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SlashGear 101: What is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Game Pack?

, Jun 1st 2011 Discuss [1]

At the Uplinq 2011 conference today, Qualcomm announced that it will be working with game developers to create an optimization program for console-quality games, which will include a "Game Pack" of 100 mobile games for Android. This step towards gaming optimization seems similar to rival NVIDIA's approach with their Tegra 2 processors that are optimized for PlayStation gaming. However, Qualcomm plays it a bit differently by not restricting their games to only Qualcomm Snapdragon powered devices. Read The Full Story

AT&T HTC Holiday revealed: 4.5-inch qHD and dual-core CPU

, May 23rd 2011 Discuss [5]

HTC’s Sensation may have a big, 4.3-inch screen and the qHD resolution to suit, but according to the latest leaks the company may be looking to take on Samsung’s 4.5-inch Infuse 4G sometime soon too. The HTC Holiday is believed to be headed to AT&T with a 4.5-inch 960 x 540 display and the same 1.2GHz dual-core MSM8660 as in the Sensation, according to 911sniper.

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HTC Puccini tablet detailed: Honeycomb, 1.5GHz dual-core and LTE?

, May 17th 2011 Discuss [5]

Details on what could well be HTC’s second Android tablet of 2011 have leaked, codenamed the HTC Puccini, and expected to be the company’s first Android 3.0 Honeycomb slate complete with AT&T LTE 4G support. According to 911HTC‘s info, the Puccini will have a 1280 x 800 WXGA display – just like the XOOM and other Honeycomb slates we’ve seen – and run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon MSM8660 1.5GHz dual-core processor.

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Sprint’s New HTC Devices Powered By Snapdragon [CTIA 2011]

, Mar 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

Slashgear covering live the Sprint event at CTIA, with two new devices unveiled, both powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors: The HTC EVO 3D, and the HTC EVO 4G Android tablet. The HTC EVO 3D features the dual-core MSM8660 Snapdragon 1.2 GHz processor, and the View 4G has a single CPU 1.5 GHz Snapdragon processor. Read The Full Story

HTC Pyramid caught in wild

, Mar 21st 2011 Discuss [5]

We're already expecting to see the HTC Pyramid make its official debut at CTIA 2011 later this week, but we won't say no to a sneak preview of the Android smartphone before that. Fresh from TechBlog is a somewhat blurry in-the-wild shot of the new HTC handset, matching what we've seen from previous leaked renders. Read The Full Story

HTC Incredible S hands-on [Video]

, Feb 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

Of all of HTC's new devices at MWC 2011, the handset we're least convinced with is the HTC Incredible S. The company's "inside-out" style reminds us of a plastic pool former, and while it certainly feels unusual in the hand, we're not the biggest fans. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

HTC Incredible S official

, Feb 15th 2011 Discuss [1]

HTC’s Verizon DROID Incredible has spawned a European version, the HTC Incredible S, now packing a GSM radio into its unusually angular casing. HTC describes the style as “inside out” design, though what’s really on the inside is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 single-core processor. Unusually, despite HTC claiming that the Incredible S will be positioned as an Android enthusiast’s device, it will actually launch with 2.2 Froyo.

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HTC Desire S official

, Feb 15th 2011 Discuss [4]

HTC has announced the HTC Desire S, the successor to its wildly popular Desire smartphone. Set to go on sale in mid-Q2, the Desire S keeps the 1GHz processor of the original – now Qualcomm’s single-core Snapdragon MSM8255 – and 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen, but adopts HTC’s unibody styling and gets Android 2.4 Gingerbread.

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Qualcomm Makes a Slew of Announcements at MWC 2011

, Feb 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

SlashGear is live at MWC 2011 in Barcelona, where Qualcomm just released a series of announcements about new product releases, including Quad-Core Snapdragon for Next-Gen Tablets, Next-generation Snapdragon Mobile Chipset, Commercial Availability of Gobi3000 Modules, Chipset with Support for Next-generation Release 9 HSPA+, New, Higher Speed LTE Devices, Netflix streaming on Android devices and much more. Continue after the cut to see the whole slew... Read The Full Story

Snapdragon refreshed: up to 2.5GHz Quadcore with 3D & LTE

, Feb 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

Qualcomm has officially announced its new, next-gen Snapdrgon range of mobile chipsets, with single-, dual- and quad-core processors using new micro-architecture. The single-core MSM8930, dual-core MSM8960 and the quad-core APQ8064 will run at speeds up to 2.5GHz, and use a new Adreno GPU with up to four 3D cores, together with an integrated LTE modem. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm’s HP Touchpad-powering Snapdragon APQ8060 detailed

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

HP's new Touchpad tablet is the first device to publicly commit to Qualcomm's new Snapdragon APQ8060, and now the chipset company is spilling the beans on exactly what its dual-core can do. The third-generation of Snapdragon, Qualcomm pairs the APQ8060 with an integrated Adreno 220 GPU (with twice the graphics processing power of its predecessor) to offer Full HD 3D support. Read The Full Story

HTC Flyer tablet a 7-inch Pegatron rush-job for Q1 2011?

, Feb 9th 2011 Discuss [6]

More chatter around HTC's new tablet, the HTC Flyer, has emerged, with a new Economic Daily News report suggesting that the company has worked with Pegatron to rush the first model out by the end of Q1 2011. According to the report, the 7-inch slate will run Android 2.3 as well as a new version of HTC Sense, and be followed by two Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets later in the year. That fits in with previous talk - which pegged the two follow-up slates as arriving in June 2011, at least one of which potentially having 4G LTE connectivity - and certainly paves the way for the Flyer to make its debut at MWC 2011 next week. Read The Full Story
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