High Tech Lounge » Qualcomm http://www.htlounge.net Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:22:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Qualcomm-based smartbook from Lenovo to use AT&T http://www.htlounge.net/art/9548/qualcomm-based-smartbook-from-lenovo-to-use-att.html http://www.htlounge.net/art/9548/qualcomm-based-smartbook-from-lenovo-to-use-att.html#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:56:39 +0000 adina http://www.htlounge.net/?p=9548 Qualcomm has unveiled one of the first smartbooks at its investor conference. The Lenovo design is somewhere between smartphones and netbooks in size and is based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors. It will use AT&T-based Internet access besides Wi-Fi.

Other details are unavailable for the moment. However, it is supposed to use a custom Linux interface instead of using Android or another similar pre-built operating system. Complete information will come when Lenovo presents formally the smartbook in January, at the Consumer Electronics Show.

]]> http://www.htlounge.net/art/9548/qualcomm-based-smartbook-from-lenovo-to-use-att.html/feed 0 Hybrid HSPA+/EVDO chipset Qualcomm-made http://www.htlounge.net/art/9544/hybrid-hspaevdo-chipset-qualcomm-made.html http://www.htlounge.net/art/9544/hybrid-hspaevdo-chipset-qualcomm-made.html#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:45:00 +0000 adina http://www.htlounge.net/?p=9544 Qualcomm enlarged its MDM family with the first cellular chipsets supporting dual advanced 3G and 4G. The MSM7630 is a speech processor LSI device provided with internal D/A converter and is designed for speech output applications like text-to-speech conversion. It supports HSPA, HSPA+ and GSM standards but is also capable of working on CDMA phone networks having up to EVDO Revision B for 3G. Thus, a phone working on CDMA carriers like Verizon or Sprint will also work with T-Mobile or AT&T and have roaming speeds up to 21Mbps on Rogers’ networks or other international carriers, including US T-Mobile.

Based on the same ARM7 core like the fast Snapdragon processor of Qualcomm, it will support speeds and features found on modern smartphones, with clock speeds between 800MHz and 1Gz, integrated graphics core, 720-pixel video encoding and decoding at up to thirty frames per second, 12-megapixel photo processing, OpenGL ES 2.0 for 3D rendering, 5.1-channel surround sound and built-in GPS receiver. Test samples of the processor are already sent to customers, including single-mode GSM/HSPA+ MSM7230 chipset. It will probably reach shipping products in 2010, before the end of the year, and will be accompanied by MSM9200, high-end hybrid chip, able to support both HSPA+ and the LTE standard for 4G future service on carriers worldwide.

The release of the MSM7630 chipset is a pro argument for those saying a dual-mode iPhone, with a Qualcomm chipset instead of Samsung or Infineon components, would enable Apple to ship the iPhone to Verizon without building a CDMA/EVDO version. The dual-mode iPhone could operate in both Verizon and AT&T networks. The acquisition of PA Semi was believed to provide custom-designed chipsets for devices like the iPhone, but it seems the only PS Semi-made device for next year will not be a smartphone, but the Apple tablet.

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