Hasta La Gadget!

Getting started here with Qualcomm we’ve jumped right into benchmarks. Something that has increasingly been playing a large role in smartphones as a whole, and consumers purchase decisions. Overall when it comes down to it benchmarks should not only test graphics or CPU, but the overall user experience on mobile computing devices.

There’s many different options when it comes to smartphones, tablets, processors, and of course benchmarks. The Android market space for example has multiple options available. We’re not going into specifics here, nor are we naming names — but what do these really test? Mobile benchmarks need to fully test the device from all angles, not just any one scenario.

Obviously we have multiple options from SunSpider, Linpack tests for CPU, Quadrant which seems to focus on graphics, and more. Qaulcomm not only wants to make the mobile benchmark space better for consumers, but for everyone. Being able to test every aspect including user experience with things like browsing, and video playback should all be included. Along those same lines these tests need to also take advantage of the increasing power being built into devices. Apps that will truly test all 4 cores of our smartphones and tablets. Qualcomm offers an option with Vellamo, which we’ve covered in the past and will surely be hearing about more throughout the day.

Many enthusiasts and consumers alike might be hesitant to trust a benchmark built in house by any one party or SoC manufacturer, but we’ll be focusing more on Vellamo as the day continues. Another option could very well be Augmented Reality. As AR still hasn’t made a huge dent in the mobile space it surely is the future. Jon Peddie from JPR (research) briefly mentioned AR while speaking and stated it “will be the killer app,” and even went as far as to call it the mother of all benchmarks — as it stresses every aspect of a processor.

What do you guys think? Do benchmarks need to be improved for mobile devices, do they need to focus more on battery life and daily usage? Would an AR test be the ultimate benchmark? Stay tuned for more details on mobile benchmarks and Qualcomm’s new quad-core S4 processor.

Qualcomm talks mobile benchmarks, user experience, and AR is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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A while back, we spotted the Juggernaut Alpha’s unique and hard-to-forget moniker in a document listing a number of alleged upcoming Windows Phone 8 handsets, and now the device has managed to land itself in a purported set of early benchmarks. According to WMPoweruser, the Juggernaut Alpha results are from a Windows Phone app called WP Bench, where it clearly shows how much faster it is than its closest challenger — nearly doubling its speeds when compared to those of the HTC Titan. Needless to say, if true, this kind of outcome is to be expected given all the improvements Microsoft announced last month, but this only gives us more to look forward to come that eventual WP8 fall release.

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Is HTC working on a new device with monster performance and a 1080p screen? That may be the case if GLBenchmarks are to be believed. The HTC 6435LVW features a Qualcomm MSM8960 processor clocked at 1.5Ghz, but what makes it notable is its exceptional benchmark performance. The Egypt Offscreen 720p test reveals a score of 13,685, beating both the AT&T HTC One X and international Samsung Galaxy S III.

Not only that, but the device seems to feature a 1080p display. GLBenchmark lists the device as having a 1794 x 1080 resolution, which would indicate that some space is being used by the onscreen buttons in Ice Cream Sandwich. Whatever this device ends up being, its also appears to be destined for Verizon, with the OS brand and fingerprint both mentioning Big Red’s name.

If the benchmark listing is real, then we could be looking at a souped up version of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 processor with a beefier GPU. There’s no indication of whether it’s a dual-core or quad-core device, or even if its a phone or a tablet. We’d hazard a guess that it’s a dual-core tablet with a faster Adreno GPU, but anything is possible.

[via Engadget]

HTC 6435LVW with 1080p screen crushes benchmarks is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This afternoon several benchmarks have appeared in the greater archives of Geekbench (a system we also use for computer reviews) which show a brand new Apple MacBook Pro with 13-inch Retina display. This is different from the current model 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display we’ve already reviewed in that, one, of course it has a different size display, and two, that it has a significantly lower score in Geekbench than we got – a total of 7806 compared to our 15-incher’s 12970. Of course it’s all relative, and the important part is the fact that this device may well exist.

This device is being displayed at MacBookPro10,2 in the benchmark. The new non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro (also released in the last few weeks) goes by MacBookPro9,2 while the 15-inch non-Retina model goes by MacBookPro9,1. The Retina model with a 15-inch screen is called MacBookPro10,1 – making this device, of course, a 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro.

This device appears to be running a 3rd Generation Intel Core i7 processor at 2.90 GHz and is working with 4GB of RAM. That’s a bit strange. The 2.9 GHz Core i7 processor should by all means be paired up with no less than 8GB of RAM, and certainly is on all other Macs on the market today – this is why the score is so low in Geekbench, too. Two possibilities exist (or more, of course), one being that this simply isn’t a real device, that it’s faked. The second is that this will be a low-cost model with a strange new configuration we’ve not yet seen.

Stay tuned for more info as this next model Retina MacBook Pro gets nearer and nearer reality – we’ll see if it ever reaches the public!

[via Mac Rumors]

Retina MacBook Pro 13-inch appears in Geekbench is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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