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Computers
Android-Based Asus Smartbook Arrives Early Next Year
10:35PM Danny Allen | That on-again, off-again Asus Eee PC with Android OS and 1GHz Snapdragon processor is, well, back on again. Asus now calls it’s their “secret weapon” and says it should arrive early next year for about $US180 bucks. More »
Phones
Xperia X3 Might Be Hiding Snapdragon Under Its Good Looks
5:30AM Chris Jacob | Let’s hope this Android/Snapdragon pairing becomes a trend. Along with a live pic of the X3/Rachel in the wild comes a rumour that the X3 will join the Acer Liquid in the Snapdragon club. More »
Phones
Acer Liquid Finally Gives Android The Snapdragon It Deserves
12:23AM John Herrman | The day Qualcomm’s crushingly fast Snapdragon platform showed up in its first phone was the very day I started desperately wanting it to run Android. It had to happen. And now, courtesy of Acer, it will. More »
Screens
Qualcomm’s Mirasol Ultra Low Power Display Is Almost Magic
3:50AM Wilson Rothman | eBook readers suffer because they use E-Ink, which isn’t in colour and doesn’t refresh fast enough to do video. Qualcomm is quietly showing off its Mirasol display, now in full colour with 30fps video. See for yourself. More »
Phones
Inside The Palm Pixi’s Brains
8:55AM Matt Buchanan | When Jason played with the Palm Pixi, Palm implied it wasn’t quite as gutsy as the Pre—it’s gonna be cheaper, after all—but didn’t get into details. Well, Palm InfoCenter’s got the full spec breakdown for its Qualcomm MSM7627 brain: two ARM cores, one running at 600MHz (for apps) and another at 400MHz, with a 200MHz 3D graphics core that supports OpenGL 2.0 (like the iPhone 3GS, which is actually an advtange over the Pre). More »
Software
Google Chrome OS Partners: PC, Netbook, Chip-Makers, But Not Dell
10:34AM Dan Nosowitz | Google released a partial list of their Chrome OS partners, and it includes most of the big boys you’d expect, from all sectors of the computing world, from full-featured PCs to netbooks to handhelds, plus Adobe for some Flash support. More »
Phones
Why Can’t We Get A Standard Phone Charger Like Europe?
4:39AM Jason Chen | Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung and Apple have all agreed to use the microUSB standard in their phones made for the European market. Why can’t we have that? More »
Hardware
Mobile Chipsets: WTF Are Atom, Tegra and Snapdragon?
4:20AM Dan Nosowitz | Low-power processors aren’t just for netbooks: These computers-on-a-chip are going to be powering our smartphones and other diminutive gadgets in the forseeable future. So what’s the difference between the Atoms, Snapdragons and Tegras of the world?
Phones
Special Report on CrocoEagles Expanding Mobile Phone Reception
8:00AM Mark Wilson | Abstract: CROCOEAGLES IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. CROCOEAGLES IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. CROCOEAGLES IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. CROCOEAGLES IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. More »
Networks
1:30PM Nick Broughall | Telstra’s been talking up their NextG network for some time as the world’s fastest, and for good reason. At 14.4Mbps, it currently is the world’s fastest, although there aren’t a lot of devices on the market that take advantage of that speed (most HSDPA phones and modems run at 7.2Mbps).
But, at the company’s annual Investor Day briefing today, they unveiled a new modem produced in conjunction with Qualcomm, Ericsson and Sierra Wireless, to blow the current network’s 14.4Mbps speeds out of the water. The new modem will be capable of 21Mbps, which is the speed Telstra will be taking its NextG network to early next year, with trials starting next month.
The technology, called enhanced HSPA (or eHSPA), will not only offer much faster speeds than are currently available, but will also improve network efficiency and offer increased capacity for all the consumers that will flock trickle over to NextG.
Of course, knowing Telstra, when they do launch this super-fast modem, they’ll also price it beyond the reach of us mere mortals. But still, for wireless internet that covers most of Australia and offers near ADSL2+ speeds, you’d expect to pay a premium of some kind, wouldn’t you?
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Telstra Shows Off 21Mbps eHSPA Modem On NextG Network
1:30PM Nick Broughall | Telstra’s been talking up their NextG network for some time as the world’s fastest, and for good reason. At 14.4Mbps, it currently is the world’s fastest, although there aren’t a lot of devices on the market that take advantage of that speed (most HSDPA phones and modems run at 7.2Mbps).
But, at the company’s annual Investor Day briefing today, they unveiled a new modem produced in conjunction with Qualcomm, Ericsson and Sierra Wireless, to blow the current network’s 14.4Mbps speeds out of the water. The new modem will be capable of 21Mbps, which is the speed Telstra will be taking its NextG network to early next year, with trials starting next month.
The technology, called enhanced HSPA (or eHSPA), will not only offer much faster speeds than are currently available, but will also improve network efficiency and offer increased capacity for all the consumers that will flock trickle over to NextG.
Of course, knowing Telstra, when they do launch this super-fast modem, they’ll also price it beyond the reach of us mere mortals. But still, for wireless internet that covers most of Australia and offers near ADSL2+ speeds, you’d expect to pay a premium of some kind, wouldn’t you?
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