Mobile
Proving the adage “ask, and you shall receive”, Qualcomm is back this week for a second Snapdragon SoC announcement for mobile phones. This time, the company is announcing the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, the latest-generation member of their relatively new Snapdragon 7+ lineup of SoCs. Like its predecessor, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, the Gen 3 is aimed at the premium segment of smartphones, offering high-end features with more modest performance and costs – but still a feature set and level of performance ahead of “mid-tier” smartphone SoCs. And, with Monday’s launch of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, this is a segment that has been bifurcated into two lines of SKUs over at Qualcomm.
Intel Teases Baytrail Performance with Atom Z3770 Cinebench Score
Intel's lone ranger and Principal Engineer, Francois Piednoël, published one of the first semi-official Baytrail benchmarks on his Twitter feed earlier today. The score is for the unannounced Atom...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013ASUS Officially Announces Transformer Pad TF701T with 2560x1600 Display
Today at IFA in Berlin, Germany, ASUS held a press conference to cover a variety of new products. One of the more exciting products is the new Transformer tablet...
13 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013Sony Announces Attachable Smartphone Camera - Cyber-Shot QX100 and QX10
The connected camera space is going through an interesting period, we’ve seen a few device makers take steps towards building cameras that run Android (Nikon’s S800C, Galaxy Camera, Galaxy...
12 by Brian Klug on 9/4/2013HTC Announces Desire 300, 601, Blue HTC One, and BoomBass Accessory
Just ahead of IFA in Berlin, HTC is dropping news of two new phones and a speaker accessory. The two new phones are the Desire 601 and 301, which...
13 by Brian Klug on 9/3/2013Moto X Review
It has been a long time since I’ve seen a smartphone so fervently rumored, discussed, hyped, and finally announced like the Moto X has been. The level of buzz...
106 by Brian Klug on 8/26/2013The Nexus 7 (2013) Review
Truth be told, Google has made (or at least directed the making of) some of the best tablets on the market today. The original Nexus 7 was groundbreaking in...
203 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/22/2013Nexus 7 (2013) JSS15Q OTA Update Rolling Out - Fixes GPS/GNSS and Multitouch Issues
We published the full Nexus 7 (2013) review today, and liked it so much we gave it our Editors Choice Silver award. I'm a huge fan of the updated...
18 by Brian Klug on 8/22/2013Intel Talks about Multimode LTE Modems - XMM7160 and Beyond
Since acquiring Infineon's wireless division and forming the Mobile Communications Group, Intel has been relatively quiet about its modem portfolio and roadmap. Pre-acquisition parts from Infineon have continued to...
39 by Brian Klug on 8/20/2013A Tour of Moto Maker: Customization Meets the Moto X
A key part of the Moto X's story is one of hardware customization. At launch, those users buying Moto Xes on AT&T will be given the option of selecting...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 8/16/2013Ask the Experts: Intel's Aicha Evans Talks Wireless and Answers Your Questions
We've followed Intel's CPU team's march towards mobile for years now, but we've seen very little from the wireless group. That's all beginning to change. Earlier this year at...
47 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/15/2013Acer R7 Review: Something Different
What happens when you rethink everything concerning the traditional notebook and try to come up with something newer and hopefully better? Earlier this year, Acer released the Aspire R7...
114 by Jarred Walton on 8/15/2013ASUS Reports Disappointing VivoTab RT Sales, Stops Making RT Tablets
In a move that’s likely to surprise…well, just about no one, the Wall Street Journal reports that ASUS will cease making Windows RT tablets. Windows RT is basically stuck...
85 by Jarred Walton on 8/9/2013Nokia Lumia 521: Quality Smartphone on an Extreme Budget
The Nokia Lumia 521 is very interesting. It’s the T-Mobile US version of the Lumia 520, and ships with AWS HSPA+ for just $129 sans contract or subsidy. It’s...
117 by Vivek Gowri on 8/8/2013Understanding Panel Self Refresh
Earlier today Brian spent some time with the G2, LG's 5.2-inch flagship smartphone based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) SoC. I'd recommend reading his excellent piece in order...
39 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/7/2013Hands On with the LG G2 - LG's latest flagship
Today LG is announcing the LG G2, there’s no Optimus this time, it’s just the LG G2. The G2 is the successor to the Optimus G, the phone that...
81 by Brian Klug on 8/7/2013Surface Pro $100 Price Drop - A Prelude of Things to Come?
Techreport.com posted earlier today that there's currently a $100 rebate from Microsoft on the Surface Pro. That brings the price of the 64GB SSD model to $799 and the...
100 by Jarred Walton on 8/5/2013Google Releases 4.3 OTA for HTC One and Galaxy S4 Google Play Editions
It's been a busy week in the Android space, and this evening Google appears to have hit the button on the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean MR2) update for the...
26 by Brian Klug on 8/2/2013Android 4.3 update for Nexus 10 and 4 removes unofficial OpenCL drivers
We had previously reported that Android 4.2 firmwares for Nexus 10 and Nexus 4 were found to contain OpenCL drivers. The drivers were an internal implementation detail and not...
13 by Rahul Garg on 8/1/2013A Quick Look at the Moto X - Motorola's New Flagship
Since being acquired by Google, there’s been a lot of speculation about what’s coming next from Motorola. Last week they announced their Droid lineup for Verizon, this week they’re...
165 by Brian Klug on 8/1/2013ASUS MeMO Pad HD7 Pre-Orders Available
We just reviewed the ASUS MeMO Pad HD7, and we've now received word that pre-orders are available via several major outlets: TigerDirect.com, Newegg.com, Amazon.com, and Gamestop.com. (Let us know...
19 by Jarred Walton on 7/31/2013