Chip maker Qualcomm has unveiled a new, simpler naming system for its low power smartphone and tablet chips. Gone are confusing names like MSM8x55 and now we have the Snapdragon S1, S2, S3, and S4. All you really need to know is that the higher the number, the more powerful the chip. The Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 basically covers last year’s…

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips are already a popular choice for smartphone and tablet makers. But Qualcomm says the 125 devices that have already been announced are just the tip of the iceberg. About 250 new devices with Snapdragon chips are currently in development. The announcement came out of this week’s Qualcomm Uplinq event, where the company is clearly busy tooting its…

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You know how last year the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip was all the rage with phone makers thanks to its super speedy 1 GHz clock speed and decent graphics performance? This year it seems like NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chip has been grabbing all the headlines thanks to its 1 GHz dual core architecture and higher performance graphics. Now Qualcomm is hoping…

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Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung Hummingbird, TI OMAP, NVIDIA Tegra… you see these names a lot these days, as they’re the chips powering the newest, most powerful Android smartphones and upcoming tablets. But while most of these chips run at clock speeds between 800 MHz and 1.2 GHz, we’ve moved far past the point where you can judge a chip simply by…

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Chip maker Qualcomm reported its quarterly earnings this week, and the company did pretty well for itself, pulling in 39 percent more revenut than the same quarter a year earlier. But even more interesting (for tablet enthusiasts anyway) is news that there are more than 20 different tablets in the works which may ship with Qualcomm chips. While the company…

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Qualcomm is working on a new 1.5GHz dual core Snapdragon chipset. We’ve known that for a while. What we also know now is that it won’t ship in 2010. Instead, Qualcomm says it it probably won’t be out until close to the end of 2011. On the other hand, we should start seeing devices with 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processors in…

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When Lenovo first showed off the Skylight smartbook earlier this year, the mini-laptop featured a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM-based processor and a custom Linux distribution called Skylight. After deciding to scrap the operating system and use Google Android instead, Lenovo put the Skylight on hold for a while — although it’s still due out before the end of the year….

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[/caption] Qualcomm is best known for making ARM-based chips that end up in smartphones. But the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor also powers smartbooks like the Compaq Airlife 100 and the possibly ill-fated Lenovo Skylight. It also powers the Dell Streak tablet. Today Qualcomm introduced two new chips that could make the Snapdragon platform a lot more attractive to netbook, smartbook, and…

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HP is expected to launch the Compaq Airlife 100 smartbook soon. An early version of the Google Android-powered smartbook showed up at CES in January. And HP has already filed documents related to the Airlife 100 with the FCC. Now the company has created a web page for the Compaq Airlife 100 with specs and software information. So here’s what…

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It’s been almost 24 hours since the iPad went on sale. In that time, thousands of people have probably spent time surfing the web, watching videos, installing apps, and doing all those things the Apple iPad was designed for. Here’s a roundup of some other things people have done with the tablet in the first 24 hours: iPad Teardown -…

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The upcoming Dell Mini 5 has all the makings of a great smartphone. It has a powerful 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, 3G connectivity, a multitouch touchscreen display, and the ability to last most of the day on a charge, and Google’s Android operating system. There’s just one catch: It’s kind of huge for a smartphone, thanks to the 4.8 inch,…

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset is showing up in a growing number of smartphones including the Google Nexus One and HTC Desire. But this 1GHz ARM-based CPU with integrated wireless and HD video capabilities isn’t just for phones. It’s also capable of powering tablet and smartbook-style devices. And Sascha from Netbook News.de checked out a few of the demo units on display…

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