Category | arm

ARM preparing Cortex vs Atom comparison (and more) for MWC

Posted on 10 February 2009

Maybe its just something that Intel said but it looks like the Atom vs Cortex (ARM V7) fight is continuing into the next round at MWC. ARM have just send out a press release highlighting that there will be a…

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Android on the HTC Touch

Posted on 11 December 2008

Its working on the Beagle Board (Cortex core) and many other platforms now. Fast becoming the de-facto Linux-based mobile distro. Or is it just the media favorite? With 47 members in OHA, I think it’s beyond being just…

Second Gen iPod Touch faster than original

Posted on 24 November 2008

Word has been spreading around lately that the second-gen iPod Touch [Portal page] has a faster CPU than any of the previous Touch devices (including the iPhones). This was a bit strange when I first read…

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Open Pandora moving quickly into MID territory.

Posted on 31 October 2008

Not content with having one of the most powerful ARM-based platforms out there, the Open Pandora team have decided to increase the RAM on the devices to accommodate Ubuntu after some successful tests by members of their community. (Video below)…

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Archos 5 browser speed shows promise.

Posted on 13 October 2008

‘Faster over fuller’ is the expression Jenn uses to describe how consumers want their browsing experience and I tend to agree. Personally I want Firefox 3+add-ons for my browser as it’s long my most important piece of software but I’m…

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Albatron Tee – yet another Windows CE tablet

Posted on 27 August 2008

The device was apparently first announced at Computex. I don’t recall reading any news on it but it did make me laugh. Just look at the headline:

Albatron’s “Tee PC” is all that you need with not an inch to…

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Qualcomm interview (GigaOm)

Posted on 06 April 2008

In a week where we’ve been bombarded by news (or Pyrotechnics as Richard Brown of VIA, calls it) from the Intel IDF, it’s important to remember the other side of the fence. Over in smartphone, pmp and pocketPC…

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Qualcomm Scorpion. Ghz-capable mobile device platform.

Posted on 15 November 2007

Almost a year ago, we heard about new Marvel ‘Monahans’ processors that were capable of Ghz+ speeds. It turned out that the Ghz figures where only test speeds but even so, the 800Mhz of the Monahans PXA 320 was…

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