Project Kal-El is the codename for Nvidia's next generation Tegra processor, and if the spec sheet is any indication, it's going to be awesome. Nvidia says Kal-El is the world's first mobile quad-core CPU, and it just happens to contain a new 12-core GeForce GPU as well. Compared to Tegra 2, Nvidia says Kal-El is nearly 75x faster, and you can bank on Kal-El devices being able to handle high resolution content[......]
According to new data by iSuppli , Google's Android Market partied like a rock star in 2010. [......]
We always envisioned Google's Android platform sparking a price war among tablet makers, but that may be wishful thinking. Motorola's Xoom tablet, the first in the world to sport the potentially awesome Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) platform, will reportedly sell for $800 and perhaps as high as $1,200 (we doubt it). Either way, it's significantly more than Apple's entry-level iPad, which isn't a fair comparison based on features, but could play a role in which platform consumers buy into[......]
NAND flash memory makers will see a gigantic boost in demand in 2011 as the emerging tablet market takes off, iSuppli says . The market research firm predicts tablet consumption of NAND flash is set to explode more than 380 percent in the 2011, increasing from 476.8 million GB in 2010 and eventually climbing to 12.3 billion GB by 2014. Moreover, the proportion of NAND flash use among tablets versus the total supply of NAND memory will go up by 11.8 percent in 2011, nearly a threefold increase from 4.3 percent last year. [......]
While Apple fans are fumbling over themselves downloading News Corp.'s janky The Daily app for the iPad (yes, I called it janky -- tried it, didn't care for it), Android users are getting something a little different. It's Sports Illustrated in digital form, and it's available now for use with Android tablets and smartphones, as well as the Web[......]
Before you settle on a Galaxy Tab, know that Samsung is readying a larger, more functional tablet built around Google's Android 3.0 platform. Samsung, in partnership with Vodafone, announced the next generation Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Korea on Sunday, and there's a lot that has us salivating. In addition to Honeycomb, it will sport a bigger screen and a faster processor. [......]
HP's upcoming 9.7-inch TouchPad tablet will ship with Qualcomm's new APQ8060 dual-core Snapdragon processor, and according to Qualcomm, this wonder chip will enable the "latest and greatest multimedia experiences in today's commercial mobile devices." That includes stereoscopic 3D, 1080p 30fps HD video capture and playback, Adobe Flash 10, and even console quality gaming, Qualcomm claims. "Our work with industry leaders has allowed us to showcase the full spectrum of Snapdragon's graphics and multimedia capabilities in both the tablet and smartphone space across major software platforms," said Raj Talluri , vice president of product management for Qualcomm[......]
Apple introduced an in-app subscription model to coincide with the launch of the The Daily, a daily rag put out specifically for the iPad from Rupert Murdoch's News. Corp[......]
Maybe we should call this the era of mobility, because when we look back, we'll remember this time period as when cell phones transformed into smartphones (and superphones), tablet computing debut without falling on its face, and handheld devices of all kinds boasted high-speed Internet connectivity. [......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Yahoo on Thursday announced that it will soon debut a new magazine-style method of digital content delivery especially aimed at touchscreen mobile devices like tablets and smartphones called Livestand. "Publishers and advertisers must expand their content to [phones and tablets] to stay in front of consumers," said Blake Irving, Executive Vice President and Chief Product officer at Yahoo[......]
The only thing missing from Opera Software's press release is a Tim Allen grunt. We're not hatin', the browser maker has every reason to beat its chest, a right you earn when your browser is used by over 100 million mobile users each month[......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Wednesday, Mobile loyalty card app CardStar announced it has become the first app of its ilk to partner with Groupon, the extremely hot daily deal service, and users of its iPhone and Android apps in more than 160 cities will have location-specific access to Groupon deals. CardStar lets users scan or manually enter all those shopping rewards cards into a single app, and then their smartphone's screen can be scanned at the cash register when they check out. [......]
As is the tradition these days, the new Verizon iPhone has been torn down by interested parties to see what makes it tick. There are a few minor differences. [......]
According to a leak to Pocket-Now, Google will be pushing out an update to the Android platform in April . This will be version 2.4, but will not be the rumored Ice Cream release. Rather, this will be a second iteration of Gingerbread. [......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Nokia, a company that last made news for cancelling its X7 smartphone's U.S. [......]
