimed to be screenshots from the HTC Puccini, showing the Sense-equipped UI with the Notes app present in the launcher at the bottom. It would appear that the tablet – which could have a 10.1-inch display, like the XOOM, or alternatively an 8.9-inch panel like the LG G-Slate – was running a similar build of Sense to the Flyer, since the UI is simply stretched out somewhat.

HTC is expected to release at least two tablets after the Flyer in 2011, with a June launch previously rumored. The leaks come hot on the heels of our HTC Flyer review; check it out to see just how well HTC has handled the stylus.

[via Android Community]

Be sure to stay glued to SlashGear, as we continue our CTIA 2011 coverage.

Press release below:

Inside Sprint’s first 3D smartphone, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon dual-core CPU processors feature the mobile industry’s first asynchronous dual core CPUs with speeds of up to 1.5GHz per core. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon MSM8660 processors support advanced 3D pre-engineered solutions including full 1080p 30fps HD and stereoscopic 3D video capture and playback.

The Snapdragon dual-core MSM8x60 chipsets are already being designed into more than 60 devices by our partners, including more than 20 tablets. Currently there are more than 75 announced or commercially available Snapdragon smartphones or tablets (another 150 in development) such as:

· HTC ThunderBolt: first Snapdragon LTE smartphone; now available at Verizon.

· Sony Ericson Xperia PLAY: new gaming phone that leverages the power of Qualcomm’s Adreno graphics chip; now available at Verizon.

· HP Touch Pad: first dual core Web OS tablet; available this summer.

No new spec information, so we’re still going on previous details. From the size of the HTC Desire HD next to it, the 4.3-inch display seems to be a lock-in (hopefully along with the 960 x 540 rumored resolution), while inside we’re expecting a 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor. The camera and dual-LED flash are obviously visible, together with HTC’s unibody-style construction, with the camera expected to come in at 8-megapixels (and be accompanied by a 1.3-megapixel webcam up front).

Still to be confirmed is whether the processor is a single- or dual-core chip – we’re thinking the latter, making it HTC’s first dual-core smartphone – and which version of the OS will be loaded. The last set of rumors suggested Android 3.0 Honeycomb, better known as Google’s tablet-centric version of the platform, though with that build’s fragments technology apps should be able to accommodate the smaller display size on offer.

[via Android Community]

Video demo after the cut

Generally, performance is in line with what we’re familiar with from the Verizon version of the Incredible, though the Incredible S does add in a front-facing webcam along with its GSM radios. That means HTC’s new video call app is present, along with the Mirror app. We’ve a feeling, though, that keen users will happily switch the Incredible S’ 4-inch touchscreen for the Desire S’ 3.7-inch touchscreen and Android 2.4 Honeycomb out of the box, rather than Froyo on the larger phone.

HTC Incredible S hands-on:

If HTC can push out the promised Gingerbread update in a timely manner, then the Incredible S will look a more tempting proposition; assuming, of course, you’re a fan of the industrial styling.

That will be upgraded to Android 2.4 Gingerbread “early on” the company promises, though there’s no more specific timescale than that. What you do get is HTC Sense, an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash on the back, and a front-facing 1.3-megapixel webcam for video calls. 1.1GB of internal storage, 768MB of RAM and a microSD memory card slot round things out.

The HTC Incredible S will be the first of HTC’s “evolutionary” updates to go on sale, arriving in early Q2 2011. No word on pricing at this stage.

Press Release:

HTC LAUNCHES THREE NEW SMARTPHONES WITH HTC SENSE

HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S deliver premium style, power and speed

BARCELONA, SPAIN – Mobile World Congress – February 15, 2011 – HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today unveiled three new versions of its most popular and advanced smartphones – HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S. The new smartphones continue HTC’s commitment to expanding the market for advanced smartphones while providing distinct choices in design, power and value. Each phone also includes HTC Sense, HTC’s unique customer-focused user experience that puts people at the center by making phones work in a more simple and natural way.
“HTC developed the HTC Sense experience to bring cutting-edge innovation to our customers in simple and natural ways that just make sense – this is what HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S represent best,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “These new phones offer an exhilarating mix of style, innovation and features that extend people’s mobile experience in ways that feel personal and completely original.”

HTC Desire S
As a successor to the popular and award-winning HTC Desire, the new HTC Desire S blends stunning design with power and speed. Inspired by the HTC Legend™ smartphone’s aluminium design, the HTC Desire S is sculpted out of a single block of aluminum making it feel solid and natural in your hand. With Qualcomm’s new 1GHz 8255 Snapdragon™ processor, the HTC Desire S offers snappy performance and power. It offers dual front and back cameras, High-Definition video recording and the 3.7-inch WVGA display presents multimedia content brilliantly.

HTC Wildfire S
Building on the popularity of the HTC Wildfire™ smartphone, the HTC Wildfire S smartphone is an affordable, compact and playful device that packs a powerful smartphone experience. It enables people to maintain and build connections and friendships through popular sites like Facebook®, as well as through voice and text messaging. You can instantly tag your friends in photos before posting them on Facebook, or share your latest discoveries from the Android™ Market at the touch of a button.

HTC Wildfire S is one of HTC’s smallest phones ever – measuring just 10.13cm long and 5.94cm wide – and boasts a distinctive 3.2 inch, HVGA display.

Celebrate your individuality and choose from a wide variety of colors including black, purple and white. The phone’s home screen is fully customizable with your favorite apps, widgets and content, while a 5-megapixel color camera with auto focus, expandable microSD™ memory and support for a variety of audio and video formats make a great all-around multimedia device that slips easily into any pocket.

HTC Incredible S
The alluring HTC Incredible S smartphone combines cutting-edge design with a premium mobile experience for those who dare to be different. Showing what can be achieved when engineers and designers work together to raise the bar for mobile phone design, the HTC Incredible S smartphone features a stunning, contoured body that highlights the internal hardware components of the device. Capturing and viewing video in crystal clear High-Definition has never been so easy and a bright 4-inch WVGA Super LCD display and stereo surround sound bring a vibrant cinematic experience to the palm of your hand.

HTC Incredible S also takes high quality pictures with its 8-megapixel camera with dual flash, and it easily enables videos, photos and music to be shared from the handset direct to a TV using DLNA® technology. Thanks to the HTC Incredible S’s front facing camera and video call functionality, users will constantly be able to chat with their friends face-to-face.

Availability
The HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S smartphones, will be broadly available to customers across major European and Asian markets during Q2 2011.

About HTC
HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC creates innovative smartphones that better serve the lives and needs of individuals. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.

There’s also a new, front-facing camera for video calls, and HTC has updated its Sense interface and widget suite with a new app called “Mirror” that, as the name suggests, allows you to quickly turn the Desire S into a mirror replacement. What you don’t get is NFC; while Google is pushing for the short-range wireless technology’s adoption by Android OEMs, HTC told SlashGear that it felt the extra bulk an NFC module would introduce wasn’t worth it given the limited availability of NFC services.

There’s 1.1GB of phone storage and 768MB of RAM, together with a microSD card slot. Pricing and specific availability are yet to be announced, but we do know that Vodafone in the UK will be offering the HTC Desire S.

Press Release:

HTC LAUNCHES THREE NEW SMARTPHONES WITH HTC SENSE

HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S deliver premium style, power and speed

BARCELONA, SPAIN – Mobile World Congress – February 15, 2011 – HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today unveiled three new versions of its most popular and advanced smartphones – HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S. The new smartphones continue HTC’s commitment to expanding the market for advanced smartphones while providing distinct choices in design, power and value. Each phone also includes HTC Sense, HTC’s unique customer-focused user experience that puts people at the center by making phones work in a more simple and natural way.
“HTC developed the HTC Sense experience to bring cutting-edge innovation to our customers in simple and natural ways that just make sense – this is what HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S represent best,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “These new phones offer an exhilarating mix of style, innovation and features that extend people’s mobile experience in ways that feel personal and completely original.”

HTC Desire S
As a successor to the popular and award-winning HTC Desire, the new HTC Desire S blends stunning design with power and speed. Inspired by the HTC Legend™ smartphone’s aluminium design, the HTC Desire S is sculpted out of a single block of aluminum making it feel solid and natural in your hand. With Qualcomm’s new 1GHz 8255 Snapdragon™ processor, the HTC Desire S offers snappy performance and power. It offers dual front and back cameras, High-Definition video recording and the 3.7-inch WVGA display presents multimedia content brilliantly.

HTC Wildfire S
Building on the popularity of the HTC Wildfire™ smartphone, the HTC Wildfire S smartphone is an affordable, compact and playful device that packs a powerful smartphone experience. It enables people to maintain and build connections and friendships through popular sites like Facebook®, as well as through voice and text messaging. You can instantly tag your friends in photos before posting them on Facebook, or share your latest discoveries from the Android™ Market at the touch of a button.

HTC Wildfire S is one of HTC’s smallest phones ever – measuring just 10.13cm long and 5.94cm wide – and boasts a distinctive 3.2 inch, HVGA display.

Celebrate your individuality and choose from a wide variety of colors including black, purple and white. The phone’s home screen is fully customizable with your favorite apps, widgets and content, while a 5-megapixel color camera with auto focus, expandable microSD™ memory and support for a variety of audio and video formats make a great all-around multimedia device that slips easily into any pocket.

HTC Incredible S
The alluring HTC Incredible S smartphone combines cutting-edge design with a premium mobile experience for those who dare to be different. Showing what can be achieved when engineers and designers work together to raise the bar for mobile phone design, the HTC Incredible S smartphone features a stunning, contoured body that highlights the internal hardware components of the device. Capturing and viewing video in crystal clear High-Definition has never been so easy and a bright 4-inch WVGA Super LCD display and stereo surround sound bring a vibrant cinematic experience to the palm of your hand.

HTC Incredible S also takes high quality pictures with its 8-megapixel camera with dual flash, and it easily enables videos, photos and music to be shared from the handset direct to a TV using DLNA® technology. Thanks to the HTC Incredible S’s front facing camera and video call functionality, users will constantly be able to chat with their friends face-to-face.

Availability
The HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Incredible S smartphones, will be broadly available to customers across major European and Asian markets during Q2 2011.

About HTC
HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC creates innovative smartphones that better serve the lives and needs of individuals. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.

Quad-Core Snapdragon for Next Generation Tablets and Computing Devices
The APQ8064 chipset has been designed to meet the requirements of next generation tablets with 28nm micro-architechture, redefining performance and achieving speeds of up to 2.5GHz per core. It also minimizes power consumption and heat generation, allowing for new, thin and light form factors.

Qualcomm Announces Next-generation Snapdragon Mobile Chipset Family
The new processor micro-architecture in the next-generation Snapdragon will redefine performance for the industry, offering speeds of up to 2.5GHz per core and delivering 150% higher overall performance, as well as 65 percent lower power than currently available ARM-based CPU cores. These chipsets will be available in single-, dual- and quad-core versions and include a new Adreno GPU series with up to four 3D cores, as well as an integrated multi-mode LTE modem.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Platform to Help Enable Instant Streaming from Netflix on Android Devices
Android devices powered by the Snapdragon platform will now have access to instant streaming of TV shows and movies from Netflix. Snapdragon processors are designed to deliver dynamic performance and media protection features in a turnkey package, allowing the devices they power to more easily pass through the approval process required for Netflix certification. Netflix video decoding is handled by highly efficient dedicated hardware, extending battery life and improving picture quality.

Qualcomm Announces Commercial Availability of Gobi3000 Modules
The next-generation embedded Gobi3000 certified reference design provides a combination of performance and flexibility enhancements, extending wireless leadership to multiple forms of connected devices. Gobi3000-based modules are now available from Huawei, Novatel Wireless, Option, Sierra Wireless and ZTE.

Qualcomm Announces Chipset with Support for Next-generation Release 9 HSPA+
The new Mobile Data Modem (MDM) will support HSPA+ Release 9, the latest version of the popular mobile broadband standard, which incorporates technology enhancements that help the chipset deliver data rates of up to 84 Mbps on the downlink. The MDM8225 will be fabricated using the 28nm technology node.

Qualcomm Delivers a Faster Mobile Broadband Experience with New, Higher Speed LTE Devices
The new Mobile Data Modem (MDM) chipsets, the MDM9625 and MDM9225, will support the LTE FDD and LTE TDD UE Category 4 mobile broadband standards, which offer peak downlink data rates of up to 150 Mbps. The chipsets also are backwards compatible with previous generations of LTE and other wireless broadband standards, giving consumers an uninterrupted broadband data connection on nearly any network around the world. The chipsets will be fabricated using the 28nm technology node.

Qualcomm Introduces 28nm Mass Market LTE/DC-HSPA+ Chipsets for Mobile Broadband Products
The new chipsets are anticipated to further drive broadband data products into the mass market on 3G and 4G networks, worldwide. The next generation MDM9615 will support LTE (FDD and TDD), DC-HSPA+, EV-DO Rev-B and TD-SCDMA, while the MDM8215 will support DC-HSPA+.

Qualcomm Demonstrates New Telematics Solutions for the Insurance Market and Commercial Fleet Industry
The new insurance telematics and driver safety solution for the automobile insurance market and commercial fleet industry provides in-vehicle connectivity for real-time driver feedback and actionable reporting to improve safety. It is now commercially available for the auto insurance market and will be released for commercial fleets in June 2011.

Xiam Recommendations Technology to Help Power Telefónica’s Personalized Customer Experiences
The integration of Xiam’s recommendation technology into Telefónica’s multi-channel touch points will enable Telefónica to provide its customers with content, services and offers uniquely tailored to their individual needs and interests across all of their connected devices. By identifying relevant and interesting content, Xiam’s technology will help Telefónica address the needs of their more than 300 million subscribers across Europe and Latin America.

Each will also pack standard WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and FM, along with options for NFC, 3D capture and playback support, and other SKU-related technologies. The new Adreno 320 quad-core can provide 15x the performance of the original Adreno, but the entire range is good for 1080p HD and HDMI output.

The dual- and quad-core Snapdragons will have asynchronous cores, which will allow the chipsets to scale back processing depending on load. Samples of the MSM8960 will be available in Q2 2011, followed by the MSM8930 and APQ8064 in early 2012.

Press Release:

Qualcomm Announces Next-Generation Snapdragon Mobile Chipset Family

— Mobile Technology Leader Debuting New Quad-, Dual- and Single-core Snapdragon Chipsets with a new CPU Architecture —

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced its next mobile processor architecture for the Snapdragon family. The new processor micro-architecture, code-named Krait, in the next-generation Snapdragon will redefine performance for the industry, offering speeds of up to 2.5GHz per core and delivering 150 percent higher overall performance, as well as 65 percent lower power than currently available ARM-based CPU cores. These chipsets will be available in single-, dual- and quad-core versions and include a new Adreno® GPU series with up to four 3D cores, and integrated multi-mode LTE modem.

The latest family of Snapdragon chipsets will include the single-core MSM8930™, the dual-core MSM8960™ and the quad-core APQ8064™. All chipsets in the family will integrate a quad-combo of connectivity solutions — WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and FM — and include support for near field communication (NFC), as well as stereoscopic 3D (S3D) video and photo capture and playback. Support for every major operating system, across all tiers of products, comes standard on all Snapdragon chipsets.

The software compatible chipset family will share the same 28nm technology and new, purpose-built CPUs and GPUs for the best mobile performance at the lowest power consumption. The latest Adreno GPUs will also be included in the family, allowing developers to continue to utilize high-performance Adreno graphics capabilities to drive spectacular gaming and user experiences across all device tiers. The Adreno GPU has the largest mobile graphics ecosystems with hundreds of games for Android, Windows Phone 7 Xbox gaming, and PlayStation Certified gaming.

At the high end, the Adreno 320 quad-core GPU will deliver up to 15 times the performance of the original Adreno to drive the latest games and S3D video on larger-screen devices. Adreno 320 delivers similar graphics performance to today’s latest game consoles, but for mobile devices. In addition, the chipset family will support 3D and S3D games, capture and playback of S3D photos and videos, and output in full HD to a 1080P flat panel display over HDMI.

“Just as the original Snapdragon revolutionized smartphones with the first 1GHz processor, these new generations of Snapdragon will revolutionize the next wave of mobile entertainment and computing,” said Steve Mollenkopf, executive vice president and group president for Qualcomm. “We believe we have an incredible lineup of chips and software, representing a single platform that OEMs can utilize to create new devices ranging from mass market smartphones with integrated LTE, to tablets, to next generation computing and entertainment devices.”

The single-core MSM8930 is the world’s first single-chip solution with an integrated LTE modem designed to take LTE to mass market smartphones. It will include the new Adreno 305 GPU which delivers more than six times the performance of the original Adreno.

The dual-core MSM8960 is the world’s first dual-core solution with an integrated multi-mode 3G/LTE modem and was designed to meet the requirements of multi-tasking smartphones and tablets. It will include dual asynchronous CPU cores which can be independently controlled for maximum efficiency. The MSM8960 will also support dual-channel LP DDR memory and will feature the Adreno 225 GPU which delivers eight times the performance of the original Adreno.

The quad-core APQ8064 will be designed to meet the performance requirements of the next generation of computing and entertainment devices while minimizing power consumption. As with the Snapdragon dual-core, the APQ8064 will include four asynchronous CPU cores which can be independently controlled for maximum efficiency. The Adreno 320 quad-core GPU debuts in the APQ8064 processor where it enables console-quality gaming and renders rich user interfaces.

The APQ8064 will also include a variety of features that make it a compelling processing solution for use in mobile entertainment and computing devices, including support for both PC and LP DDR memory, serial and PCIe interfaces, and multiple USB ports. The APQ8064 will also seamlessly integrate with Qualcomm 3G and LTE MDM™ modems and modules, giving OEMs a flexible and cost-efficient platform that can meet all of their design configuration needs and help reduce time to market.

Samples of the MSM8960 are anticipated to be available in Q2 2011 and samples of the MSM8930 and APQ8064 are anticipated to be available in early 2012.

For more information about the Snapdragon processor’s next-generation CPU architecture, the first quad-core CPU and GPU features, and to see many of the top new devices powered by Snapdragon processors, please visit us during the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2010 (Booth 8B53, Hall 8), Feb. 14-17 in Barcelona or visit www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon.

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There’s also native support for up to a 16-megapixel camera, together with 1080p HD stereoscopic 3D video capture; alternatively, the APQ8060 can shoot 8-megapixel stereoscopic stills. HDMI support allows for easy connection to an HDTV, though the Snapdragon also works with autostereoscopic displays for glasses-free 3D.

Obviously the HP Touchpad doesn’t actually make use of all that – there’s no 3D capture or display, for instance, and the webOS slate only has a front-facing camera, not a rear camera. Still, with Qualcomm claiming 150 Snapdragon devices currently in development (though not all using this particular third-gen chipset) we imagine we’ll be seeing more of the APQ8060 relatively soon.

Press Release:

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Processor Powers Advanced 3D Gaming and Stereoscopic 3D in the Latest Tablets and Smartphones

— Single and Dual-Core Custom CPUs and Advanced GPUs Enhance Performance Levels and Enable Next-Generation Mobile Gaming—

SAN DIEGO — February 10, 2011 — Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its Snapdragon™ processors are enabling the latest and greatest multimedia experiences in today’s commercial mobile devices, including stereoscopic 3D (S3D) entertainment, 1080p 30fps HD video capture and playback, console-quality gaming and full web browsing with Adobe Flash 10. The newest member of the Snapdragon family, Qualcomm’s APQ8060 dual-CPU processor, powers the HP TouchPad, which HP introduced yesterday.

“Our work with industry leaders has allowed us to showcase the full spectrum of Snapdragon’s graphics and multimedia capabilities in both the tablet and smartphone space across major software platforms,” said Raj Talluri, vice president of product management for Qualcomm. “With more than 75 Snapdragon devices already announced, 150 Snapdragon devices in development and over 100 high end mobile games optimized for our GPU, Qualcomm continues to be a leader in delivering high performance devices to market.”

The first webOS tablet, the HP TouchPad, offers a 9.7-inch diagonal multitouch display, an innovative and intuitive multitasking UI and a robust platform for game development. Qualcomm and HP collaborated with Polarbit to optimize its action-packed arcade flight simulation game, Armageddon Squadron II, for the HP TouchPad. Running on the HP TouchPad, Squadron II showcases dynamic lighting and shading with enhanced motion blur visual effects to create a real-world gaming experience, which is made possible with the power of Qualcomm’s Adreno® 220 GPU.

“With the APQ 8060 and Adreno 220 GPU, the HP TouchPad delivers a high-performing and fluid multitasking user interface, as well as offers game and multimedia application developers a high-performance environment for their applications,” said Jon Oakes, director of TouchPad Product Marketing at HP.

Qualcomm’s embedded CPUs and GPUs are designed from the ground up to deliver unprecedented processing and 3D graphics performance with industry-leading efficiency to extend battery life. The 8×60 family, with the APQ8060 being the newest addition, is part of the third generation of the Snapdragon family and is the ultimate solution for the latest multi-tasking smartphones and tablets. The third-generation includes: two asynchronous processor cores; an integrated Adreno 220 GPU with twice the processing power of its predecessor; support for up to a 16 Megapixel camera; and can capture and display HD 1080P stereoscopic video or 8 Megapixel stereoscopic still images to an autostereoscopic panel or a 3DTV (via HDMI), allowing consumers to capture high resolution video or stills and watch them without the need for special glasses.

The second generation Snapdragon single-core family of CPUs is already powering numerous smartphones that are commercially available today, including the recently launched Sharp Galapagos 003SH, a 3D entertainment smartphone. The Galapagos 003SH is powered by the Snapdragon MSM8255™ processor, which provides the ability to capture and display pictures, as well as play movies, in stereoscopic 3D without the use of glasses. The Galapagos 003SH also supports the Adreno 205 GPU for 3D gaming capability in addition to a 9.6 Megapixel camera and HD 720p video for playback and recording.

“In order to provide the best mobile user experience possible for the Galapagos 003SH, we were thrilled to work with an industry leader such as Qualcomm,” said Hiroaki Tochihara, division general manager, Personal Communication Systems Division II, Communication Systems Group, Sharp Corporation. “The 003SH provides an innovative and robust user experience with its next-generation 3D entertainment capabilities, and Qualcomm has been instrumental in helping to enable these features and bring this device to market.”

For more information about Snapdragon and to see the latest devices it’s enabling, please visit us at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in the Company’s exhibit, located in Exhibit Hall 8, #8B53 or visit www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon.

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies. For 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of wireless communications, connecting people more closely to information, entertainment and each other. Today, Qualcomm technologies are powering the convergence of mobile communications and consumer electronics, making wireless devices and services more personal, affordable and accessible to people everywhere. For more information, visit Qualcomm around the Web:

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