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Review: HTC Flyer

Paul Merak — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:35:45 +0000

HTC is a success story when it comes to innovative, beautifully designed and intuitive smart phones. Some of its notable offerings are the HTC HD2 with a 4.3 inch form factor. The next one is the EVO 4G that put the 720p video recording into the map and the HTC Legend that has an innovative [...]

New Qualcomm Dual Core 1.5GHz is REALLY Fast

Paul Merak — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:26:51 +0000

The new Qualcomm Snapdragon MSMS8660 is not yet ready for a full release but some got their hands on a sample phone containing the processor and this APU was stunningly fast. The test was on a smart phone but it will definitely be carried over to tablets as well as other mobile tools. It is [...]

How to solve Megaminx with your android phone

Paul Merak — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:43:40 +0000

I can do rubix cube, in fact …this is long time ago…I was able to assemble it under 3 min, but I was always intimidated by this dodecahedron Megaminx. I mean, 12 faces and each with 5 sides, that just looks impossible. Now, this robot, built out of LEGO, HTC Desire smartphone running a custom [...]

Bluetooth Extender included with the Eee Pad Memo

Paul Merak — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:18:11 +0000

In January at CES, Asus revealed a set of tablets that they will be launching throughout the year. With the CeBIT in full swing in Germany, the company is showing the same models but with more details. One thing we know is that the Eee Pad Memo will be shipping with the Snapdragon processor from [...]

Lenovo LePad in China

Paul Merak — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:26:14 +0000

Lenovo has stated that they will release the new Lenovo LePad tablet in China and then will be globally released afterward. There is a possibility that the brand will feature the LePad in the upcoming CES in Vegas since prototypes have been appearing across the net. Lenovo has already started a micro-blog that lists some [...]

Lenovo Skylight review

iKendra — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:35:35 +0000

Tech correspondent of the Singapore Daily, Darry Kang was lucky enough to get his hands on the impressive Lenovo Skylight Smartbook. According to his initial impressions, the flash is supported by the browser but it is slow as molasses in January. Heck, it could not even playback a YouTube video nicely. This is a shock to us as in our review, the HTC HD2 (also powered by Snapdragon) that we reviewed sometime back did not show any lags when playing back a YouTube video. Let's hope they fix this bug as-soon-as-possible because this smartbook is all about web-browsing.

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Qualcomm to support Google Chrome (Chromium)

Paul Merak — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:48:27 +0000

Qualcomm has announced its support for the Google Chrome OS that they will be fully support it in deploying it in cheap computers and netbooks.

However, Qualcomm rejected the rumors that they were developing a Chromium netbook. Qualcomm will be launching two new snapdragon chipsets in this year – Snapdragon 8X50A (1.3GHz) and Snapdragon 8X72 (1.5GHz). The latter is a dual core processor while the former is a single core.

Qualcomm shows off its first snapdragon smartbook (Lenovo Smartbook)

Peter — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:10:30 +0000

It is soon going to be very puzzling as myriad of smartbooks are going to hit the horizon very soon. From outside, both netbooks and smartbooks look the same, but from inside, they run on totally different processors. Couple of days back, Qualcomm unveiled a smartbook that will be sold by Lenovo under AT&T.Lenovo is just one of the many OEMs and netbook vendors who will be rolling out smartbooks. Many other will follow their suit soon. It is surely going to be very interesting to see the reaction of the consumers as these smartbooks won't be able to run their favorite desktop apps. People buy netbooks because they perceive them as nothing but tiny laptop computers that run Windows XP/7, thus giving them the ability to run their desktop apps on it. Most of the smartbooks won't be x86 compatible and will feature processors based on ARM-infrastructure. One of them is the Snapdragon manufactured by Qualcomm that runs at 1GHz clock speed. This has been featured in many windows phones already including HTC TOUCH HD 2 and Toshiba TG01. Both of the phones have been found to be very speedy, but is it enough for a pleasant experience on a netbook? That is something we would like to see.

HP Snapdragon Smartbook exposed – made by Qualcomm

Twinkle — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:06:01 +0000

At an event in China, PT & Network Comm China 2009, Qualcomm displayed an 7-inch snapdragon smartbook which will be sold by HP, perhaps in few months from now. This smartboook runs Linux and has HSDPA radio so that you can always remain connected wherever you go. It has an antenna which should increase the signal, if extended.Snapdragon, Qualcomm's 1GHz processor for mobile devices should be mighty fast on this Linux machine. Nothing is known is about its and availability

ASUS Snapdragon Smartbook – Launch postponed

Twinkle — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:48:56 +0000

ASUS has decided to halt the release of their ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon smartbook. We mentioned a couple of months about ASUS releasing their Smartbook.What could be the possible reason for delaying their Smartbook is the fact that ASUS suffered revenue loss which was in the news today.CEO Jerry Shen doesn’t have high hopes for the smartbook market, he is quoted as saying, ”Currently, I don’t see a clear market for smartbooks.”So there are two reasons for it. First, lets face it that ACER is kind-of becoming the undisputed leader in the netbook market although it entered after ASUS in the world of netbooks and thus ASUS is not able to sell achive its sales targets. Secondly, demand for Smartbooks is currently unknown. Last month, Acer decided to delay the launch of their netbook. Acer's Smartbook will be running Android OS and Acer thinks that there is not-enough demand for the Android OS and thus has decided to postpone the release of their Smartbook.

Qualcomm betting a lot on Smartbooks – says future is very bright for Smartbook

Paul Merak — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:16:27 +0000

Qualcomm is giving its best endeavor to increase its sales and thinks that computers in the future will be just like Mobile Phones. By computers, they mean Smartbooks which are basically netbooks running Android, Google Chrome OS or Linux.Most of the upcoming Smartbooks will be using ARM processors, precisely Qualcomm ARM-based CPUs.Consumers want computers that will run all day on one battery charge, don’t need to be switched off and are always receiving data, said Jacobs, whose company is the world’s biggest maker of mobile-phone chips.According to Qualcomm, people do not want to carry a bulky laptop and its charger all day with them. They want a device that can run all day and remain connected too. More than 12 companies have decided to use the Snapdragon's chip, which runs at 1GHz clock speed. The future is surely very exciting and we are waiting for the Snapdragon-based netbooks AKA Smartbooks to hit the market

Hummingbird – ‘Another’ 1GHz Smartphone processor for the Need For Speed!

Paul Merak — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:54:30 +0000

Most of our readers must be well acquainted with the 1GHz Qualcomm processor known as Snapdragon that set the mobile world on fire as it was the fastest smartphone processor till date. Samsung is now joining the ARM Race by unveiling their first 1GHz processor meant for mobile devices - Hummingbird processor.Some features of the upcoming Hummingbird processor:

Modifiable L2 memory cache
Delivers 2000 DMIPS at 1 GHz
Features an ARM NEON multimedia extension
Less Power consumption
Data & instruction cache of 32KB
High operating clock performance

It may be that Samsung will be supplying this 1GHz processor for the iPhone 4G (which will be released in 2010) although we would love to see this implemented in MIDs

Wistron Firstbook Netbook runs linux

Kamal DS — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:43:26 +0000

SONY VAIO P look-alikes are on fire now. The Wistron Firstbook is a Linux based netbook, which looks a lot like the VAIO P. It is a powerful machine with built-in 3G and 11.1-inch widescreen with Bluetooth and WiFi. It is running on the Snapdragon platform, which is also being used by Toshiba's TG01, a windows mobile device. The Snapgradon consumes much less power as compared to the Atom processor, but it is also less capable than the Atom.

Nokia to enter Netbook market?

Paul Merak — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:46:14 +0000

Nokia is in talks with the various Taiwan notebook manufactures for its possible entry to the netbook market. Compal Electronics and Foxconn are top-two potential partners, which are likely to get the order from Nokia for its netbook production. According to Digitimes, Nokia is still yet to choose between the Intel Atom platform and Qualcomm Snapdragon platform for its first netbook. We would certainly like the Nokia to go for the Intel Atom platform as the it will let them to come out with Windows-based netbooks. Qualcomm Snapdragran is being used on the Toshiba TG01 smartphone and we would like to be a smartphone-only processor. Intel Atom or the VIA Nano are much more suitable for making powerful netbooks. Nokia MIDs (N810 and N800) could never make a big splash in either MID market or netbook market. The core reason was the use of proprietary linux distro and slow processor.

Toshiba has got company! HTC too going to launch Snapdragon and Intel Atom based devices [Windows Mobile]

Paul Merak — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:11:37 +0000

Looks like HTC is not going to be left behind the 1GHz game started by Toshiba, who launched it’s little baby, TG01 a couple of days back. The HTC is expected to launch Snapdragon-based devices in the second quarter this year. According the various sources, the HTC will be nearly 1 quater behind the Toshiba’s [...]