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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 shortage could lead to Asus Padfone delays

Those of you waiting on the official release of the Asus Padfone may need to wait a little while longer in certain regions, as the device is unlikely to make it to the market at the originally scheduled release dates. And no, this time Android 4.0 ICS isn’t the one to blame. As it turns [...]

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Qualcomm Promises Ultrathin Quad-core Laptops to Counter Intel’s Ultrabooks

Qualcomm is preparing a quad-core version of its Snapdragon S4 chip for thin and light Windows 8 laptops. According to Rob Chandhok, Senior VP at Qualcomm, the S4 chips will go into laptops that are thinner and lighter than Apple’s MacBook Air or Intel’s ultrabooks. Chandhok further said that the lines between high-end smartphones, where [...]

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BYD Snaptop is a Snapdragon smartbook

Qualcomm presented a concept smartbook at the Mobile World Congress. From the looks of it, it’s more of a mini desktop rather than a smartbook since it has a separate keyboard and will likely be less usable on the go. We did cover a bit of this device last month during CES. You can store [...]

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Qualcomm’s VP of product management scoffs at iPad for lack of 3G connectivity

While talking about their highly popular and in-demand Snapdragon mobile processor, Mark Frankel, Qualcomm’s VP of product management managed to sneak in a few of his thoughts regarding the Apple iPad and one of its major flaws: the lack of 3G connectivity on the standard model. Frankel was quoted as saying, “What’s a tablet without [...]

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HP Mini 110 turned into a smartbook prototype

With all the releases HP has done during the CES, I guess they just had to make do with what they had to make their own smartbook mockup. The company demonstrated a mockup of a smartbook made from the same chassis as an HP Mini 110 with a few tweaks. The prototype has a Qualcomm [...]

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