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NVIDIA MWC 2012 invite teases world’s first quad-core phone

Chris Burns, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

As the 2012 edition of Mobile World Congress quickly approaches, NVIDIA sends its invite to a series of events, the ultimate subject being their quad-core Tegra 3 processor sitting on a smartphone! This reveal will end up being the first time we’ve seen a quad-core System on Chip working on a device smaller than a tablet, and in true classic fashion, will mark one year exactly since we first laid eyes on the original announcement of Tegra 3, then code-named Project Kal-El. Superman has since landed on the Asus Transformer Prime and will soon find its way onto several other tablets, also perhaps being released at this same set of events.

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HTC increasing Tegra 3 focus as mobile stakes rise

Chris Davies, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

HTC's increasing reluctance to commit solely to Qualcomm chipsets in its devices and instead look to NVIDIA and others is gaining momentum, with further signs that Tegra 3 is set to feature in HTC devices in the first half of this year. Shipments of the quad-core chip are tipped to explode in early 2012, DigiTimes' sources claim, with "increasing cooperation with NVIDIA" expected to result in a Tegra 3 based HTC Edge and likely more. Read The Full Story

Acer Iconia Tab A700 priced and detailed

Mark Raby, Jan 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

We know that Acer's impending Iconia Tab A700 will have Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. We know it'll have a quad-core 1.3 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 progressor. We know that HDMI, dual cameras, Wi-Fi, and a 9,800 mAh battery are all in its feature list. And we know that is should be out in the second quarter of this year. But until now, we didn't know anything about the price. Read The Full Story

LG X3 quad-core ICS smartphone teased in detail

Chris Burns, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [8]

This week it's time to get serious about quad-cores, be it in the tablets that defined CES 2012, the HTC Edge or Endeavor, whatever it ends up being called, and now the LG X3, the device you see in the image here in this post. This device has been tipped to PocketNow as having the fabulous NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor inside, working with a 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 pixel resolution display, and all the while working with a profile that's under 9mm. If this device feels half as nice as the LG G2X we saw last year, we're gonna love the heck out of it. Read The Full Story

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ASUS Transformer Prime 700 Series hands-on

Chris Burns, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [44]

There's now a couple of Transformer Prime units out there in the world, the original which we've already had the pleasure of reviewing, and the 700 series, one with an improved resolution display and a boosted front-facing camera - not to mention a slight design differentiation on the back of the display. What you've got here is a slightly more expensive $599 and $699 for the boost in specs and updated hardware on the whole. Have a peek at what this device is capable of with our hands-on look at it as well as Shadowgun THD developers preview version for Tegra 3. Read The Full Story

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Skyrim demoed on Transformer Prime with Splashtop

Chris Burns, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [6]

Without so much of a hitch in the graphics, NVIDIA showed off the Transformer Prime running the app Splashtop, it running a desktop through its display and, believe it or not, the massively popular game Skyrim. Splashtop will certainly gain a whole lot of bonus users after this, you can bet - that and the Transformer Prime without a doubt. The PC renders the graphics, the Transformer Prime shows off the game, you play it. Read The Full Story

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ASUS Eee Pad MeMO announced for $249, ICS and quad-core in tow

Chris Burns, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [21]

NVIDIA and ASUS have announced not only the first official (according to Google) Ice Cream Sandwich tablet this week with the Transformer Prime (its release from today,) they've come out with the real release of the ASUS Eee Pad MeMO, a 7-inch tablet with a quad-core processor and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, all of it for a mere $249. This is the real iPad killer, as that term has become so common, and here it is. The display is a lovely 7-inch WXGA resolution IPS panel, there's 1GB of memory inside, and it has an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor on the inside. Read The Full Story

CES Live

NVIDIA embraces Ice Cream Sandwich with the Transformer Prime

Chris Burns, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [2]

In a fully green-lit environment on the first full day of CES 2012, NVIDIA's Jen-Hsng Huang outlined their 2012 focus, and all was quad-core. The event began with Huang speaking about how they'd be moving through Tablets, a secret additional feature of Tegra 3, and vehicle integration. As tablets are, as evidence shows, the quickest selling device category in mobile history, so too will NVIDIA continue to concentrate on the category for their hero devices. Read The Full Story

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Live at NVIDIA CES 2012 Press Event

Cory Gunther, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Okay folks, who is ready for some NVIDIA quad-core news? We are live at the NVIDIA Conference at CES 2012 and are ready to speed through some quad-core goodness. The show is about to kick off and if you've been following along with recent mobile news NVIDIA is set to make a huge splash this year. We'll be seeing all kinds of superphone level smartphones and tablets. Read The Full Story

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Acer Iconia Tab 2012 Hands-on

Chris Burns, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [14]

Acer dropped a gigantic teaser in an Android tablet which works as its next generation Acer Iconia Tab, it having massive high definition display, quad-core chip, and a whole new form factor. The high definition display sits at 1920 x 1200 pixels, it runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and it runs an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. We got a bit of a hands-on look at the device at the Acer event right here at the start of CES 2012 – have a peek!

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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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ASUS Transformer Prime hands-on with games Bladeslinger, Glowball, Chidori

Chris Burns, Dec 6th 2011 Discuss [4]

What you’re about to witness is a set of three hands-on videos of a few games that were included on the ASUS Transformer Prime Android tablet when it came to your humble narrator’s doorstep last week for review. While none of these three games will be on your tablet when you first pull it out of the box later this month, you’ll be able to purchase them eventually, be it the moment you hit the Android Market or sometime early next year when the game is finished. First we’ve got a platform demo by Chidori in a fighting game, then the already classic Glowball real-time generated 3D environment game, and Bladeslinger – 3rd person battle in the old west with monsters galore.