Previous
Qualcomm lines up 30 Snapdragon gadgets
News More than 30 products using Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon chipset are already in the pipeline, the chipmaker has revealed. The Snapdragon chipset can also be used for smartphones as well as smartbooks, however, and both types of hardware...
[June 1, 2009, 8:20]
Future of netbooks revealed at Computex
News It is mostly a naming-convention shift: ARM processors based on smartphone chips, such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon, were demoed on Asus Eee PC netbooks, running Android. While Snapdragon competitor Freescale Semiconductor, which makes an ARM-based...
[June 4, 2009, 10:11]
Freescale shows off 'smartbook' prototypes
News Qualcomm is pushing for smartbooks to use its Snapdragon chipset. The 1GHz version of Snapdragon has already been put into smartphones such as Toshiba's Windows Mobile-based TG01. The chipmaker Freescale is showing off prototypes of 'smartbook...
[June 2, 2009, 13:42]
Qualcomm unveils 'smartbook' Linux netbooks
Blog Smartbooks will be based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset, which we have already seen in handsets such as Toshiba's TG01 and, in what looked very much like a netbook, at Mobile World Congress. Pineda refused to be drawn on the identities of the...
[May 28, 2009, 17:31]
Qualcomm targets open source with new subsidiary
News Qualcomm is currently pushing its Snapdragon 3G chipset for mobile devices including smartphones and hybrid laptop/smartphone devices the company calls "smartbooks". Hardware makers such as Acer, Asus, HTC, LG, Toshiba and Samsung are working on...
[October 28, 2009, 15:21]
Toshiba demonstrates its 1GHz smartphone
News The manufacturer, the first to have announced a smartphone using Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor, has created a new user interface for its TG01 handset.
[February 19, 2009, 15:25]
Toshiba unveils 1GHz Windows Mobile phone
News Toshiba has launched a new Windows Mobile handset that the manufacturer says is the first mobile phone to use Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor. The processor used in the TG01 is Qualcomm's Snapdragon, which is supposed to be optimised for low...
[February 4, 2009, 14:43]
Qualcomm launches mobile convergence platform
News The platform, called Snapdragon, is based on a 1GHz processor called Scorpion and Qualcomm's 600MHz digital signal processor (DSP). Snapdragon also supports MP3 and AAC playback, 3D gaming, on-board cameras of up to 12 megapixels and GPS.
[November 13, 2006, 15:16]
Acer neoTouch review
Reviews This is the second device we've seen to run Qualcomm's QSD8250 Snapdragon processor, the first being Toshiba's TG01. Acer neoTouch: 3.8in.touch-screen, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Windows Mobile 6.5.
[November 24, 2009, 7:09]
Toshiba demonstrates its 1GHz smartphone
Video The manufacturer, the first to have announced a smartphone using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor, has created a new user interface for its TG01 handset
[February 19, 2009, 15:22]
Orange to exclusively sell Toshiba's 1GHz phone
News It also runs Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor, making it unusually powerful by current smartphone standards. Orange will be the exclusive carrier for Toshiba's TG01 Windows Mobile handset, the operator announced on Thursday.
[July 9, 2009, 16:27]
Nvidia talks up Tegra for Android
Blog Nvidia's competition in the MID market is Qualcomm, whose Snapdragon processor is not vastly dissimilar to Tegra. Nvidia is now supporting the Android operating system on its Tegra computer-on-a-chip processors, the manufacturer announced at Mobile...
[February 19, 2009, 16:42]
Qualcomm buys into MIMO wireless technology
News The chipmaker said on Monday that its upcoming Snapdragon multimedia platform and Mobile Station Modem chipsets would benefit from the Airgo purchase, as well as that of the Bluetooth business unit of RF Micro Devices (RFMD) — also announced on...
[December 4, 2006, 16:36]
Qualcomm develops low-cost PC alternative
News Eventually, the design could also include Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipsets, which offer both GSM-based and CDMA-based 3G technologies. Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has developed a new, low-cost computing platform that it hopes will provide an...
[November 13, 2008, 14:29]
HTC HD2
Blog A 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the most powerful available for smartphones, provides the power. I’ve spent a few hours with HTC’s latest Windows Mobile based smartphone, the HD2. Much anticipated, this device represents the leading edge of...
[November 9, 2009, 11:08]
Sony Ericsson X10 Android due in February
News It will also have an eight-megapixel camera with a flash, and will run on Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon chipset. Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 Android smartphone will go on sale in the UK in February, according to the company's website.
[November 16, 2009, 13:34]
Acer shows off Android netbook, smartphone
News The Liquid is the first Android handset to be released using Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset, and also the first to be released using version 1.6 — also known as 'Donut' — of the OS. On Wednesday, Acer showed off some of its latest PCs, netbooks and...
[October 14, 2009, 15:09]
HTC HD2 brings capacitive touchscreen to Windows Mobile
Blog It runs on Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Windows Mobile 6.5 may have received a somewhat lacklustre reception on its launch yesterday, but that has not stopped plenty of hardware manufacturers choosing to announce devices running it.
[October 7, 2009, 11:05]
Nokia Android rumours earn outright denial
Blog The device appears to be part of SE's high-end Xperia line, and is said to run on Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Nokia has strongly denied working on an Android-based handset, following a report early on Monday that it was planning to do so.
[July 6, 2009, 11:06]
Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones: photos review
Reviews GHz Snapdragon Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile 6.5, an interim upgrade to its mobile operating system, and has rebranded devices powered by the new OS as 'Windows phones'. Windows phones are now more touch- and consumer-friendly.
[October 7, 2009, 15:40]
