Sprint Pushes for LTE Android-Based Phones

From DailyTech: In the midst of announcing its commitment to LTE and the upcoming death of WiMAX smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sprint had a lot of great things to say about Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating system, but couldn't share the same...

ARM: Intel Is Finally Good Enough for Smartphones, but ARM Is Better

From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of ARM Holdings, a leading developer of mobile microprocessor technologies, said that Intel Corp.’s latest Medfield system-on-chip is “good enough” for smartphones and the company considers Intel a “serious competitor”. But ARM claims that...

Asustek and Nvidia Prep Quad-Core Tablet for $249

From X-bit Labs: Asustek and Nvidia Corp. have demonstrated an affordable tablet with Nvidia Tegra 3 system-on-chip with rich multimedia capabilities and powered by Google Android 4 “Ice Cream Sandwich” operating system. The low-cost 7” tablet with Tegra 3 will redefine the market of...

Samsung to Bring Series 7 Gamer to the U.S., With Upgrades

From PC World: Gamers in North America looking for a high-end gaming laptop may have envied those in Europe, who have been able to purchase Samsung’s Series 7 Gamer notebook since last spring. This April, the company will bring the laptop to our shores, and give it a nice boost in...

PlayBook OS 2.0 brings native e-mail to RIM's faithful

From CNET News.com: hen RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet first made the scene in 2011, it arrived without any standalone apps for e-mail, contacts, or calendar.

At the time, RIM stated the omission was a deliberate security measure that allowed its predominantly corporate clientele...

Quad-core Smartphones On the Way

From DailyTech: Nvidia announced at CES that, while quad-core smartphones have been absent from the show, they are coming very soon.

CES is not an ideal launching pad for phones as it is more focused on tablets and computers, Mike Rayfield, general manager of the mobile business...

Buffalo Onboard with 802.11ac, Demonstrates 800Mbps Transfers

From DailyTech: We all take 802.11n for granted these days. Everything from our smartphones to tablets to laptops to all-in-one PCs use the standard. 802.11n is rated at 4500Mbps, but in the real world the best routers offer speeds of anywhere from 140Mbps to 170Mbps.

Buffalo is...

AMD Demos 17W Trinity Accelerated Processing Unit

From X-bit Labs: At the Consumer Electronics show, Advanced Micro Devices against demonstrated working sample of its next-generation code-named Trinity accelerated processing unit (APU). This time the company decided not only to show off a working chip, but specify that it has 17W...

Corsair to Offer Accelerator Family of SSDs for Caching

From X-bit Labs: Corsair Memory, a leading producer of premium PC components, has introduced a new family of solid-state drives designed specifically for caching and operating just like Intel Corp.'s Rapid Storage technology. Corsair promises up to five times speeds up compared to...

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