Showing posts with label HP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HP. Show all posts
HP is reportedly aiming for a June release of the TouchPad tablet, according to the latest leaks, with a price that undercuts Motorola’s XOOM by $100. BGR‘s sources have tipped the launch window and a $699 sticker for the webOS slate, putting it at the beginning of HP’s “summer 2011″ suggestion.
However, it’s worth noting that the June release is described as the month HP “was” hoping to have the slate on the market, so it’s possible that plans have already changed or may alter in the intervening period. It would also make the TouchPad $70 more than the entry-level 3G-enabled iPad
HP’s new Touchpad tablet is the first device to publicly commit to Qualcomm‘s new Snapdragon APQ8060, and now the chipset company is spilling the beans on exactly what its dual-core can do. The third-generation of Snapdragon, Qualcomm pairs the APQ8060 with an integrated Adreno 220 GPU (with twice the graphics processing power of its predecessor) to offer Full HD 3D support.
There’s also native support for up to a 16-megapixel camera, together with 1080p HD stereoscopic 3D video capture; alternatively, the APQ8060 can shoot 8-megapixel stereoscopic stills. HDMI support allows for easy connection to an HDTV, though the Snapdragon also works with autostereoscopic displays for glasses-free 3D.
Obviously the HP Touchpad doesn’t actually make use of all that – there’s no 3D capture or display, for instance, and the webOS slate only has a front-facing camera, not a rear camera. Still, with Qualcomm claiming 150 Snapdragon devices currently in development (though not all using this particular third-gen chipset) we imagine we’ll be seeing more of the APQ8060 relatively soon.
Press Release:
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Processor Powers Advanced 3D Gaming and Stereoscopic 3D in the Latest Tablets and Smartphones
— Single and Dual-Core Custom CPUs and Advanced GPUs Enhance Performance Levels and Enable Next-Generation Mobile Gaming—
SAN DIEGO — February 10, 2011 — Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its Snapdragon™ processors are enabling the latest and greatest multimedia experiences in today’s commercial mobile devices, including stereoscopic 3D (S3D) entertainment, 1080p 30fps HD video capture and playback, console-quality gaming and full web browsing with Adobe Flash 10. The newest member of the Snapdragon family, Qualcomm’s APQ8060 dual-CPU processor, powers the HP TouchPad, which HP introduced yesterday.
“Our work with industry leaders has allowed us to showcase the full spectrum of Snapdragon’s graphics and multimedia capabilities in both the tablet and smartphone space across major software platforms,” said Raj Talluri, vice president of product management for Qualcomm. “With more than 75 Snapdragon devices already announced, 150 Snapdragon devices in development and over 100 high end mobile games optimized for our GPU, Qualcomm continues to be a leader in delivering high performance devices to market.”
The first webOS tablet, the HP TouchPad, offers a 9.7-inch diagonal multitouch display, an innovative and intuitive multitasking UI and a robust platform for game development. Qualcomm and HP collaborated with Polarbit to optimize its action-packed arcade flight simulation game, Armageddon Squadron II, for the HP TouchPad. Running on the HP TouchPad, Squadron II showcases dynamic lighting and shading with enhanced motion blur visual effects to create a real-world gaming experience, which is made possible with the power of Qualcomm’s Adreno® 220 GPU.
“With the APQ 8060 and Adreno 220 GPU, the HP TouchPad delivers a high-performing and fluid multitasking user interface, as well as offers game and multimedia application developers a high-performance environment for their applications,” said Jon Oakes, director of TouchPad Product Marketing at HP.
Qualcomm’s embedded CPUs and GPUs are designed from the ground up to deliver unprecedented processing and 3D graphics performance with industry-leading efficiency to extend battery life. The 8×60 family, with the APQ8060 being the newest addition, is part of the third generation of the Snapdragon family and is the ultimate solution for the latest multi-tasking smartphones and tablets. The third-generation includes: two asynchronous processor cores; an integrated Adreno 220 GPU with twice the processing power of its predecessor; support for up to a 16 Megapixel camera; and can capture and display HD 1080P stereoscopic video or 8 Megapixel stereoscopic still images to an autostereoscopic panel or a 3DTV (via HDMI), allowing consumers to capture high resolution video or stills and watch them without the need for special glasses.
The second generation Snapdragon single-core family of CPUs is already powering numerous smartphones that are commercially available today, including the recently launched Sharp Galapagos 003SH, a 3D entertainment smartphone. The Galapagos 003SH is powered by the Snapdragon MSM8255™ processor, which provides the ability to capture and display pictures, as well as play movies, in stereoscopic 3D without the use of glasses. The Galapagos 003SH also supports the Adreno 205 GPU for 3D gaming capability in addition to a 9.6 Megapixel camera and HD 720p video for playback and recording.
“In order to provide the best mobile user experience possible for the Galapagos 003SH, we were thrilled to work with an industry leader such as Qualcomm,” said Hiroaki Tochihara, division general manager, Personal Communication Systems Division II, Communication Systems Group, Sharp Corporation. “The 003SH provides an innovative and robust user experience with its next-generation 3D entertainment capabilities, and Qualcomm has been instrumental in helping to enable these features and bring this device to market.”
For more information about Snapdragon and to see the latest devices it’s enabling, please visit us at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in the Company’s exhibit, located in Exhibit Hall 8, #8B53 or visit www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies. For 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of wireless communications, connecting people more closely to information, entertainment and each other. Today, Qualcomm technologies are powering the convergence of mobile communications and consumer electronics, making wireless devices and services more personal, affordable and accessible to people everywhere. For more information, visit Qualcomm around the Web:
www.qualcomm.com
It feels like we’ve been waiting for the HP TouchPad ever since we first used webOS, making no bones of the fact that Palm’s platform seemed tailor-made for larger screen tablets. The wait has been worth it; we’ve just been checking out the TouchPad after HP’s launch event, and it’s a slick, solid slate on which webOS scales nicely.
The TouchPad chassis is black plastic, like the Veer and Pre3, but it’s sturdy and creak-free. The display, meanwhile, is bright and clear, with the dual-core 1.2GHz processor keeping webOS 3.0 moving swiftly. The obvious multi-pane layout comparison is Google’s recently unveiled Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and the TouchPad’s split email app – where, along with the browser, we’d imagine most owners will spend their time – is functionally relatively similar.
Where webOS shows its strength is in how it handles multitasking. Honeycomb has its thumbnails, but the TouchPad steps up the game with live thumbnails that can be stacked and juggled on the HP’s 9.7-inch screen. Palm arguably set the standard when it came to discrete notifications, and HP has pushed that in webOS 3.0, moving alerts to the top of the screen and allowing for individual or multiple dismissals. There’s also video calling, thanks to a front-facing camera on both the TouchPad and the Pre3.
Perhaps what’s most interesting is the Touchstone wireless transfer, which works when you tap the Pre3 or TouchPad against the Touchstone dock. Out of the box it will work for sharing URLs, but HP have ambitious expectations for the technology including media sharing and more. A demo works better than words, so check out our hands-on video.
Of course, while the TouchPad’s size and weight line up against the iPad, Apple is expected to launch the second-gen iPad 2 sometime within the next few months, and that could well hit the reset button on the tablet market. And, with HP telling us not to expect the TouchPad until Summer 2011, that gives Apple even more of an opportunity to set the consumer standard before the webOS slate is even out the door.
We’ll have to wait until review units are ready to know for sure, so for now check out our video and live gallery!
| Networks | GSM 900 | 1800 | 1900 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | TFT, 2.7" touchscreen,262K Colors,240X320 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 5 PPC | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 | |
| Memory | 128 MB Flash Rom, 64 MB Ram | |
| Memory Card | MiniSD | |
| Dimensions | 102 x 58 x 18.5mm | |
| Weight | 140g | |
| Camera | 2 MegaPixels , Digital Zoom | |
| Bluetooth | V 1.2 SIG | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b | |
| Wireless Data | EDGE | GPRS | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2006q3 | |
| Networks | GSM | HSDPA 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | QWERTY | |
| Main Screen | 2.4" TFT,65K Colors,240X320 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 6 Standard 6.1 | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 | |
| Memory | 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM | |
| Memory Card | MicroSD/TransFlash, up to 8 GB | |
| Dimensions | 114 x 50 x 13.6mm | |
| Weight | 106g | |
| Camera | 3.2 MegaPixels , 4x Digital Zoom with flashlight | |
| Bluetooth | V 2.0 + A2DP | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | 7.2 Mbps HSDPA | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2008q4 | |
| Networks | GSM | HSDPA 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | 2.5" TFT, touchscreen,65K Colors,320X240 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 6 Professional 6.1 | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.1 | |
| Memory | 512 MB Flash ROM, 256 MB SDRAM | |
| Memory Card | MicroSD/TransFlash, up to 16 GB | |
| Dimensions | 114 x 57 x 17.4mm | |
| Weight | 160g | |
| Camera | 3.2 MegaPixels , 4x Digital Zoom with flashlight | |
| Bluetooth | V 2.0 A2DP | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | 7.2 Mbps HSDPA | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2009q4 | |
| Networks | GSM | HSDPA | HSUPA 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Slide | QWERTY | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | 2.81" TFT, touchscreen,65K Colors,240X320 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 6 Professional 6.1 | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 | |
| Memory | 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM | |
| Memory Card | MicroSD/TransFlash, up to 8 GB | |
| Dimensions | 114 x 57 x 17.4mm | |
| Weight | 160g | |
| Camera | 3.2 MegaPixels , 4x Digital Zoom with flashlight | |
| Bluetooth | V 2.0 A2DP | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | 7.2 Mbps HSDPA | 2.0 Mbps HSUPA | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2008q4 | |
| Networks | GSM | HSDPA 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | QWERTY | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | 2.46" TFT, touchscreen,65K Colors,320X240 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 6 Professional 6.1 | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 | |
| Memory | 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM | |
| Memory Card | MicroSD/TransFlash, up to 4 GB | |
| Dimensions | 114 x 64 x 15mm | |
| Weight | 154g | |
| Camera | 3.2 MegaPixels , 4x Digital Zoom with flashlight | |
| Bluetooth | V 2.0 A2DP + EDR | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g with WPA2 security | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | 7.2 Mbps HSDPA | 2.0 Mbps HSUPA | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2008q1 | |
| Networks | GSM 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | QWERTY | |
| Main Screen | 2.0" TFT ,65K Colors,176X220 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 6 Standard | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 | |
| Memory | 128 MB Rom, 64 MB SDRam | |
| Memory Card | MicroSD/TransFlash | |
| Dimensions | 107 x 48.6 x 16.3mm | |
| Weight | 105g | |
| Camera | 1.3 MegaPixels , 4x Digital Zoom | |
| Bluetooth | V 1.2 | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g | |
| Wireless Data | EDGE | GPRS, Multi-slot class 10 | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2007q1 | |
| Networks | GSM | HSDPA | HSUPA 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | QWERTY | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | 2.46" TFT, touchscreen,65K Colors,320X240 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 6 Professional 6.1 | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 | |
| Memory | 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM | |
| Memory Card | MicroSD/TransFlash | |
| Dimensions | 113 x 64 x 16 mm | |
| Weight | 146g | |
| Camera | 3.2 MegaPixels , 4x Digital Zoom with flashlight | |
| Bluetooth | V 2.0 A2DP | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | 7.2 Mbps HSDPA | 2.0 Mbps HSUPA | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2007q4 | |
| Networks | GSM | HSDPA 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | 2.8" TFT, touchscreen,65K Colors,240X320 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 6 Professional 6.1 | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 | |
| Memory | 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM | |
| Memory Card | MicroSD/TransFlash | |
| Dimensions | 117 x 60.3 x 17.5mm | |
| Weight | 145g | |
| Camera | 3.2 MegaPixels , 4x Digital Zoom with flashlight | |
| Bluetooth | V 2.0 A2DP | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | 7.2 Mbps HSDPA | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2007q4 | |
| Networks | GSM | HSDPA 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | 2.8" TFT, touchscreen,65K Colors,240X320 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 6 Professional 6.1 | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 | |
| Memory | 256 MB Flash ROM, 128 MB SDRAM | |
| Memory Card | MicroSD/TransFlash | |
| Dimensions | 117 x 60.3 x 17.5mm | |
| Weight | 145g | |
| Camera | 3.2 MegaPixels , 4x Digital Zoom with flashlight | |
| Bluetooth | V 2.0 A2DP | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | 7.2 Mbps HSDPA | |
| Mobile TV | ||
| Released | 2007q4 | |
| Networks | GSM | HSDPA 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | 3.0" TFT touchscreen,65K Colors,240X320 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 5 PPC | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | JVM | |
| Memory | 45 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM | |
| Memory Card | MiniSD up to 2 GB | |
| Dimensions | 118 x 71 x 18mm | |
| Weight | 179g | |
| Camera | MegaPixels , | |
| Bluetooth | V 1.2 | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | |
| Mobile TV | Analog TV | |
| Released | 2006q1 | |
| Networks | GSM 850 | 900 | 1800 | 1900 | 2100 | |
| Form Factor | Bar | Touchscreen | |
| Main Screen | 3.0" TFT touchscreen,65K Colors,240X320 | |
| Mobile OS | Windows Mobile 5 PPC | |
| CPU | ||
| Apps Platform | JVM | |
| Memory | 45 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM | |
| Memory Card | MiniSD up to 2 GB | |
| Dimensions | 118 x 71 x 18mm | |
| Weight | 179g | |
| Camera | 1.3 MegaPixels , Digital Zoom | |
| Bluetooth | V 1.2 | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b | |
| Wireless Data | GPRS | EDGE | |
| Mobile TV | Analog TV | |
| Released | 2006q1 | |
