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Jan 23

Sungworld’s Android MID fights the future

Posted in: Android, arm, MID, tablet, Today's Chili

We don’t think we’re over-reaching when we say that this device, Sungworld’s just-unveiled 7-inch, Android touchscreen MID looks a bit… well, Apple-ish, and we hear that the UI (which we haven’t yet seen in action) will take cues from the company as well. Regardless, this thickish-looking puppy will boast an ARM926 CPU, 128MB of memory, 2GB of storage, and two USB ports. It’s also supposedly going to be available in pink, blue, green, purple and black, and though we don’t know pricing yet, we assume that if that tablet we’ve heard so much about in recent weeks fails to materialize next Wednesday, well… okay, this won’t be a great stand-in. Sorry.

Filed under: Handhelds

Sungworld’s Android MID fights the future originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 22

ARM-based processors to overtake x86 competition in netbooks and MIDs by 2013?

Posted in: arm, intel, MID, netbooks, processors, Today's Chili

We suppose industry analysts must be paid on account of just how grand their prognostications are. ABI Research know-it-alls have come out with their own spectacular claim today by asserting their expectation that x86 processors — still dominant the world over — will be swept aside in the rapidly developing “ultra-mobile device” space by the ascension of ARM-based processing architectures. That the Cortex CPUs have grown in popularity (and power) is undeniable, but who realistically expects Intel to sit back and watch all this happen? The x86 patriarch has even gone and created an Atom SDK, so we hardly expect the forecast table above to become reality. We’re just happy to see that ARM’s lower power profile is attracting investment — it’s always good to see a threat to Santa Clara’s chokehold on the CPU market, and AMD’s sleepwalking through the past few months hasn’t helped things. Now if only those Tegra 2 smartbooks were on retail shelves instead of inside prototype shells, we could get started on this supposed revolution.

ARM-based processors to overtake x86 competition in netbooks and MIDs by 2013? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

Viewsonic joins the Android Tablet fraternity with the VTablet 101

Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, arm, NVIDIA, tablet, tegra, Today's Chili, viewsonic

In a move that can only be described as caving in to peer pressure, Viewsonic has become the latest to prop up an Android-powered and keyboard-free device that probably won’t revolutionize the way you idly surf the web from your couch. Called the VTablet 101 it rocks a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and NVIDIA Tegra graphics powering an 8.9-inch, 1024 x 800 touchscreen display. There’s 4GB of storage, WiFi, and Bluetooth, all in a reasonably attractive 3,000 Yuan ($440) price. Availability? Whenever hazing is over — assuming it survives.

Viewsonic joins the Android Tablet fraternity with the VTablet 101 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 20

Analysts debate P.A. Semi’s role in forthcoming Apple wares

Posted in: Apple, arm, ipod, ipod touch, IpodTouch, Mac, processor, rumor, samsung, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili

It’s easy to forget that Apple snapped up P.A. Semi for a song way back when, but now that we’re just days, hours and seconds away from Apple’s expected tablet reveal, a new wave of processor-related conjecture is hitting the fan. Richard Doherty, director of technology consulting firm Envisioneering Group, has come forward with some exceedingly detailed rumors on said tablet, a touchscreen MacBook and an OS X-based unicorn that lives in the cloud. As the story goes, Apple’s pickup of P.A. Semi was primarily an effort to acquire a huge pool of engineering talent to use for its own internal designs, and now Doherty is saying that “before the year is out, Apple will have the most powerful, lowest-cost SoC in the industry.” According to him, there’s nothing from “ARM licensees or Intel that could challenge the power-per-watt, the power-per-buck, the power-per-cubic-millimeter of size,” and he anticipates that four new products are in the pipeline from Cupertino. Need details? How’s about a touchscreen iMac, an “iPod touch on steroids” with a 5-inch display, and “two different versions of media pads in the 7- to 9-inch (screen size) area.” Alright Dick, you just put your reputation on the line — here’s hoping you’ve got your story straight.

Update: Looks like UBS Investment Research has been hearing something similar. According to it, the forthcoming tablet “will be powered by a processor designed by P.A. Semi and built by Samsung.”

Analysts debate P.A. Semi’s role in forthcoming Apple wares originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 08

Cydle M7 Android tablet has TV tuner, external monitor capabilities

Posted in: Android, arm, hands-on, MID, slate, tablet, Today's Chili

Cydle’s M7 isn’t the best tablet we’ve seen this year. In fact, it’s hardly even a tablet — it has a built-in stand that allows it to stand at attention in either landscape or portrait mode. When not in use, the stand actually flips around and acts as a screen cover — which is a little comforting when thinking about this soft 7-inch resistive touchscreen bumping against sundry objects in a laptop bag. The Android software on the device right now is ultra beta, so we weren’t able to see the internal ATSC TV tuner in action, but it does set the $199 device apart from some of its slate brethren, though our favorite feature might actually be the simple ability to use this device as an extra PC monitor. You know… it’s the little things in life. Under the hood there’s an ARM11 processor at 800MHz. The M7 should be launching in the Spring, and you can check out some video of the unit after the break if you’re into that sort of thing.

Gallery: Cydle M7 Android tablet hands-on

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Cydle M7 Android tablet has TV tuner, external monitor capabilities originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 06

Zii Labs and ARM team up for SiVO home media devices

Posted in: arm, media streamer, MediaStreamer, Today's Chili

Remember CES last year, when Creative debuted the Zii and — true to its marketing pitch — everything you know changed? Looks like the company (in the form of its subsidiary, ZiiLabs) is teaming up with ARM this go ’round to further blow minds with its new SiVO Digital Home Platform. Harnessing the newly released Zii Labs ZMS-08 (not to mention ARM’s 1GHz Cortex-A8 processor), the digital media hub boasts 1080p HDTV playback, 3D graphics, support for all your favorite media (including H.264, H.263, XVid and DivX, WMV9/VC1, MP3, WMA8 lossless, AAC-LC, and FLAC), web browser, Adobe Flash Player 10, and Adobe AIR. If you’re an OEM, ODM, or just a huge fan of Stem Cell computing, you’re in luck — this bad boy is making its debut this week in LV. PR after the break.

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Zii Labs and ARM team up for SiVO home media devices originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 06

Marvell debuts quad core Armada ARM processor for kicking your mobile apps in the face

Posted in: arm, processor, Today's Chili

Marvell’s already been showing some pretty great devices (like Spring Design’s Alex, pictured) based on its Armada 500 (smartbook / nettop) and 600 (mobile) processors, but apparently that was just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. The real meat is in Marvell’s newly announced quadcore versions of those very same GHz+ chips, which should put mobile devices into a different league power-wise — at least until Marvell’s competition hops on board. There’s no telling how much these will cost or when they’ll show up, but Marvell says they’re aimed at the “mass consumer market” and “high volume gaming applications.” Gaming, huh? Perhaps Tegra 2 has a little bit of competition in the prospective DS 2 chip race.

Marvell debuts quad core Armada ARM processor for kicking your mobile apps in the face originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 05

ARM demos the Cortex-A9’s web browsing skills on video

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We’ve been hearing reports of the ARM Cortex-A9 holding its own with the ever-present 1.6GHz Atom processor for quite a while now, but ARM is now taking advantage of CES to do a bit more up-front boasting — like this recently-posted video demoing the processor’s browsing performance against an average netbook. While it’s obviously not entirely scientific, the Cortex-A9 does seem to lag only slightly behind — which is all the more impressive considering that the ARM is running at just 500MHz compared to the Atom’s 1.6GHz. Equally impressive: ARM’s fine taste in websites. Head on past the break for the video.

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ARM demos the Cortex-A9’s web browsing skills on video originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 05

Marvell shows off an ODM smartbook thinner than strict decency permits (hands-on with video!)

Posted in: arm, hands-on, Linux, Today's Chili, ubuntu

Marvell has a new smartbook design on display here with its Armada 510 processor under the hood, and it’s one of the skinniest we’ve seen yet. What’s more surprising, however, is that the device is actually built pretty well, and we even enjoyed the classic-style keyboard spread across its 12.1-inch expanse. The unit was built by an unnamed ODM who is currently shopping it around to manufacturers (or perhaps someone’s bitten already, who knows), and we’re getting a ballpark $200 pricepoint and a promise of about 4 hours of battery life with regular use. Apparently the big trend with these low-power ARM processor-based laptops is to trim down on battery size and therefore cost, and so we’ll have to see where the market settles on preferred batter life: 4 hours might be too few, but at $200 it’s surely tempting. The machine runs full Ubuntu plenty well, including 720p movies, and we were even digging the screen brightness and color — basically, if Marvell’s partners can get this on the market in short order, it might have a significant leg up on the rest of the smartbook competition, at least in terms of sheer quality and sex appeal.

Update: We grabbed a quick video — check it out after the break!

Gallery: Marvell shows off an ODM smartbook thinner than strict decency permits

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Marvell shows off an ODM smartbook thinner than strict decency permits (hands-on with video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 04

Lenovo Skylight: its first ARM / Snapdragon-based smartbook, coming in April for $499

Posted in: arm, att, hands-on, lenovo, netbook, qualcomm, snapdragon, Today's Chili, video

Remember that Snapdragon-powered Lenovo smartbook we peeked back in November of last year? No? Fret not, as the aforesaid outfit has just come clean with the details surrounding the previously elusive device. The Skylight is Lenovo’s first-ever smartbook, and while we’re still struggling to see what niche these things are designed to fill, we definitely can’t knock the internals. It’s the industry’s first ARM-based, Qualcomm smartbook, and it’s powered by a 1GHz processor. Other specs include a 10.1-inch display (1,280 x 720), a customized version of Linux, 20GB (total) of flash storage, 2GB of cloud storage, an 8GB miniSD card, twin USB ports, 1.3 megapixel camera, WiFi and a battery capable of humming along for ten hours on a full charge. It’s also apt to be a lot like the unorthodox IdeaPad U1 Hybrid on the software front. The clamshell enclosure weighs under two pounds, and the integrated AT&T WWAN module ensures that you can get connected wherever a tower is available. The unit will ship this April with 18 preloaded web gadgets (including portals to Amazon MP3, Facebook, Gmail and YouTube), and pricing is set for $499 (MSRP). We’re told that AT&T will offer it up as well, but it’s unclear whether or not it’ll subsidize the Skylight should you commit to a two-year DataConnect contract. Rest assured that we’ll be getting some face time with this bugger in short order, but till then, you can peek the press release and a promo /hands-on video just after the break. Oh, and we should mention that we snapped an extremely brief hands-on with the machine a small bit ago, and we’re still flabbergasted by how thin it was. Expect a more thorough look tomorrow!

Gallery: Lenovo Skylight: its first ARM / Snapdragon-based smartbook