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Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 410 with LTE world-mode & 64-bit support

Advertisements Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon 410 smartphone processor on Monday. Mainly targeted to the high-volume markets like China, this new processor comes with LTE world-mode support, meaning it includes both FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE support. This is not all, Snapdragon 410 is also Qualcomm’s first processor to be based on ARM’s Cortex A53 with 64-bit […]

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Xiaomi ready to enter South-East Asia, could launch in early-2014

Advertisements Xiaomi has revealed at a recent press meet in Taiwan that it is ready to move beyond China, Taiwan and Hong Kong and suggested South-East Asia as its next destination. The company has not shared detailed plans of launch in South-East Asia but we could see the company release its devices in Singapore as […]

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HTC One mini banned in UK, One could be next

Advertisements In a big blow to Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, a London court has ordered a ban on the sales of its One Mini smartphone in UK, after it, along with One, was found to be infringing Nokia’s European Patent number 0998024. HTC was hoping to get a stay on the injunction and wanted a ruling […]

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HTC diversifies, includes chips from ST Ericsson, Spreadtrum in Desire phones

Advertisements Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has long used Qualcomm chips in its smartphones, apart from some exceptions like Tegra 3 in One X and One X+. The company is now thinking of diversifying on that front to take on the stiff competition from budget smartphone makers. HTC is looking to use more chips from other […]

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Celkon, Spice, and Zen to pre-load BBM on their Android smartphones

Advertisements BlackBerry has announced that Indian smartphone vendors Celkon, Spice and Zen will be pre-loading BlackBerry Messenger on their Android phones. The company on Tuesday issued a press release announcing the same, in which it re-iterated about the Micromax tie-up as well. Micromax has already started to pre-load BBM on its Android smartphones with Canvas […]

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MediaTek to release 6-8 tablet CPUs in 2014, plans to ship 20 million processors

Advertisements Digitimes is reporting that MediaTek is planning to launch 6 to 8 tablet processors next year in various price-segments, unlike the four launched this year. The company will be releasing octa-core, quad-core and dual-core models, which will target high-end, mid-range and entry-level tablets respectively. “The 8-core CPUs are being developed for high-end large-size tablets […]

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Cyanogen Inc to get a new hardware partner

Advertisements Cyanogen Inc. has revealed on its official Google+ page that it will soon be announcing a new hardware partner. There is no word on the name of the smartphone maker, which is planning to tie-up with Cyanogen Inc., but according to Android Police, it is a new firm and we haven’t heard about it […]

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MediaTek launches MT6592 octa-core processor, first devices arriving by 2013-end

Advertisements MediaTek has officially launched its MT6592 octa-core mobile processor today. Touted as the world’s first true octa-core processor, MediaTek MT6592 will be available as a part of Android devices by the end of this year. MediaTek partners, including the likes of Intex, will be releasing Jelly Bean powered smartphones with MT6592 by 2013-end, however […]

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