Smartphones
Arm and Samsung this week announced their joint design-technology co-optimization (DTCO) program for Arm's next-generation Cortex general-purpose CPU cores as well as Samsung's next-generation process technology featuring gate-all-around (GAA) multi-bridge-channel field-effect transistors (MBCFETs). "Optimizing Cortex-X and Cortex-A processors on the latest Samsung process node underscores our shared vision to redefine what’s possible in mobile computing, and we look forward to continuing to push boundaries to meet the relentless performance and efficiency demands of the AI era," said Chris Bergey, SVP and GM, Client Business at Arm. Under the program, the companies aim to deliver tailored versions of Cortex-A and Cortex-X cores made on Samsung's 2 nm-class process technology for various applications, including smartphones, datacenters, infrastructure, and various customized system-on-chips. For now, the companies does not...
Sprint to Carry Next iPhone, Says Wall Street Journal
Sprint will be joining AT&T and Verizon in carrying Apple's next iPhone, reports the Wall Street Journal citing "people familiar with the matter." This would make Sprint the third...
13 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/24/2011It's Not Qualcomm's Fault: Dispelling TouchPad Myths
There's a whole lot of misinformation on the web right now about reasons why HP had troubles with the TouchPad and eventually had to abandon the entire webOS hardware...
79 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 8/19/2011HTC EVO 3D vs. Motorola Photon 4G: Choosing the Best Sprint Phone
Sprint customers almost always get the short end of the stick. In exchange for some of the more reasonable smartphone plans in the US, Sprint customers typically enjoy a...
43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/17/2011Initial AT&T LTE Devices Launching August 21
We've known for some time now that AT&T's 4G LTE network is slated to start turning on this summer, and now we have some dates for when the first...
7 by Brian Klug on 8/16/2011Samsung Releases White Galaxy S II
Image is courtesy of techtechies.com Samsung has today issued a press release which officially unveils the white version of their popular Galaxy S II. This announcement has been widely expected...
24 by Kristian Vättö on 8/16/2011HTC Releases Bootloader Unlocking Tool for HTC Sensation
One week ago, we wrote about HTC's launch of HTC Dev, its intent to release more components of its OpenSense SDK, and some of its plans for unlocking bootloaders...
3 by Brian Klug on 8/15/2011Google Acquires Motorola Mobility
Google has just announced that they will acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (or more commonly known as just Motorola). Google will be paying $40 per share, which means a...
19 by Kristian Vättö on 8/15/2011T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide Review - Photographers Wanted
When T-Mobile launched the G2, I was super psyched. It was an HTC-designed slider, ran the stock Android UI, and happened to be one of the first phones running...
24 by Vivek Gowri on 8/12/2011HTC Invests $300M in Beats Electronics, Audio is a Priority for Future Smartphones
Earlier tonight HTC announced, via AllThingsD, that it would be investing $300M in Beats Electronics, LLC, creators of the famous Beats by Dr. Dre brand. Beats is still a...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/10/2011Samsung Galaxy R Announced - A Tegra 2 Smartphone
Earlier this year while at MWC, Anand and I broke news of a Samsung Galaxy phone with Tegra 2 inside. At the time, we assumed it was a Galaxy...
9 by Brian Klug on 8/10/2011Nokia to Suspend Sales of Symbian, Feature Phones in the US
Nokia President Chris Weber announced in an interview today that the company will completely stop selling feature phones and Symbian-based smartphones in the US in order to focus on...
12 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/9/2011The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: Where Do You Want To Take Your Gaming Today?
The debate over the potential (or not, depending on your perspective) for cellular handsets to supplant dedicated portable gaming consoles was already at the 'dull roar' stage when Steve...
34 by Brian Dipert on 8/8/2011HTC Launches HTC Dev Developer Portal - HTC Pen SDK and S3D SDK
Earlier this year at Qualcomm's annual Uplinq conference, HTC announced that it was going to open up parts of Sense to devleopers and launch HTC OpenSense. HTC OpenSense is...
1 by Brian Klug on 8/8/2011Clearwire Makes its LTE Advanced Plans Official
We've suspected for a long time now that this was inevitable, but Clearwire today announced its official intent to build an "LTE Advanced-ready" network alongside its existing WiMAX network...
8 by Brian Klug on 8/3/2011HTC Announces Web-Based Bootloader Unlock Tool
Via its Facebook page today, HTC announced some more details about how it will unlock the bootloaders of devices that are currently selling with them locked. The tool will...
5 by Brian Klug on 8/3/2011Qualcomm's March into the Gaming Market
We've mentioned before that the next-generation of mobile, particularly tablet, SoCs are supposed to give us performance equal to or greater than current generation gaming consoles (e.g. Xbox 360...
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/3/2011Qualcomm's Updated Brand: Introducing Snapdragon S1, S2, S3 & S4 Processors
All microprocessor companies struggle with the same basic marketing problem: how do you explain to the average consumer why one part is faster than another without saying cache, GHz...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/3/2011RIM Announces BlackBerry Torch 9810, Bold 9900, Torch 9860 - 2011 Lineup
Almost exactly a year ago, AT&T and RIM announced the BlackBerry Torch 9800, which we reviewed and found brought a much-needed new WebKit based browser and OS update, but...
11 by Brian Klug on 8/3/2011T-Mobile G2x Review: Gingerbread-Infused
I’ve been a loyal T-Mobile user for the last five years, so the logjam of sorts at the top of The Big Magenta’s smartphone linuep is particularly interesting to...
37 by Vivek Gowri on 8/3/2011Droid Bionic Outed: OMAP 4430 Reigns
When the hype machine for a product hits a certain decibel, you can expect some legitimate news to come rolling in. And so it is, after covering the leaked...
16 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/2/2011