http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/inbrics.shows.arm.cortex.mid.with.android.os/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/inbricsmid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Korea's Inbrics is showing off an Android-powered portable device that slides horizontally open to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. Apart from a few specs, the company is being tight-lipped about the device's functionality. What is known is that it will feature an AMOLED touchscreen display and be powered by an 800MHz ARM Cortex A8 processor.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/inbrics.shows.arm.cortex.mid.with.android.os/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/pegatron.demos.10.inch.smartbook.with.ubuntu/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/pegatronnetbookin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A 10-inch smartbook from Pegatron was spotted at the Connected Community Technical Symposium on Friday. It runs on Linux Ubuntu and is powered by an ARM processor, though other details are scarce. The sighting comes just one day after Pegatron GM Chou Biao Sheng said the company will bring out a smartbook in the first quarter of 2010, priced at less than $200.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/pegatron.demos.10.inch.smartbook.with.ubuntu/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/nintendo.ds.2.psp.2.nay.get.fast.cpus/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nintendodsill.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Talk of Nintendo using Tegra 2 gained support today through new sources of information that also point to a faster Sony PSP. Detailed explanations given to DigitalFoundry say the sequel to the DSi should use the future NVIDIA processor and not only see a "colossal" jump in speed versus the DS line but could be as fast as the Wii while supporting more visual effects.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/nintendo.ds.2.psp.2.nay.get.fast.cpus/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/possible.verizon.iphone.candidates/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/qualcommchip-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Qualcomm today updated its MDM family of cellular chipsets with some of the first anywhere to support dual, advanced 3G and 4G formats. The MSM7630 supports GSM, HSPA and HSPA+ standards but will also work on CDMA phone networks and support up to EVDO Revision B for 3G on those services. The addition would let a phone work on a CDMA carrier like Sprint or Verizon but still work with AT&T or T-Mo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/possible.verizon.iphone.candidates/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/nokias.first.maemo.phone.now.ready/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nokian900-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia on Tuesday said it has started shipping the N900, its new flagship. The crossover between its Internet tablets and media smartphones is the company's first phone to use Maemo Linux instead of Symbian and is better-suited to modern computing: it has both a full Mozilla-based browser with Flash but basic multi-touch and multitasking that can support many simultaneous apps open. Helping this ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/nokias.first.maemo.phone.now.ready/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/arm.based.smartbooks.wont.get.windows.7.for.now/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/win7.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft's corporate VP for the Windows Platform Strategy, Mike Nash, revealed in a Digitimes report that Windows 7 will not support ARM processors in the near future, as Microsoft will continue its close cooperation with Intel. This is significant as numerous manufacturers will be bringing out smartbook PCs powered by ARM CPUs in 2010. Nash did point out that Windows CE, which supports ARM proce... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/arm.based.smartbooks.wont.get.windows.7.for.now/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/ziilabs.zms.08.decods.hq.1080p/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ziilabszms-08.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ZiiLabs today claimed a milestone in mobile processors with the ZMS-08, its second new chip in a year. The new design blends the existing many-core design of the original ZMS-05 with a 1GHz ARM Cortex processor and should process video at a level previously unseen in mobile chips. While other chips can decode 1080p video, the new design reportedly processes the HD output in High Profile H.264, o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/ziilabs.zms.08.decods.hq.1080p/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/nvidia.says.gpus.still.only.focus/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nvidiafermi-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA chief Jen-Hsun Huang has denied rekindled talk of his company making x86 processors. Speaking after a conference call, the CEO claims that his focus is still "very, very clear" and that the focus is on graphics processors and closely related parallel computing cards like the Tesla line. The only full processors that NVIDIA is making are mobile chips like the ARM-based Tegra series for han... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/nvidia.says.gpus.still.only.focus/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/arm.eagle.to.be.multi.core.28nm/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/armcortex-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ARM president Tudor Brown at a presentation on Friday provided early details of his company's next-generation architecture for smartphones and other handhelds. Nicknamed Eagle, the processor design will focus on speed and come with a multi-core main processor, "high-end" graphics and better security against hardware-related attacks. Power use will be kept down by using GlobalFoundries' new 28 na... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/06/arm.eagle.to.be.multi.core.28nm/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/tegra.2.may.go.dual.core.use.arm9/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nvidiategraapx2500.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A source today claims the sequel to NVIDIA's Tegra mobile processor could muster double the performance of the original. The new chip is purported by "high ranking" industry contacts to be switching from an ARM7 architecture to the much newer ARM9 and also to use a dual-core design. Combined with improvements to the graphics core, the updated Tegra would be roughly twice as fast overall.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/tegra.2.may.go.dual.core.use.arm9/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:10:00 GMT