Neowin News Feed for: Snapdragon

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 chip coming soon to Windows RT 8.1 devices

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:00:21 +0100

Qualcomm has announced that their flagship ARM-based chipset, the Snapdragon 800, will soon be featured in Windows RT 8.1 devices, bringing a significant performance boost and new capabilities Read more...

Qualcomm still 'excited' about Microsoft's Windows RT strategy

John Callaham — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:57:46 +0100

A Qualcomm exec was quoted this weekend saying that the processor maker is still "excited about Microsoft's strategy around Windows RT" and its Snapdragon chips will be in future Windows RT devices. Read more...

Qualcomm CEO: Microsoft shouldn't be counted out in smartphone wars

John Callaham — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:18:17 +0000

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said today during a press briefing at CES 2013, "I never count out Microsoft out" when it comes to the company's current drive to push Windows Phone-based smartphones. Read more...

Qualcomm's new Snapdragons; 2.3 GHz quad-core flagship

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:32:24 +0000

A few hours before Qualcomm are set to take the stage at CES 2013, we've found details of what they're going to announce, including a super-powered Qualcomm 800 2.3 Ghz quad-core chipset Read more...

China's Nokia Lumia 920T gets supercharged with a faster, Adreno 320 GPU

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:26:54 +0000

According to a Weibo post by China Mobile, their carrier-specific Lumia 920T will feature a supercharged Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset with an Adreno 320 GPU, 2-3x faster than the standard Lumia 920 GPU Read more...

LG Optimus G announced, quad-core Snapdragon S4 inside

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:02:47 +0100

LG has officially announced the LG Optimus G ahead of IFA 2012, and it packs some super-fine specs such as Qualcomm's latest quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset and a 13MP camera Read more...

Qualcomm S4 quad-core processor in new LG smartphone

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:45:33 +0100

Currently in production, LG's latest "secret" smartphone known as the Optimus G has been confirmed by Qualcomm as the first smartphone to use their Snapdragon S4 quad-core chip. Read more...

Qualcomm CEO says their Windows RT devices will be better

John Callaham — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:10:03 +0100

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs is claiming that Windows RT devices made with Snapdragon processors inside will be thinner and lighter than other competing devices. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy S III - dual-core only for the US?

Andy Weir — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:03:06 +0100

US buyers of the Galaxy S III may be denied its new quad-core Exynos 4 Quad processor, as a Samsung executive is quoted as saying that US versions will be sold with Qualcomm Snapdragon chips instead. Read more...

Rumor: Microsoft testing dual-core Snapdragon S4s with LTE for WP Apollo

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:29:28 +0000

If the latest rumor is to be believed, Microsoft's engineers are currently testing the dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset with LTE for use in future devices running Windows Phone 8 Read more...

Guide to smartphone hardware (1/7): Processors

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:33:15 +0000

Want to know exactly what is inside your smartphone? Look no further than this massive 7-part guide that goes over all of it. Today's section goes over smartphone processors and the system-on-a-chip Read more...

Windows 8 demoed on Qualcomm-based tablet

John Callaham — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:54:17 +0000

Windows 8 was demoed on a tablet running Qualcomm's ARM-based Snapdragon S4 processor with an LTE wireless connection during a press event at CES 2012 today. Read more...

Snapdragon-based Windows 8 PCs due by end of 2012

John Callaham — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:26:19 +0000

Qualcomm announced today that the first PCs with its Snapdragon processors, running Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, could launch by the end of 2012. Read more...

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon support for Windows 8

John Callaham — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:28:58 +0100

With all of the Windows 8 announcements earlier today, other companies are trying to ride the coattails of Microsoft's two presentations on Wednesday (at the D9 Conference and at Computex). Late on Wednesday, mobile processor... Read more...

Quad-core Snapdragon to debut in devices later next year

Steven Parker — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:29:37 +0000

Qualcomm has released a press statement announcing the quad-core Snapdragon. Their new chipset, named "AP8064", which is based on Qualcomm's Krait 28nm code, can pump out an unprecedented 2.5GHz for each core, and is specially... Read more...

FCC filing hints at HTC Incredible release; another video surfaces

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:42:01 +0000

At the beginning of the month, Neowin posted the first video of Verizon's upcoming HTC Incredible, however, no time table for release was revealed. Over at AndroidForums, further release details are beginning to emerge. Images... Read more...