Feb 17

NVIDIA’s Tegra in the flesh, booting to Android and pumping out 1080p video

Posted in: Android, Features, hands-on, mwc, mwc 2009, mwc09, mwc2009, NVIDIA, tegra, Today's Chili

NVIDIA really has a technical wonder in the Tegra APX 2600 chipset, and is more than happy to show it off, with a myriad of tech demos on display here at MWC. Some of this they showed off back in June of last year, but it’s no less impressive — there aren’t really any mobile devices out there capable of this stuff right now. Still, we’re here for the new, and NIVIDA showed up with Android running on one of its proof-of-concept units, and with another unit pumping out 1080p video, with a claimed 10 hours of battery life at that task. NVIDIA says it took them just a few weeks to port Android to the system, and we found it already quite snappy and even usable on the capacitive touchscreen-ed device. We also saw the forthcoming Android-running Yulong N8 and IAC S2 Tegra APX phones, along with an untitled CompalCom set — they were all in non-working prototype form, but it’s clear this chipset isn’t just for MIDs. Check it all out in the videos after the break and the gallery below!

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Feb 16

NVIDIA’s Tegra jumps on the Android bandwagon

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We’ve been hearing all kinds about NVIDIA’s Tegra the last couple weeks, and have all been quietly wishing and hoping that we’d see Android getting some action — and we will, and how! Apparently while the initial focus is Windows Mobile, NVIDIA sees Android surpassing Windows Mobile sales into 2012 and has decided to put some serious grunt into the new OS’s development. The NVIDIA Tegra 2600 part is being developed with an optimized and accelerated Android release aimed squarely at OEM development and set for release sometime in Q2 this year. We’ve no idea how long it takes from reference to finished-in-our-hands-product, but the briefing hints at a couple mystereious sets, the “IAC S2” in Q3 and a “Yulong N8” by Q4. This guy is under glass over at NVIDIA’s H.Q. here at MWC, so expect more once we stroll over for a look-see. Few more pics after the break.

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Feb 16

NVIDIA’s Tegra to power $99 MIDs

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NVIDIA’s really promising the moon here, and if they even halfway deliver we could have a real “game changer” (as they say in the business) on our hands. What’s on offer is a theoretical $99 slide-out keyboard MID, running a Tegra 600 chipset and Windows CE — NVIDIA, as usual, offers the innards and the concept, but will leave it to manufacturers to create (and price) the actual units. The device could handle HD video playback, “days” between battery charges and always-on wireless connectivity. This form factor lands in between NVIDIA’s Tegra APX chipset for smartphones and ION GeForce chipset for netbooks, and if it actually delivers it seems like it could actually make MIDs viable in the market. Of course, there’s the question of what sort of Windows CE skin it’ll take to make this fun to use for the target market — perhaps the fact that Tegra is coming to Android in the near future is enough to make this all moot, but we’re willing to give the $99 MID a fighting chance.

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Jan 16

HTC looking to NVIDIA’s Tegra platform for high-performance phones?

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We’ve been waiting patiently since Tegra’s announcement half a year ago for some seriously awesome Tegra-powered hardware (well, any hardware) to get unveiled, but so far, you could hear a pin drop — we’ve gotten nothing. That should hopefully change in a big way in 2009, and at least one analyst is predicting that HTC will play a role in getting that mobile NVIDIA silicon into pockets around the world. There’s no question that HTC’s supposed leaked lineup contains devices that would fit well into Tegra’s high-function, multimedia-heavy aspirations, but on the flipside, we’ve also got rumors that the company moving toward Ericsson chipsets. Tegra’s definitely flashier than anything in Ericsson’s stable, and HTC’s big enough to pursue multiple chipset strategies at the same time — they have with software platforms, after all — so let’s hope this high drama all resolves itself by MWC next month, eh?

[Via wmpoweruser.com]

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Jan 07

ASUS G50 prototype with additional 4.3-inch Tegra-based PC

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We have a few more details on that prototype ASUS laptop we caught on video last night. Essentially two computers in one chassis, the modified M50 sports a separate Tegra APX-based 4.3-inch touchpad PC below they keyboard, for an effect somewhat reminiscent of (but nothing like) good ‘ol SideShow. More than a second display, Tegra’s “system on a chip” architecture allows for lightning fast boot times and excellent picture quality — and since it runs off the same power source as its Atom-based host, the little guy should get up to 12 hours battery life when playing back video.

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