Well, here we go again — The latest slew of iTablet rumors come to us from Taiwan Economic News who claim they have a been contacted by industry sources.

Anyways, the new rumors suggest that the iTablet will feature a  9.6-inch touchscreen, a P.A SEMI processor, HSDPA connectivy, long lasting battery and a price range of $800-$1000.

What’s more, the source also suggests that the device will make its debut in February of 2010. Anyone else getting a bit sick of these rumors?

via gizmodo

Tags: 9.6-inch, HSDPA, iTablet, Mobile News, Mobile Software, p.a semi, Processor, rumor, touchscreen, Ultra Mobile PCs

Sure, the Palm Pixi was pretty extensively showcased when it was officially unveiled earlier this month but what we haven’t heard of was exactly what processor the device will be running.

Well, today it seems that Qualcomm has come forth to let us know that the Pixi will in fact feature a dual core ARM processor split into 600MHz for application processing and a 400MHz modem processor. Additionally, the Pixi will apparently feature a 200MHz GPU for gaming, a 320MHz multimedia processor.

Unfortunately we still have no solid release date for the Palm Pixi other than sometime before the holiday season but we’ll keep you posted.

via palminfocenter

Tags: ARM, Cell Phones, gpu, Mobile News, Palm, palm pixi, Processor, qualcomm, Sprint, webOS

NVIDIA has today issued a press release showing off the fact that their all new “ultra-lower-power HD” Tegra processor will provide the muscle in Microsoft’s forthcoming Zune HD.

Below is a list of reasons why NVIDIA thinks the Tegra will help the Zune HD reign supreme:

• an HD video processor dedicated to HD video, providing unprecedented picture quality and ultra-smooth, vivid movie playback with low power consumption
• an ultra-low power graphics processor for a compelling and intuitive user interface
• NVIDIA nPower™ technology, which optimizes system power use and enables extended HD video and MP3 playback time

Will HD quality help the Zune HD oust Apple’s iPod touch? We’ll have to wait until the device’s September 15th release date to find out.

Tags: hd video, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, MP3 Players, nvidia, Processor, Tegra, Zune HD

If you’ve been paying attention you should know that the iPhone 3GS currently features a Samsung Cortex A-8 processor running at 600MHz. Well, Samsung has come along to show Apple what could have been.

What you see above is Samsung’s latest Cortex A8 core which the company is currently touting as the world’s fastest at 1GHz. Of course, since it’s apparently the world’s fastest, Samsung had to give it the ridiculously appropriate code name of “Hummingbird”.

Perhaps we will see these appear in future smartphones thus blurring the line between smartphones and computers even further.

Tags: 1ghz, Cell Phones, Core, cortex a8, hummingbird, Mobile News, Processor, Samsung, Samsung, technology

These aren’t the first rumors regarding Dell introducing a new portable device but they sure are the first of their kind. The latest rumor coming to us from the Wall Street Journal suggests that Dell may be working on a touch-screen MID running none other than Google’s Android.

The device is said to be only a bit larger than current generation iPod Touchs along with featuring an ARM processor.

There’s no word on availability or pricing as we don’t even know if this exists yet. We’ll be sure to keep you updated. As for a Dell smartphone? There was no mention.

Read (Engadget)

Tags: Android, ARM, Dell, MID, Mobile News, MP3 Players, Portable Devices, Processor, rumor, smart phone

HP is proud to unveil their latest addition to the already saturated netbook market, the Mini 5101. As you can see from the above shot this is definitely one of the finer looking laptops. But who cares about looks, it’s all about specs, right?

Under the hood of the Mini 5101 you will find one of Intel’s Atom processors, a 7200 RPM hard drive or 80/128GB SSD, a 2MP webcam, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 10.1″ 1024 x 600 or 1366 x 768 LED display. Battery wise you’re looking at a 4 or 6 celled battery with the 6 cell being touted as lasting for 8 hours. All of this packed into a modest 2.6 pound package is sure to make netbook buyers turn their heads.

The Mini 5101 starts at $449 and will go on sale next month.

Tags: Atom, bluetooth 2.0, Hardware, HP, Intel, Laptops, led display, mini 5101, Mobile News, netbook, Processor, web cam

Despite Apple keeping the iPhone 3G S‘ hardware pretty effectively under wraps, it seems that T-Mobile Netherlands didn’t get the memo and posted up the above picture.

As you can see, the iPhone 3G S’ processor has been bumped up from 412MHz (found in the 3G) to 600MHz. As for the RAM, it’s been increased from the 3G’s 128MB to 256MB. Everything else, we already knew, 3MP camera with autofocus, video camera, 32GB capacity etc.

So, it looks like Apple’s claims of everything being at least 2x faster hold true at least judging from the hardware. We’ll have to wait until we get our hands on the phone to pass judgement.

Read (CNet)

Tags: Apple, Cell Phones, Hardware, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, leak, memory, Mobile News, Processor, RAM, T-Mobile, tmobile netherlands

The N97 looks great and until today I bet that lots of people were getting their budgets approved in order to get it. But today is a sad day for all those of us that fell in love with Nokia’s new flagship phone. The handset seems ready to disappoint us with a weak ARM 11 processor running at only 434MHz. That’s only 65MHz more than the 5800 XpressMusic and surely not enough for our mobile needs. The N97 comes with an impressive price tag so we were expecting a much better processor. Let’s not forget that the Pre clocks at around 600MHz or that the BlackBerry Bold launched last year has a 624MHz processor. I won’t even mention the TG01 which will be dazzling us with a 1GHz processor. Whoops, I just did! So let us hear the defendant speak! Nokia?

via Nokia

Tags: BlackBerry, Bold, N97, Nokia, Nokia, Palm, Palm, pre, Processor, Research In Motion, TG01, Toshiba

Samsung has unveiled a new System-On-Chip which will bring Wireless USB to cellphones, MP3 players and any other devices. The company built a new ARM processor able to deal with ultra-wideband technology, a wired USB interface and a memory controller able to send data via wireless. The speed is impressive too as Samsung says the new processor will be able to transfer a 700MB mobile movie in less than a minute. The processor will offer us speeds of up to 120Mbps which is impressive. And customers are definitely lined-up at Samsung’s doors as production will start in spring. What phones are going to carry the new processor?

via press

Tags: Mobile News, Mobile Software, Processor, Samsung, Samsung, SoC, System-On-Chip, usb, wireless

It looks like HTC will use NVIDIA’s Tegra application processor in some of its upcoming products. HTC might not be the only cell phone manufacturer to get it as Doug Freedman at the American Technology Research says that Tegra will bring NVIDIA about $100M for the first half of the year. That means that NVIDIA will sell millions of units of that Tegra processor. So what phones will use it? What should we expect from those NVIDIA HTC phones in terms of graphics? Better games? Better video?

Tags: graphics, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, nvidia, Portable Devices, Processor, Tegra