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. More...
Warren East, the CEO of processor chip design company ARM, has announced he will depart ARM after nearly 12 years on July 1st The company's current President Simon Segars will become its new CEO. More...
While the beginning of the month brought HTC a victory against Nokia it seems the Finnish company has caught up. Nokia was awarded a patent injunction against HTC today in a regional court in Germany. More...
LG has officially announced its enormous 5.5 inch Android-based smartphone, the Optimus G Pro, which will launch in its native South Korea this week, before going on sale in the US in Q2 2013. More...
AMD has admitted that it has hired a new team member with some previous experience at Qualcomm which may mean the company is looking to branch out beyond PCs. More...
An executive at Microsoft this week left the door open on a possible partnership with Intel to put its processors in future Windows Phone devices, even as current ones are using Qualcomm chips. More...
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. More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at CES 2013 on Monday, saying, among other things, that Windows Phone devices sold five times their 2011 numbers for Christmas 2012. More...
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 More...
Microsoft has updated its support pages to indicate when it will end mainstream support for its Windows RT version of Surface along with mainstream and extended support end dates for Windows 8. More...
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 More...
Nokia talks about the features of the Snapdragon S4 processor that will be inside the company's Windows Phone 8-based Lumia 920 when it launches later this fall. More...
Microsoft is imposing heavy restrictions on for the Windows RT and Windows 8 launch in October, only allowing three ARM chipset makers and six OEMs total to develop tablets for the launch. More...
Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs is claiming that Windows RT devices made with Snapdragon processors inside will be thinner and lighter than other competing devices. More...
Chip maker Qualcomm has announced a contest for creators of Windows 8/RT Metro apps, with $100,000 going to the grand prize winner of the best overall Metro app. More...
Qualcomm is releasing a software development kit for developers looking to support its Snapdragon processor line. The company will expand the SDK to support more of the Snapdragon line over time. More...
Qualcomm was announced as the exclusive chipset provider for all upcoming Windows Phone 8 handset and has confirmed that WP8 devices will feature the MSM8960 Pro dual-core Krait (Snapdragon S4 Plus). More...
A new rumor claims that Windows RT-based products will be released from Asus, Lenovo, HP and Nokia, with NVIDIA expected to be the first to provide chips for Windows RT; no word on pricing yet. More...
With an eye on better vertical integration and improved margins, HTC is reportedly developing its own line of processors with ST-Ericsson, with the first CPUs being launched in its devices next year. More...
A new report claims that more Windows Phone 8 devices are being tested by someone out in the field, with Nokia and Qualcomm shown to be running the OS as well as IE 10. More...
Intel says that the first smartphone with one of its processors could launch as soon this week, most likely in a handset with a 1.6GHz chip made by the Indian-based Lava. More...
Some Windows 8 laptops will have a quad-core version of Qualcomm's ARM-based Snapdragon S4 processor which should compete with thin and light Ultrabooks based on Intel's design. More...
Qualcomm has announced that it has teamed up with Microsoft to offer its Snapdragon processor on PCs that Microsoft is sending to developers to test Windows 8 with ARM-based chips. More...
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 More...
Qualcomm has announced plans to release the Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, an ARM-based design that is optimized to run on Windows 8, among other operating systems. More...
A new rumor claims that HP is currently working to develop Windows 8-based tablets, two of which will have a x86-Intel chip inside and the other with an ARM-Qualcomm processor. More...
HTC has realised that it must change certain attributes when it comes to manufacturing devices and accessories. As a result, a new division has been formed to specifically design key products for it. More...
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. More...
If you have been wanting to see a LTE powered WIndows 8 tablet, next week AT&T may be your best friend with a tablet likely to be shown off. More...
A new rumor claims that Microsoft is letting ARM-based processor makers pick two hardware partners to make notebooks that will run the upcoming ARM version of Windows 8. More...
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. More...
Steve Mollenkopf, the president of mobile processor maker Qualcomm, says that the company will continue to support Windows Phone 7 and has plans for Windows 8 as well. More...
A Qualcomm executive states that the smartphone and tablet processor company could make the big leap to providing chips for PC desktops and notebooks at some point in the future. More...
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... More...
Wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. posted a 29% increase in fiscal second-quarter earnings. Qualcomm's Chief Financial Officer William Keitel said demand for high-speed wireless devices was stronger than expected in every region around the globe, helping... More...
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... More...
Engadget today released a slew of new details regarding the future of Apple's iOS devices, as well as a hint at the possibility of a new range of dual GSM/CDMA gadgets. Following Tuesday's announcement of the... More...
As mobile phone companies Verizon and Sprint move closer to offering a 4G connection to their customers, AT&T seemed to be left in the dust until recently. AT&T announced today that the company has agreed... More...
On Wednesday at Mobile World Congress 2010, HTC and O2 announced it will offer the HTC Smart in select European markets. The HTC Smart is based on the Brew Mobile Platform. Created by Qualcomm, the company... More...
Qualcomm Inc. just announced its acquisition of 40 MHz of the L-Band radio spectrum that was auctioned some days ago by Ofcom, the UK communications regulator. This auction fetched the UK communications regulator £8.3 million.... More...
After time and time again everything on the legal field seemed to be going against it, Qualcomm Inc. finally won a round in its patent battles with wireless phone maker Nokia on Wednesday as a... More...
Beleagered chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. launched its new "Gobi" chip today that will make it easier to build laptops compatible with the two dominant cellular broadband technologies in the United States, HSPA and EV-DO. Currently, business-oriented... More...
Due to a new ruling in August by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, making it more difficult to prove intentional patent infringement, U.S. District Judge James Selna has tentatively overturned a... More...
European Union antitrust regulators are investigating U.S. wireless technologies company Qualcomm for possible abusive business practices, European officials said Monday. Qualcomm, the world's second-largest chipmaker for cell phones, may have violated EU competition rules by... More...
Qualcomm's tangled patent war with Nokia and Broadcom got more complicated yesterday when the International Trade Commission announced an investigation into whether the San Diego chipmaker was violating patents held by Nokia of Finland. The... More...
Judge Haldane Mayer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit halted an import ban on mobile phones by Qualcomm Inc. yesterday, a rare legal victory in a long-standing patent dispute with rival... More...
From US import bans to patent fines, it seems like popular chip maker Qualcomm just can't cut a break; as the saying goes, when it rains, it pours, and Nokia seem intent on adding its... More...
Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. agreed to work together to share more information about their products with wireless equipment makers to cut development time and expense. Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, will also handle... More...
Cell phone chipmaker Qualcomm announced Monday it is licensing technology that lets cell phones connect directly to printers, cameras and PCs or any other device with a universal serial bus port. The San Diego-based company... More...
Qualcomm on Wednesday said it is working with Oracle to make Qualcomm's BREW software for cell phones interact with some Oracle databases. BREW, or Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, was introduced in... More...