Smartphones
Samsung is announcing today that it has begun mass production of 12 GB and 16 GB LPDDR5X modules in the industry's thinnest package. Samsung's shrunken memory packages measure approximately 0.65 mm in thickness, making them 0.06 mm (~9%) thinner than standard LPDDR5X packages. The company expects the new DRAM devices to be used to make for thinner smartphones, or improve their performance by enabling better airflow inside. According to the company's press release, Samsung achieved this ultra-thin design by employing new packaging methods, such as optimized printed circuit boards (PCBs) and epoxy molding compound (EMC). Additionally, an optimized back-lapping process was used to further reduce the height of the packages. The newly developed DRAM packages are not only thinner by 9% compared to previous models...
Why I Believe T-Mobile's Galaxy S II Uses a Qualcomm SoC
Earlier tonight Samsung announced all three US variants of the Galaxy S II: the Galaxy S II on AT&T, the Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch on Sprint and...
8 by Brian Klug on 8/31/2011
USA Samsung Galaxy S II Variants Announced
Right on schedule, Samsung Mobile announced variants of the already-popular Samsung Galaxy S II destined for T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T. As rumored, there was no word of a Verizon-bound...
21 by Brian Klug on 8/30/2011
Droid Bionic Arrives September 8th
It's been a long time since CES, but the wait is nearly over. Per Motorola's Droid Bionic Twitter account, the Bionic will grace Verizon's network on Sepember 8th. Earlier...
23 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/28/2011
Sprinkle brings Water Physics to Honeycomb
NVIDIA has talked in the past about its Tegra Zone marketplace, which is home to Tegra-optimized games. Well, today they've announced availability of a game which caught our eye...
7 by Brian Klug on 8/25/2011
Nokia Releases Three Smartphones with New Symbian "Belle"
Nokia has revealed three new smartphones today: Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600. Nokia 600 Nokia 700 Nokia 701 Screen Size 3.2" 3.2" 3.5" Resolution 640x360 640x360 640x360 Display Type N/A AMOLED IPS NAND 2GB + microSD 2GB + microSD 8GB + microSD CPU ARM 11 @ 1GHz ARM...
19 by Kristian Vättö on 8/24/2011
Sprint to Carry Next iPhone, Says Wall Street Journal
Sprint will be joining AT&T and Verizon in carrying Apple's next iPhone, reports the Wall Street Journal citing "people familiar with the matter." This would make Sprint the third...
13 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/24/2011
It's Not Qualcomm's Fault: Dispelling TouchPad Myths
There's a whole lot of misinformation on the web right now about reasons why HP had troubles with the TouchPad and eventually had to abandon the entire webOS hardware...
79 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 8/19/2011
HTC EVO 3D vs. Motorola Photon 4G: Choosing the Best Sprint Phone
Sprint customers almost always get the short end of the stick. In exchange for some of the more reasonable smartphone plans in the US, Sprint customers typically enjoy a...
43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/17/2011
Initial AT&T LTE Devices Launching August 21
We've known for some time now that AT&T's 4G LTE network is slated to start turning on this summer, and now we have some dates for when the first...
7 by Brian Klug on 8/16/2011
Samsung Releases White Galaxy S II
Image is courtesy of techtechies.com Samsung has today issued a press release which officially unveils the white version of their popular Galaxy S II. This announcement has been widely expected...
24 by Kristian Vättö on 8/16/2011
HTC Releases Bootloader Unlocking Tool for HTC Sensation
One week ago, we wrote about HTC's launch of HTC Dev, its intent to release more components of its OpenSense SDK, and some of its plans for unlocking bootloaders...
3 by Brian Klug on 8/15/2011
Google Acquires Motorola Mobility
Google has just announced that they will acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (or more commonly known as just Motorola). Google will be paying $40 per share, which means a...
19 by Kristian Vättö on 8/15/2011
T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide Review - Photographers Wanted
When T-Mobile launched the G2, I was super psyched. It was an HTC-designed slider, ran the stock Android UI, and happened to be one of the first phones running...
24 by Vivek Gowri on 8/12/2011
HTC Invests $300M in Beats Electronics, Audio is a Priority for Future Smartphones
Earlier tonight HTC announced, via AllThingsD, that it would be investing $300M in Beats Electronics, LLC, creators of the famous Beats by Dr. Dre brand. Beats is still a...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/10/2011
Samsung Galaxy R Announced - A Tegra 2 Smartphone
Earlier this year while at MWC, Anand and I broke news of a Samsung Galaxy phone with Tegra 2 inside. At the time, we assumed it was a Galaxy...
9 by Brian Klug on 8/10/2011
Nokia to Suspend Sales of Symbian, Feature Phones in the US
Nokia President Chris Weber announced in an interview today that the company will completely stop selling feature phones and Symbian-based smartphones in the US in order to focus on...
12 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/9/2011
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: Where Do You Want To Take Your Gaming Today?
The debate over the potential (or not, depending on your perspective) for cellular handsets to supplant dedicated portable gaming consoles was already at the 'dull roar' stage when Steve...
34 by Brian Dipert on 8/8/2011
HTC Launches HTC Dev Developer Portal - HTC Pen SDK and S3D SDK
Earlier this year at Qualcomm's annual Uplinq conference, HTC announced that it was going to open up parts of Sense to devleopers and launch HTC OpenSense. HTC OpenSense is...
1 by Brian Klug on 8/8/2011
Clearwire Makes its LTE Advanced Plans Official
We've suspected for a long time now that this was inevitable, but Clearwire today announced its official intent to build an "LTE Advanced-ready" network alongside its existing WiMAX network...
8 by Brian Klug on 8/3/2011
HTC Announces Web-Based Bootloader Unlock Tool
Via its Facebook page today, HTC announced some more details about how it will unlock the bootloaders of devices that are currently selling with them locked. The tool will...
5 by Brian Klug on 8/3/2011
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