Gaming hardware maker Razer makes a variety of project ranging from gaming laptops to keyboards, mice, headsets, and mobile phone controllers. Now the company is introducing something new(ish): a handheld game console. The Razer Edge 5G is an Android-powered handheld featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon G3X Gen 1 processor and support for Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband […]
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 chips launch for mid-range and budget phones
3 Comments on Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 chips launch for mid-range and budget phonesQualcomm is almost done renaming its processor lineup. The company began to drop the 200/400/600/700/800 series nomenclature when launching the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip for flagship phones, and continued with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Now the company is bringing the new names to mid-range and budget chips. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 […]
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ARM sues Qualcomm over license and trademark issues related to Nuvia acquisition
Qualcomm has dominated the smartphone chip market for years, but the company has had a tougher time breaking into the PC market. So Qualcomm acquired a startup called Nuvia last year, which was already working on processors meant to rival the chips that power Apple’s latest laptop and desktop computers. Both Qualcomm and Nuvia make […]
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Qualcomm’s next smartwatch processor could be 2X faster while using half the power (Snapdragon W5+)
3 Comments on Qualcomm’s next smartwatch processor could be 2X faster while using half the power (Snapdragon W5+)It’s been more than two years since Qualcomm has released a new chip designed for smartwatches, and that chip (the Snapdragon Wear 4100 and 4100+) is starting to show its age. Now Qualcomm has unveiled a new Snapdragon W5 and W5+ processors that the company says should be up to twice as fast, while consuming half […]
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Lilbits: Psion 5MX meets a Raspberry Pi Zero, EU court overturns Qualcomm’s €1 billion antitrust fine
6 Comments on Lilbits: Psion 5MX meets a Raspberry Pi Zero, EU court overturns Qualcomm’s €1 billion antitrust fineThe Psion Series 5 line of PDAs released in the late 90s looked like tiny laptop computers, complete with QWERTY keyboards laid out in a way that even let you touch-type on a device small enough to fold in half and put in your pocket. While they never really became as popular as the smartphones, […]
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Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chips for premium & mid-range devices
3 Comments on Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chips for premium & mid-range devicesQualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor is coming soon to smartphones and other mobile devices, with the company promising up to 10% faster performance than the original Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and up to 30% lower power consumption. You’ll likely have to wait until this fall to get your hands on a phone with the new […]
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Lilbits: Google buys Raxium, Thunderbird is going mobile, and Zoom puts time limits on free 1:1 calls
2 Comments on Lilbits: Google buys Raxium, Thunderbird is going mobile, and Zoom puts time limits on free 1:1 callsZoom became a household name shortly after the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, as folks flocked to the easy-to-use software for hosting group video calls. The company’s freemium model doesn’t hurt: calls up to 40 minutes are free, while you have to pay for a subscription for longer group video calls. Up until this […]
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Lilbits: Google Pixel 7, Amazon ruins Comixology, and the second coming of Google Inbox
Comments Off on Lilbits: Google Pixel 7, Amazon ruins Comixology, and the second coming of Google InboxGoogle’s next phone will most likely be the Pixel 6a, a cheaper version of the company’s current flagships. But Google is unsurprisingly already working on the Pixel 7… and now the first details are starting to leak. So far all we know is that it’s likely to feature a 2nd-gen Google Tensor processor and a […]
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Lilbits: Surface with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 leaked, Indiegogo tries to build confidence, and Precursor could ship soon
5 Comments on Lilbits: Surface with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 leaked, Indiegogo tries to build confidence, and Precursor could ship soonQualcomm introduced its Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor in December, promising an enormous 85% performance boost over the company’s previous-gen chip for Windows laptops and tablets. So far no devices with the processor have officially launched. But leaked benchmarks for an unannounced Lenovo device suggested that the chip really might deliver on that promise, at […]
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Lilbits: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, Fanless Tiger Lake mini PCs, and iSIM could eventually supplant eSIM technlogy
3 Comments on Lilbits: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, Fanless Tiger Lake mini PCs, and iSIM could eventually supplant eSIM technlogyOnce upon a time you needed a physical SIM card in your phone to connect to cellular networks. Then came eSIMs, which were built into a chip pre-installed on the phone. Soon you may not even need a separate chip, thanks to iSIM technology that Qualcomm and partners are starting to demonstrate. In other recent […]