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Huawei S7 Tablet

Huawei S7 Tablet

Huawei has given the S7 tablet a pleasing design and, for the most part, made sensible compromises to keep the price down. However, we'd prefer to see a more up-to-date version of Android and longer battery life. Read more

28 January, 2011 by Sandra Vogel

Snapdragon S4 delivers 'smooth' Ice Cream Sandwich

...Qualcomm's newest Snapdragon S4 chip has racked up benchmark numbers far surpassing the Samsung Galaxy... Read more

22 February, 2012 by Brooke Crothers

Qualcomm predicts Snapdragon chips in PCs by late 2012

...Qualcomm expects the first Snapdragon-powered Windows 8 PC to arrive a year from now, marking the... Read more

17 November, 2011 by Roger Cheng

ST-Ericsson chips to power Nokia Windows Phones

...on Qualcomm as sole chip provider. Nokia, which just released its Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Lumia 800, will switch to processors supplied by ST-Ericsson for... Read more

3 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Quad-core mobile chips heading for tablets first

...in Barcelona. Chipmaker Qualcomm also announced a quad-core design for its Snapdragon mobile chipset at MWC: the 2.5GHz quad-core APQ8064. Writing in... Read more

7 April, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Qualcomm updates Snapdragon CPU line-up

...revealed details of a new range of processors, including a 1.2GHz Snapdragon aimed at smartphones and tablets. The dual- and single-core chips provide... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Qualcomm ships dual-core Snapdragon phone chipsets

...Qualcomm has started shipping samples of its first dual-core Snapdragon processors, which are aimed at smartphones and tablets. The chipmaker said on... Read more

1 June, 2010 by David Meyer
Huawei's Android 3.2 MediaPad hands-on

Huawei's Android 3.2 MediaPad hands-on

...The MediaPad tablet on show included a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon CPU, micro-USB, support for microSD storage up to 32GB and an... Read more

21 June, 2011 by Ben Woods
HTC launches Android-powered Sensation

HTC launches Android-powered Sensation

...contoured glass along the top edge — and a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor. HTC said that the qHD resolution display (960 x 540 pixels... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Ben Woods

CES: Windows to run on ARM chips, says Microsoft

...way of doing things." Sinofsky showed a Windows desktop on a Qualcomm Snapdragon development system running a natively compiled Windows kernel, version number 6.2... Read more

6 January, 2011 by Simon Bisson
Samsung Omnia 7

Samsung Omnia 7

We like Samsung's Omnia 7, whose standout feature is its vibrant 4in. AMOLED screen. However, we'd caution business users to wait for the Windows Phone 7 platform to mature. Read more

10 November, 2010 by Sandra Vogel

Dell Venue Pro handset gets SIM-free release

...as you go. The Dell Venue Pro runs on a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, carries a 4.1-inch Amoled touchscreen with 800x480 pixels and... Read more

26 October, 2010 by Asavin Wattanajantra

Microsoft signs deal to license ARM chip architecture

...as Nvidia's Tegra — used in the Zune HD — and Qualcomm's Snapdragon. However, it now has that option. Intel used to develop ARM-based... Read more

23 July, 2010 by Jack Schofield
Usb Host Controller 0.44

Usb Host Controller 0.44

...for:- S5PC210 (Hummingbird) based Samsung phones (Galaxy S, Captivate, Nexus S)- QSD8250 (Snapdragon) based HTC phones (G1, Nexus One, Desire, Incredible)You can find appropriate... Read more

17 February, 2012
RocknBall Free 1.5

RocknBall Free 1.5

...Pack (10 new levels)- improved controllsPrevious:- Fixed deadlock problem on multi-core Snapdragon based devices (e.g. HTC Sensation / HTC Evo3D)- new Level Pack (10... Read more

29 November, 2011

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J.A. Watson

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Moley

@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...

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J.A. Watson

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

32 minutes ago by J.A. Watson on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

1 hour ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

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apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

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pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC