Posts tagged snapdragon
New Build of Fennec Released and It’s Getting Quite Good
Aug 1st
A brand spanking new version of Fennec, the mobile version of Mozilla’s Firefox currently in development for Android devices, has been released. As many of you may or may not now, it is still currently in the pre-alpha to alpha stages, but it is getting a lot better. With this new version we finally see it coming together (as much as an alpha product can). It is becoming not only more polished, but a lot faster. I am really looking forward to this when it launches officially in the market. Oh, right, make sure if you download it, you have a snapdragon device. Without this, performance will be very poor.
Download it here. Let us know what you think! Definitely getting there.
Source: Droid-Life
NOTE: New Build of Fennec Released and It’s Getting Quite Good originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
Apple A4 vs Snapdragon – Clash of the Chipsets!
Apr 4th
AnandTech has put the iPad’s new Apple A4 chip-to-chip against the Windows Phone- and Google Android Superphone-powering Snapdragon from Qualcomm in a clash of the 1Ghz titans. And the results?
To quote Steve Jobs – boom!
If we take the network out of the equation, the A4 in the iPad has a 37.6% performance advantage over the Qualcomm QSD8250. This actually supports some of the larger performance differences we saw earlier. If Apple can manage to deliver this sort of performance in its smartphone version of the A4, we’re in for a treat.
Indeed! They’re not sure why the difference is what it is, but possible reasons could include iPhone OS being better optimized than Android, or higher IPC based on better core architecture, larger caches, or faster memory bus.
They, like TiPb, want that bad boy in the 4th generation iPhone (which still won’t be called iPhone 4G!). Qualcomm and other chipsets like Tegra won’t sit still, however, so Apple has to keep pushing that bar as well — if they want the cachet that comes with spinning premiere, custom silicon.
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Get Your Rogers Xperia X10, April 15 2010
Apr 3rd
We talked about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 coming to Rogers a while back but we were missing a key piece of information. The X10 is now slated for April 15th, 2010 release according to inside sources. As you may recall the phone was set with a worthy line-up of qulity specifications. The only downside is that it comes with Android 1.6, well Sony Ericsson’s version of Android, which is yet to be seen by the public. Since the first announcement there have been rumours of the X10 finding its way to Android 2.1+ before the end of the year which is something to look forward to and hopefully will give some assurance to prospective buyers. The final list of specifications for the phone are:
- 119 × 63 x 13mm; Weighs 135 grams
- 4-inch WVGA (480×854 pixels) capacitive touchscreen
- GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio jack
- 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 CPU
- 8GB microSD included; 1GB internal memory
- Pre-loaded applications such as Mediascape and Timescape
- 8.1-megapixel camera with 16x digital zoom, auto-focus, touch focus, facial recognition, smile detection, geo-tagging image, & video stabilizer
- Android 1.6
In regards to pricing we hear that the phone will cost $149.99 on a 3 year agreement and $549.99 no strings attached. So tell us, will you be picking it up or at least checking it out when it hits retail stores?
via (AndroidInCanada)
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HTC Desire To Be Released in Silver
Mar 17th
Boy Genius is reporting this morning that HTC has created silver version of the HTC Desire. I don’t know about you, but it sounds pretty damn sexy! Honestly, I didn’t really like brown version, so this is good news. Hopefully, if and when this phone comes to the United States, users will have a choice. Thank you HTC!
Source: Boy Genius Report and XDA Developers
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LG’s LU2300 Superphone Due Next Quarter
Mar 3rd
Looks like LG is ready to start rolling out their Android-based superphones. Next up for the handset maker is their touch-only LU2300. Featuring a Snapdragon processor, 5 megapixel camera, Tv-Tuner, WVGA AMOLED screen and Android 2.1, it sounds almost exactly like a Nexus One. LG is also taking steps to preload a few applications on the handset for customers whereas in the past they left it up to the user.
The LU2300 is due sometime in the second quarter. Other specs, including the memory, are unknown but we’re sure to see them trickle out before long.
Source: MobileTechWorld via ubergizmo
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Qualcomm’s 7X30 Gives a Glimpse into Future of Android Handsets [VIDEO]
Feb 26th
Want to see what the chipset behind future Android handsets is capable of? Of course you do. Check out a demonstration of Qualcomm’s 7X30 Snapdragon processor that was given to Charbax (Nicolas Charbonnier) at Mobile World Congress last week. Keeping mind that what you see in the video is only a sample, we understand if you get excited by the possibilities of better games and 3D acceleration. Imagine the user interfaces and experiences possible with a chip like this!
Skip to just around 3:45 in and you’ll see a game demo that was designed for Android.
Full production and rollout to Qualcomm’s partners should happen over the coming months.
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HTC Incredible caught in the wild with Android 2.1 and Snapdragon
Feb 8th
The guys over at PocketNow have spent some quality time with the HTC Incredible, and managed to get us some photos, a video by Mr. ShakyCam and some details. It’s packing a Snapdragon CPU, Android 2.1 goodness with Sense UI, 256MB of RAM, optical mouse pointer, and dual LED flash. The screen is somewhere between 3.6 and 3.7 inches, with WVGA resolution and AMOLED. Sounds like winner to me, althought some Hero users are going to be pissed if this comes with 2.1 and they’re still stuck on 1.5.
Video after the jump:
Check out the rest of the pics
Via PocketNow
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