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by Andrew Martonik
May 06, 2013
One of the biggest names in processors and radios adds a legend in the mobile industry to the board
After a relatively quiet period following his departure from HP in early 2012, Jon Rubinstein ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 24, 2013
173 million MSM chips shipped in the quarter; raising fiscal 2013 guidance
Qualcomm, which powers many of the gadgets we know and love, has just reported its Fiscal Second Quarter results. Here&...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 09, 2013
Playnery is bringing a new game engine and what looks like an awesome game to run it in the summer of 2013
Looking for some way to push that Snapdragon 600 in your new or soon-to-be-bought ...
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 04, 2013
Facebook Home will see better performance and battery life with Qualcomm processors
Facebook has announced an official partnership with chip maker Qualcomm, the result of which will optimize Fac...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2013
Hidden away in today's HTC First and Facebook Home announcements was the news that the Facebook-centric HTC First is powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 400 processor -- a mid-range chip an...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 04, 2013
Carriers, manufacturers and a chipmaker partner with Facebook
At today's press conference at its California HQ, Facebook announced that many of the mobile world's big names are already o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 03, 2013
"Power reasons" force the switch from NVIDIA's Tegra platform to Qualcomm according to the source
A report from Reuters earlier says that come July, we'll have a new ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 21, 2013
It's quad-core, not octa-core, but that's not something worth worrying about
Following recent speculation across the blogosphere, Samsung has this morning confirmed to us that UK consume...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 15, 2013
At yesterday's big Samsung Galaxy S4 announcement, the manufacturer revealed that multiple versions of the phone would be produced running differing CPUs, as was the case with last year's Ga...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 27, 2013
We're just a few weeks away from knowing for sure, but news from Taiwan today suggests that Samsung will be using multiple types of processors for the different Galaxy S4 variants worl...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 25, 2013
Chip maker Qualcomm has teamed up with the folks at doubleTwist and will be delivering MagicPlay - a platform they're billing as an open-source challenger to AirPlay. Running on Qualcomm's A...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 25, 2013
Qualcomm, well known for both its radio chipsets and processors, is announcing today that its latest Gobi chipsets -- the MDM9225 and MDM9625 -- are capable of LTE Advanced and Carrier A...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 24, 2013
Qualcomm has seemingly out of nowhere released Snapdragon BatteryGuru, an app to help users with devices that have Snapdragon processors make the most out of their batteries. The app has some pretty...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 22, 2013
Let's face it, LTE is a mess. The different flavors found all around the world causes issues not just for consumers -- try traveling abroad and getting LTE -- but also for OEM's who actually...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 20, 2013
Qualcomm has announced their new 200 and 400 Snapdragon processors, designed to bring reliable performance to more people. The new chips are designed to power entry-level devices and should come in ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 20, 2013
If you thought Qualcomm's 40 percent faster charging time in Quick Charge 1.0 was impressive, wait till you see Quick Charge 2.0. The processor manufacturer today took the wraps off the second-g...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2013
Exisiting technology helps supported devices charge up to 40 percent faster
Qualcomm today in a blog post detailed a feature we haven't talked much about -- Quick Charge 1.0. It's part of a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 01, 2013
If you're counting down the days until J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek Into Darkness” opens in theaters, there's a new app in Google Play you'll want to give a look. Simply tit...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 17, 2013
Fortune today released its annual list of the top 100 companies to work for, with a definite case of score one for Google. Sitting pretty in the top spot, Google is deemed to be the best company out...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 14, 2013
CES is over, we've all had a weekend to wind down and digest it all, and for mobile hardware junkies there is a lot to talk about. We saw what the big three mobile CPU builders will have to offer ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 08, 2013
I'll admit it -- I've rolled my eyes and filled up my e-mail's trash can and the hundreds and hundreds of mentions of "augmented reality" -- that technology that uses your ph...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 07, 2013
As expected, mobile hardware and component companies are pouring out the new gear announcements at CES. And not to be missed is the new chips in the pipe from Qualcomm. Dubbed the Snapdragon 600 a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 04, 2012
Call it the S4, Snapdragon, or Krait -- it makes no difference. The latest and greatest from Qualcomm is a proven performer and in high demand because of it. Today they have announced the expansion ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 26, 2012
Qualcomm has announced that two new Snapdragon S4s are on the way, with both touting quad-core CPUs with a budget-friendly price. The MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q both build on the S4 design, com...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 20, 2012
The popular Vellamo benchmark suite got a pretty big update today, bringing new features and a really nice UI to the popular software from Qualcomm. We talked with Sy Choudhury, senior dir...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 20, 2012
There's been a lot of talk about Intel's new mobile Atom chip on the Internet, and the people at Qualcomm wanted to remind us about how their offering stacks up against it. Qualcomm innards ...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 13, 2012
After a few weeks of teasing the Optimus G, it seems LG's ready to unleash its latest quad-core monster phone. The company's sending out invites press to "live without boundaries&q...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 25, 2012
Qualcomm's developer tablet certainly packs a punch in the specs department. But, before we go any further, we need to point out clearly and concisely -- this isn't a commercial product, it ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 26, 2012
Qualcomm this morning announced the Snapdragon SDK at its Uplinq conference, "giving developers and device makers the ability to differentiate their applications on devices by exposing a new se...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
May 01, 2012
My dual-core S4 is as good as your quad-core. No really, it is. Qualcomm recently (OK, maybe not that recently) announced the S4 Snapdragon with Krait CPU. More recently Samsung an...
