The Qualcomm S4 processor is a modern day beast, handedly trouncing last year’s favorites. But even this latest edition of Qualcomm engineering has one minor “flaw” — the Adreno 225 GPU is really just a tweaked version of the outgoing Adreno 220. Thankfully, Qualcomm brought plenty of firepower to MWC as they company announced a new “Pro” version of the S4 MSM8960 processor that ships with a heavily upgraded Adren 320 GPU. The new GPU is...
Currently the biggest forces in mobile processors consists of Qualcomm and ARM, though Samsung’s own in-house Exynos is starting to gain marketshare. But a long time eyer of mobile chips, Intel, is once again taking a stap at cracking the small screen with their Medfield platform. At MWC today, Intel along with Lava announced the XOLO X900 Android smartphone powered by a 1.6 GHz Atom processor (Z2460) and a 3.5-4″ display. The OS on board appears to be (sadly)...
AT&T used MWC 2012 as the stage for their latest crown jewel, single-SIM global coverage. Like the phrase suggests, AT&T’s new technology will allow globe trotters to use a single SIM card when they travel instead of having to jump between those little tags of plastic. The new technology was developed in part with Jasper Wireless and includes a number of diagnostic and monitoring tools to help track devices whilst abroad. While the announcement is a much...
The ASUS Padfone and entry-level Transformer 300 series are great and all, but it is the Taiwanese manufacturer’s Infinity series that really tickles our fancy. For starters, the Transformer Infinity series packs a 1920 x 1200 Super IPS+ HD display along with 600 nits of brightness and Gorilla Glass 2. A powerful Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor humming along at 1.6 GHz per core, 1 GB of RAM, 8 and 1.3 megapixel cameras (rear/front), WiFi + (optional) 3G/4G (LTE)...
It’s no secret that RIM has been in a lot of trouble getting people to actually care about them as of late. The PlayBook, while featuring nice hardware and generally awesome software, has failed to catch the general public’s interest (firesale aside). But at MWC 2012 RIM took another step towards making the PlayBook and their entire ecosystem as a whole a more complete experience by unveiling their BlackBerry Video Service. The new service is powered by content...
The previously announced dock-seeking Padfone has received a few small updates since its original May 2011 announcement. Most notably, the 4.3″ (540 x 960) device now features Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as the OS of choice along with a dual-core Qualcomm S4 processor w/ Adreno 225 graphics chip, 1 GB of RAM and rear-facing 8-megapixel camera with f/2.2 shutter. Cellular radios literally include anything and everything underneath the sun save for LTE. The bread and...
