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In what appears to be a mistake or a jump of the gun by ASUS, they have seemingly published a list of specifications for one of its key notebooks that all but allude to the next generation of AMD's mobile processors. While we saw AMD toy with a new nomenclature for their Phoenix silicon (Ryzen 7040 series), it seems as though AMD is once again changing things around where their naming scheme for processors is concerned. The ASUS listing, which has now since been deleted, but as of writing is still available through Google's cache, highlights a model that is already in existence, the VivoBook S 16 OLED (M5606), but is listed with an unknown AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor. Which, based on...
Microsoft Announces First Windows Phone 8 Hardware Partners, Qualcomm SoCs Inside [Update: MSM8960]
Probably one of the biggest rumors leading up to the Windows Phone 8 announcement was some speculation that Qualcomm would lose its exclusive status as the sole SoC vendor...
44 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012
Existing Windows Phone 7 devices will get updated to Windows Phone 7.8, not Windows 8
Looks like some of the earlier rumors about the upgrade path for existing WP7 devices turned out to be true. Microsoft just now announced that existing WP7 devices will...
27 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012
Windows Phone 8 Adds support for Multi Core SoCs, Higher Resolutions, microSD, and NFC
We're at the Windows Phone 8 summit, where Microsoft just made support for a bunch of new WP8 features official. The rumors were true, and the platform is moving...
5 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012
Microsoft's Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco - We're There
We're inside the venue at Microsoft's Windows Phone developer summit in San Francisco. From the look of the posters we're in for some new features, including some facial recognition...
19 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012
Samsung Galaxy S III Review - AT&T and T-Mobile USA Variants
For the past couple of days I've been playing with, benchmarking, and battery life testing two USA-bound variants of the SGS3 literally nonstop, a white AT&T model with LTE...
107 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012
Microsoft Surface - We Go Hands On [UPDATE: Detailed Impressions]
Post-announcement, Microsoft took us to a backroom in Milk Studios to give us hands on experience with the Surface. They weren't lying, even the preproduction units feel awesome in...
161 by Vivek Gowri on 6/18/2012
Nokia Announces PureView 808 Coming to USA for $699
The last time we played with the Nokia PureView 808 was at MWC, where I came away very impressed with the device and what I saw in terms of...
17 by Brian Klug on 6/18/2012
Microsoft's Major Announcement in LA - We're There!
We're at Microsoft's major announcement in LA - it's been shrouded in secrecy, with Redmond only releasing venue details earlier today (a mere 5 hours before the start of...
26 by Vivek Gowri on 6/18/2012TI Demos Windows RT UI Performance on OMAP 4470
Last week at Computex, TI showed Anand Windows RT running on one of their own reference tablets. While performance was good according to Anand, Microsoft has instructed partners to...
20 by Brian Klug on 6/14/2012
The Acer Iconia Tab A700 Brings 1920x1200 to $449
We've been hearing about the impending ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity with its 1920x1200 display for some time now with no concrete word on when it's coming to market, but...
19 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/13/2012
Samsung Announces TecTiles - Programmable NFC Tags and Application
Probably one of the biggest complaints I hear related to NFC is just how slowly adoption and uptake of the technology is going. While NFC-enabled phones aren't really anything...
9 by Brian Klug on 6/13/2012
Apple Introduces New Smart Covers
Continuing its onslaught of new products and accessories this morning, Apple has silently launched a 3rd variant of its Smart Covers for the iPad. The new Smart Covers now...
9 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 6/11/2012
Siri in iOS 6
Apple is going through its demo of Siri in iOS 6. Siri is getting significant updates, Apple is now demonstrating Siri's extensive knowledge of sports statistics. Player stats, league...
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/11/2012
Acer's Iconia W700 Ivy Bridge Windows 8 Tablet: The Start of Something Big
My first meeting of Computex wasn't a meeting at all, rather it was Acer's press conference a day before the show officially started. In its press conference, Acer introduced...
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The Archos G9 Returns: Reclocked GPU Raises The Pace
So, yes. They're back. Not long after our review of the Archos G9 tablets went live, we got wind from our commenters that Archos had released a new test...
5 by Jason Inofuentes on 6/8/2012Google posts CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 IMM76K Factory Images
A few days ago Google started rolling out the CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 IMM76K update en-masse to Verizon subscribers. I mentioned a relatively well known trick to improve your...
1 by Brian Klug on 6/6/2012
Qualcomm Atheros makes two 802.11ac solutions official - WCN3680 and QCA986x
Way back at MWC we saw Qualcomm Atheros demonstrating single spatial stream 802.11ac on a MSM8960 MDP, where it was pushing 230 Mbps to a nearby 802.11ac router. I...
7 by Brian Klug on 6/6/2012
Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and US Cellular Announce More Galaxy S III Details | Update: AT&T As Well
This morning, Verizon started something of a firestorm when it posted pricing and preorder information about the Samsung Galaxy S III (SGS3) on its website, with T-Mobile, Sprint, and...
15 by Brian Klug on 6/4/2012
ASUS Tablet 810 & 600: Giving us Almost Exactly What We Want in a Windows 8 Tablet
ASUS had another amazing Computex press conference this year. Along with the dual-screen Taichi notebook, the Transformer All-in-One and the Ivy Bridge based Transformer Book, ASUS announced two more...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2012
Samsung Galaxy S III Coming To 5 US Carriers In June
Last year's Galaxy S II US launch was . . . complicated. In addition to waiting for months after the International launch, US carriers saw fit to vary their...
13 by Jason Inofuentes on 6/4/2012
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