TI Announces WiLink 8 Family - WiFi, GNSS, NFC, BT, and FM Combo Chip
It goes without saying that connectivity is a hugely important part of smartphones. After all, without some sort of network connection, you've basically just got an expensive PDA or...
15 by on 2/13/2012
HTC Announces Initial Ice Cream Sandwich Rollout Plans
A while back, HTC announced the first suite of devices that it would be rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates to. The devce lineup included the entire...
39 by on 2/9/2012
Google Releases Chrome For Android - Updated
It has finally happened; Google has officially released Chrome for Android. In typical Google fashion, the browser is currently in beta and requires Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to...
30 by on 2/8/2012
CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 Update Changes Signal Reporting
Back when the Verizon CDMA/LTE Galaxy Nexus released, there was much talk of a signal related issue, which we investigated. The findings back then were that there was nothing...
6 by on 2/6/2012
Motorola Droid RAZR, RAZR MAXX Update Enables CDRX for Better LTE Battery Life
While we don't usually cover every software update on every platform, I thought it worth noting something special about the new update which will begin going out shortly to...
7 by on 2/3/2012
Qualcomm and Ericsson Demonstrate SR-VCC Voice Handover from LTE to WCDMA on MSM8960
Until now, the way voice has worked on handsets with a 4G LTE air interface has been, well, interesting. That is to say, thus far all voice calls haven't...
9 by on 2/2/2012
US Cellular Announces Initial 4G LTE Markets, Devices
Not to be left in the dust by their big national counterparts, regional carriers are also moving onward to 4G LTE, and US Cellular today announced its initial 4G...
4 by on 2/1/2012
Motorola Announces RAZR XT910 Developer Edition with Unlocked Bootloader
A while ago, Motorola announced plans to start unlocking bootloaders on devices "where operator and channel partners will allow it" sometime in 2011. While it's clear now (with that...
14 by on 1/30/2012
Apple Updates AirPort Utility, AirPort Base Station Firmware - Adds iCloud Remote Access
Apple just pushed out a slew of updates to its WiFi related products which we've covered and reviewed already, including the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule. The latest update...
7 by on 1/30/2012
Samsung Galaxy Nexus & Ice Cream Sandwich Review
The evolution of Google’s Nexus line is an interesting one. Each year, Google chooses both a silicon partner and an OEM to make a unique hardware archetype which it...
187 by on 1/18/2012
CES 2012 LTE Face-Off - AT&T versus Verizon Wireless
My friends often think I've lost my mind given how many times I run speedtests on handsets in the process of reviewing them. The reason I'm compulsive about testing...
24 by on 1/13/2012
Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX, Droid 4, and Lapdock 500 Pro Impressions
Anand and I stopped by Motorola this afternoon and got to spend some time with a number of the handset-maker's newly announced products, including the RAZR MAXX, Droid 4...
15 by on 1/12/2012
TI Wireless Charging - New Chipsets and 10W charging for Tablets
This morning we stopped by TI's power management group to check out what all they had in store, and got to check out some demos of their new second...
18 by on 1/12/2012
More Shots of the HTC Titan II & Nokia Lumia 900
We covered the launch of HTC's Titan II and Nokia's Lumia 900, the first two AT&T LTE devices running Windows Phone 7.5. We're meeting with Nokia later today but...
4 by on 1/12/2012
802.11ac RF Hands-On with Buffalo AirStation WZR-1750H
We just stopped by Buffalo's booth at CES 2012, who were kind enough to let us use a WiSpy DBx from Metageek we're working on reviewing to look at...
16 by on 1/11/2012
Ambarella Shows off iOne SoC Applications, Wireless Camera Development Kit
Last CES I dropped by Ambarella where they had just announced their iOne smart camera SoC. Ambarella is a big player in the camera and encoder ASIC business, and...
1 by on 1/11/2012
Intel Shows off Thunderbolt, AppUp on Ivy Bridge Ultrabook Reference Design
Intel just dropped a bunch of news about its first smartphone platform partners and their respective products, followed by more news about Ultrabooks. Intel showed off its Ivy Bridge...
3 by on 1/10/2012
Intel Announces its Second Smartphone Platform Partner - Motorola
Intel just showed off the Lenovo K800, its first design win with Atom inside. The second partnership was just announced as well, and it's Motorola. None other than Motorola...
8 by on 1/10/2012
Intel Announces its First Medfield Smartphone Partner at CES 2012 - Lenovo K800
We're at the Intel keynote here at CES 2012 where Intel has announced one of its first Medfield design wins. Lenovo will be launching a phone based around Medfield...
7 by on 1/10/2012
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon S4 Member MPQ8064, new Atheros WiFi and Powerline Chipsets
We're live at the CES 2012 Qualcomm keynote, and although CEO Paul Jacobs hasn't quite taken the stage yet, Qualcomm has already released a number of the announcements it...
1 by on 1/10/2012
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