The venerably leaked LG Star Android smartphone that was shown running on a dual-core ARM Cortex A9-based NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor has been confirmed by its maker LG as the LG Optimus 2X, a nomenclature that hints at the chipset that ships inside the device. The powerful Android smartphone is capable of encoding and decoding [...]
Laptop Mag got their hands on the Viewsonic G 10 inch Tablet and has posted up one of their usual thorough reviews. Suffice it to say they weren’t too enthusiastic about the Viewsonic G. Running on the Nvidia Tegra v2 platform the G is running Android 2.2 and offers the usual array of Tablet/Slate functionality [...]
NVIDIA, the maker of the dual-core Tegra 2 chips that are beginning to gain momentum in the high-end smartphone and tablet market, is saying that dual-core chips for mobile will become the standard in 2011 and that quad-core solutions will be available in the near future. The company had announced aggressive plans for its Tegra [...]
The authenticity of the claim that the un-released Motorola Olympus, destined for AT&T, was spotted and purchased for an undisclosed sum at a local flea market is unverified, but we do have some clearer images as a result of said purchase. The device, which is due early 2011 for AT&T, will run on the Android [...]
Engadget has obtained an image of what is believed to be the Motorola Olympus, a powerful Android smartphone that is believed to be coming to U.S. carrier AT&T at the end of January 2011 with a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset. The image reveals what appears to be a front-facing camera at the top, along [...]
While the attention lately has been on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 mobile CPU, Qualcomm is set to release its dual-core Snapdragon chipset sometime next year. The 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon MSM8960 is said to offer up to five times better performance than prior models. Current Snapdragon chips are single-core solutions and have been found in popular [...]
Recent speculation has it that the dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2-powered Motorola Olympus, an Android smartphone, will be headed to AT&T in early 2011. The device is said be powered by NVIDIA’s dual-core Tegra 2 chipset and will run today’s current version of Android 2.2, albeit with a slightly updated revision at 2.2.1, which is also [...]
A leaked image of an LG Android smartphone model, believed to be called he LG Star, will show that the Korean handset maker will also be gunning for the high-end smartphone market. After having been success in the low-end Android segment with its Optimus phones for T-Mobile and Sprint (a Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular [...]
It looks like 2011 may be the year for Tegra 2 tablets and phones. The dual-core processor based on the ARM Cortex A9 reference design will be debuting in a number of tablets set to launch in 2011, including the speculated
Scaleform is showing off some interesting technology at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference. The company develops tools for game developers and it was showing off a demo of a Flash 3D gaming UI, running on NVIDIA’s mobile Tegra platform. 3D on mobile devices is something I’d like to see, but I’m not about to wear [...]
The Toshiba Folio 100 tablet/slate is running on the Tegra 2 platform and is one of the devices that we’re anxious to hear more about. Roland from Netbooknews got his hands on one of the models at IFA and have put up a video tour of the device that begs for more coverage. The 10.1 [...]
This week is the Netbook Summit, where lots of folks with an interest in Netbooks will gather and talk about, well, Netbooks. I think that’s the agenda. But I’m guessing Tablets and Slates will be on their mind as well, seeing as some folks think that the iPad is the beginning of the end of [...]
I’m going to caveat this post by saying it is April Fools Day. That said, I don’t think this info qualifies as a prank, but I would qualify it as a rumor. According to SlashGear, there is word that NVidia is having some difficulty with its Tegra chipsets and this is going to force a [...]
This is an interesting read on the potential fortune of Tablets from Fortune. Beginning with a quote from NVida that says “we’ve found our most personal computer” that is a morph of of a line often uttered in the days where only Microsoft was in the Tablet PC space, it is full of promise of [...]
In my view there are quite a few folks who are really happy that yesterday’s iPad announcement is over. Many of these folks are competitors or “me-too” manufacturers on some level. Apple made a big splash and everyone is still drying out from the overwash and sorting through things. Apple may have indeed hit a [...]
Engadget has video of a tablet prototype reportedly of the same variety spotted earlier with NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang. It’s a monster of a tablet with a 15″ diagonal, but it’s just under an inch thick and packs enough video punch to run 720p video courtesy of its Tegra graphics system. Confirmed is the fact [...]
I was taking a closer look at the upcoming Vega tablet from ICD and could not help but notice the resemblance to the prototype media pad tablet spotted earlier this week with the CEO of NVIDIA. Indicator lights are updated with icons and what looks like a USB port is on the opposite end, but [...]
Well, no major surprise or revelation here: the unknown tablet device spotted with NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang as been identified as a prototype for what has been called their Tegra media pad. According to Engadget, the device has a resistive touchscreen and runs Windows CE, but “both Android and capacitive upgrades are in the cards, [...]
During a visit to the American University of Dubai, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang raved about the awesomeness of Apple, while sitting in front of a mystery tablet device, making no statements about it whatsoever. Logically, when one claims that all they use is Mac (“It’s just Mac, Mac, Mac!”), you’d assume the computer in front [...]
Adobe introduced Flash Player 10.1 at the company’s worldwide developer conference today. Netbooks equipped with NVIDIA ION, such as the Mini 311 and IdeaPad S12, will be able to playback HD Flash content with ease once Flash 10.1 becomes available later this year. Netbooks rely on the CPU for flash video playback with the current [...]
With a brief mention of a “media pad” in an interview (and a mention by the interviewer of Apple’s mythic tablet), Mike Rayfield, general manager of NVIDIA’s mobile business unit, set the blogosphere abuzz with chatter that Tegra would be powering the Apple Tablet. Today, The New York Times’ Bits Blog shares more from Mr. [...]
We know they’re coming and it looks like we’re starting to see more noise about the arrival of NVidia Ion based Netbooks. Engadget is linking to a Netbook News report on the Ion Mobi Netbook from Point of View that is running a desktop Atom 230 processor, powered by the NVidia Ion platform. That cuts [...]
For those interested in Smartbooks (as opposed to Netbooks as opposed to Notebooks) this video look at the Tegra powered Mobinnova Elan Smartbook will certainly be of interest. The video from Netbooknews shows off the device but also explains a bit about NVidia’s Tegra platform. A second video showing off the software is promised soon. [...]
Tegra may be NVIDIA’s hot product of ultra-mobiles and portables, but it’s not their only mobile computing offering at Computex. They’re showcasing a number of ION-based products, including several notebooks. Also, the desktops they’re highlighting include machines from well-known netbook vendors Asus, Acer, and MSI, so you can assume they must be looking at offering [...]
The news just keeps pouring out of Computex, this time coming from NVIDA who has just announced that 12 of their partners are shipping MIDs / Tablet and Netbooks with NVIDIA’s Tegra technology: NVIDIA Corporation and industry partners today unveiled 12 new high-definition mobile Internet devices (MIDs) all powered by the NVIDIA(R) Tegra(TM) processor, the [...]
Lenovo’s officially introduced the first notebook to feature NVIDIA ION graphics. This new graphics platform offers outstanding graphics performance without sacrificing too much battery life. The IdeaPad S12 will be available in the U.S. soon for $449. I got a chance to play with a pre-production IdeaPad S12 and shot a quick video. The IdeaPad [...]
NVidia really wants to get into the great Netbook race and it looks like they are out to turn some heads. At CTIA they are showing off a HP Mini 1000 that they’ve replaced the Intel guts with the NVidia Tegra system. It is running Windows CE and from the video on Engadget, it looks [...]
Mark Spoonauer of Laptop Mag.com sat down with NVidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang for a fairly lengthy interview regarding Netbooks and NVidia’s ION GPU. Within the context of who we are talking to here, (obviousy NVidia is pushing its own platform) there is still some very interesting information coming out of the interview. Here are some [...]
Xavier over at Notebooks.com has a nifty video posted that shows a comparison between two Netbooks. One is running the standard Atom chipset and the other has NVidia’s ION grpahics platform running along side the Atom chipset. According to the rep in the video, NVidia is expecting a $50 price bump for Netbooks with [...]
We’ve known that NVidia has had its eye on Netbooks and now we’ve got news that they are releasing the Ion platform to compete in the space. The Ion platform is a combination of GeForce 9400 and the Intel Atom that is touted as delivering a more powerful graphics solution on Netbooks, replacing Intel’s GMA [...]
If you’re interested in seeing some of what Nvidia is bringing to the table with their Tegra chip, check out this video. Tags: Nvidia, Tegra
Well, the competition in the mobile chip wars just got another player. Nvidia is announcing Tegra, what they are calling the ““world’s first computer on a chip for mobile visual computers.†Aiming for mobile Internet devices (MIDS), Tegra is touted as providing 30 hours of HD video playback on without recharging your battery. Here’s the [...]
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