02/13, 6:30pm
Huawei may have high-end phone, tablet in MWC show
Huawei's media event at Mobile World Congress may have already been spoiled early after company chairman Yu Chengdong possibly spoiled it in his Weibo profile. The February 26 Barcelona event would purportedly include the Ascend D1 Q, a presumably quad-core cousin of the Android 4.0-based Ascend P1 S. Its choice of chip wasn't mentioned, but would most likely be NVIDIA's Tegra 3 given the company's own event and other phones coming from Fujitsu and HTC.
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02/08, 11:00pm
NVIDIA likely to show HTC Endeavor at MWC
NVIDIA has sent out invitations to a special event at Mobile World Congress that's likely a strong clue of what at least one partner will show at the event. It plans to show more "quad-core firsts," hinting that a Tegra 3 phone will appear at the event. Most likely, the reference is to either the HTC Endeavor or the upcoming Fujitsu Arrows phone.
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02/06, 5:55pm
Apple gets closer to using macroscalar name
Apple late last week quietly filed for a US trademark that shows it possibly getting closer to having its own chip architecture. After having slowly filed trademarks in countries outside the US, such as Trinidad and Tobago, the joint USPTO and Hong Kong application caught by Patently Apple suggests that Apple has been continuing development on a project it could be willing to show soon. Mentions of work had started as early as 2004.
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01/31, 11:35am
PadFone coming to MWC, ASUS invite promises
ASUS will bring its long-delayed PadFone device to the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona at the tail end of February, confirming earlier rumors. This news comes from ASUS itself, who sent out a media invite shared by Android Central. The PadFone was introduced in May and is actually two devices in one, with a 4.3-inch smartphone at the core and a 10-inch tablet serving as a dock and larger screen.
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01/27, 9:00am
ASUS Transformer Prime plagued by locking too
ASUS technical marketing overseer Gary Key has responded to complaints from Transformer Prime owners for another flaw. Responding to some reports on XDA-Developers' forums that the tablet freezes randomly after loading up the Android 4.0 update, Key anticipated a fix in early February. He hadn't pinpointed the cause, which didn't appeared to be tied to running any specific app or using the Prime for certain periods.
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01/24, 8:50pm
NVIDIA GPUs to drop because of drive shortages
NVIDIA gave further clues of PC revenue decline with its own outlook warning. It expected its revenue for the quarter ending in January to be $950 million, or $166 million lower than what it had predicted in the fall. It blamed hard drive shortages for a ripple effect, where the inability to ship enough PCs meant that they either couldn't ship PCs at all or had to sacrifice a graphics card for a more expensive hard drive.
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01/22, 12:50pm
Acer Iconia Tab A510 and A700 get Euro launch info
A pair of updates following a press event in Hamburg have given likely release dates for Acer's Iconia Tab A700 and its more mainstream A510 equivalent. Both Tablet Community and Tablet Test expect the quad-core Android 4.0 tablets to arrive in April. Production for at least the A510 was expected to start in February or March.
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01/20, 7:10pm
Sports Tegra 2 1GHz chipset and 16GB of storage
A few days later than expected, Acer's new Tegra 2-based 10.1-inch tablet has gone on sale in the US. The Iconia Tablet A200 is now available at Best Buy. The tablet had been anticipated to arrive on US shores this Monday.
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01/18, 3:15pm
Early entry for a quad-core processor in a phone
HTC may be changing its codename for its new as-yet-to-be-released quad-core handset. Pocketnow reports that the company's future flagship phone would be referred to internally as the Endeavor instead of the Edge as it was previously known. In the global retail market, the smartphone may be branded the Supreme by the time it ships.
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01/16, 8:25pm
OTA update doesn't recognize device serial numbers
Late last month, after several delays, ASUS began shipping its much anticipated Transformer Prime tablet, but with Android 3.2 instead of Android 4.0. The company promised that it would begin offering an over-the-air (OTA) update to early adopters on January 12. ASUS met that deadline, but xda developers reports that owners are experiencing problems with updating their slates.
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01/12, 8:40pm
We try Audi's new Tegra-based dash system
Audi used CES to unveil a new take on its car interface based on NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 chip, and we got to try it for ourselves on the CES show floor. The new approach promises a much more discreet but also simpler and more powerful approach to controlling the car and its media than before. Read on for an early look.
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01/09, 2:40am
We try Lenovo's two CES 2012 tablets
Lenovo had a surprise in store after it confirmed the IdeaTab S2 by giving a preview of its K2 cousin: the second model will run on a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and carry the same 1080p screen concept as the Iconia Tab A700. Both, however, are part of a Lenovo strategy to make up for the rough start from the K1. We tried both ahead of CES and got to see if it will be much of a threat to the iPad.
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01/09, 12:55am
Toshbia Excite X10 to reach US
Toshiba's Excite tablet, or the AT200, received its US debut on Sunday as the Excite X10. The Android 3 tablet is due to arrive before the end of the month in 16GB and 32GB versions. Unusually, though, Toshiba is hoping to ask for a premium above an iPad, asking $530 for a 16GB version and matching Apple at $600 for the 32GB edition.
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01/08, 5:25pm
Acer shows A700 tablet with Tegra 3
At the end of Acer's live event, Acer teased the Iconia Tab A700. While not mentioning it by name, the company confirmed that the Android tablet was quad-core -- already known to be using the Tegra 3 -- and played HD video as proof. It gave no details or a release date.
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01/05, 1:55pm
Iconia Tab A200 coming on January 15 for $330
Acer's upcoming budget-priced Iconia Tab A200 tablet is due to arrive on January 15 in the US, priced at $330. Its specs will include a dual-core, 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 10.1-inch, 1280x800 touchscreen display. While Android 3.2 will initially be onboard, it will be updated to Android 4 sometime in mid-February.
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01/05, 1:05pm
TelyHD living room HD video chat supports Skype
A young company by the name of Tely Labs has just released a Skype-compatible HD video calling system for the living room. Its just-launched telyHD set-top has the ability to call Skype users on their smartphones, notebooks or desktop PCs. There are no monthly fees for this service, but users do need the set-top connected to their HDTV and have a free Skype account.
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01/02, 9:35pm
Toshiba 6th gen tablet with quad Tegra 3 appears
Old benchmarks just discovered this weekend hint that Toshiba might already have a replacement for the Excite tablet in development. Although only labeled as the "Tostab06," a generation ahead of the Excite, the Android device originally marked at Anshouji in October has the same 1.4GHz clock speed as a quad-core Tegra 3. Its benchmarks are also fast enough to match up with those of the Tegra 3-equipped ASUS Transformer Prime and are much faster than any other tablet.
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01/01, 2:30pm
Sony cuts Tablet S to 400 dollars
Sony produced signs it was looking to clear stock of the Tablet S on Sunday as it cut prices across the board. Both the 16GB and 32GB versions of the Android tablet have dropped by $100 to start at $400 and $500 respectively. No indications exist yet that it's clearing stock.
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12/21, 7:10pm
Hasbro says ASUS stole Transformer name without OK
Hasbro late last week sued ASUS for allegedly violating its trademarks with the Transformer Prime. The toy designer claims ASUS is too close to blending the Transformers and Optimus Prime names. In a statement, Hasbro asserted that ASUS was effectively banking on association with the legendary animated show, comics, and toys to sell the Transformer Prime.
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12/19, 7:55am
Best Buy and Amazon delay ASUS Transformer Prime
ASUS' claims of the Transformer Prime arriving on time have been cast into doubt on Monday. In spite of an intended launch Monday, new reports from Engadget readers buying from Amazon have seen their orders "inadvertently cancelled" and ask them to pre-order again with a $10 gift card as compensation. Best Buy, meanwhile, has told advance order customers that theirs have been "back-ordered" by one to two weeks.
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12/16, 6:40pm
Foxconn, NVIDIA announce joint venture in China
Foxconn Electronics and NVIDIA have teamed up on a new research and development center in Tianjin City in northern China, Digitimes revealed on Friday. It will focus on smartphones and tablets along with cloud computing. Foxconn chairman Terry Guo and NVIDIA CEO Huang Jen-hsun were at the signing ceremony, but didn't reveal financials or other details on the joint venture.
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12/14, 6:50pm
May have Android Ice Cream Sanwich preinstalled
ASUS Italy has revealed on their Facebook site that the availability of the Transformer Prime tablet has moved back until the end of January. The company has apologized to potential customers for the device not being available in time for the Christmas shopping season. The Italian arm of ASUS also indicated that corporate HQ had decided that the tablet worldwide will have Wi-Fi, but not 3G.
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12/11, 1:55am
ASUS quickly dampens Transformer Prime rumors
ASUS quickly responded to NCIX's claims of a Transformer Prime delay by issuing a countering response. It claimed to SlashGear that the warnings of missing the December 19 target weren't official. The suggestion was made either that NCIX didn't have full details or that an outsider had fed bad information.
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12/10, 7:45pm
ASUS to give up market share to fix Wi-Fi range
ASUS encountered a large setback in its attempt to take the tablet market with the Transformer Prime late Friday. Online retailer NCIX messaged pre-order buyers at Phandroid and elsewhere that the quad-core Android tablet had been delayed "worldwide" and likely wouldn't make Christmas, if not the whole year. The Wi-Fi range on the metal-shelled tablet didn't "meet their standards" and was being improved before shipments started.
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12/10, 6:45pm
Toshiba Thrive 7 ships Dec 11 but yet has no price
A Toshiba teaser confirmed Saturday that it would ship the Thrive 7 to the US on Sunday, December 11. The company's second tablet in the country will arrive as promised, albeit after a three-month wait. Unusually, Toshiba made no mention of the price, although it's presumed the starter 16GB version will cost less than the $399 for an 8GB 10-inch Thrive.
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12/06, 6:55pm
Android sluggishness dissected versus iOS
Recent Google intern and soon-to-be Microsoft intern Andrew Munn has given an explanation as to why many Android devices are considerably laggier and less responsive than iOS or Windows Phone devices. While iOS puts graphics drawing as a real-time priority and lets users manage which priorities can be rendered in the background, Android treats the interface as a normal priority. As a result, Android devices can often bog down when they're trying to conduct other tasks at the same time.
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12/02, 3:00pm
Amazon repeats ASUS tablet shortage history
Amazon has shown ASUS repeating its pattern of early tablet shortages after sending cancellation notices to early buyers. Orders for the quad-core tablet have been dropped due to a "lack of availability from suppliers," Amazon said. It encouraged shoppers to try third-party resellers trading through Amazon for alternatives.
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12/02, 10:40am
GameStop to show demo Primes this weekend
GameStop revealed on Friday that some of its stores will get the ASUS Transformer Prime as soon as this weekend, albeit for demonstration purposes only. It will become the first retailer to let customers get their hands on the quad-core Tegra 3-powered device. The tablet is available for pre-order from the gaming retailer now, with online orders due to begin shipping on December 19.
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12/02, 9:10am
NVIDIA goal of 25m Tegra 2s not met
A shortfall in NVIDIA's chip sales could be a sign of problems for both the Tegra 3 and for Android as a whole. Purported insiders claimed to Digitimes that the chip designer wouldn't make a target of 25 million Tegra 2 processors shipped. Difficulty getting more wins away in smartphones from Qualcomm's Snapdragon were a problem, but the inability of Android tablets to compete with the iPad was also supposedly impacting numbers.
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12/02, 7:40am
Acer Iconia Tab A200 precedes higher end models
Acer quickly confirmed last-minute leaks Friday with a new addition to its Iconia Tab line. The A200 carries the same 10-inch display and dual-core Tegra 2 chip as the A500 but drops the rear camera and cuts the storage to 8GB or 16GB depending on the model. In return, it gets a softer, more colorful look in gray or red, although it's still relatively thick at 0.49 inches.
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12/01, 11:30am
Transformer Prime benches show Tegra 3 too slow
ASUS' Transformer Prime has arrived to good reviews but has shown that the iPad 2 is still well in front in performance. Early tests run at AnandTech show that, despite having two extra main cores and a third companion core, the Tegra 3 processor in the Prime is only just as fast in browsing as the two-core, nine months old iPad 2. In graphics, normally NVIDIA's strong suit, the iPad 2's PowerVR graphics were unambiguously faster, in one case nearly doubling the performance.
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11/30, 5:00pm
Acer pledges itself to tablets and to Tegra 3
Acer President Jim Wong in an interview committed his company to tablets. Somewhat contradicting his company's usual position, he told T3 that tablets were a "very important category" to Acer. It was the only company shipping Windows tablets in significant numbers, Wong said, and would have a Windows 8 tablet along with its Android efforts.
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11/30, 3:05pm
Transformer Prime pre-orders start at Best Buy
ASUS' Transformer Prime tablet, the first to sport NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 chipset, will indeed ship in the US on December 8, the company confirmed. ASUS spokespeople revealed to Netbook News that the first market to receive the device will be Taiwan, with deliveries arriving tomorrow, December 1. The US is next, with December 8 shipments, while Europe will get it throughout January, depending on the country.
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11/23, 10:20pm
ASUS has significant early Transformer Prime plans
ASUS has relatively ambitious plans for the Transformer Prime, based on rumors from the part chain. Getting extra help in making touchscreens from TPK, it was estimated by Digitimes' contacts to be shipping 350,000 to 400,000 of the quad-core tablet by the end of the year. With ASUS officially predicting 1.8 million tablets shipped all year, the Transformer Prime could represent as much as a fifth of ASUS' whole sales by itself.
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11/23, 3:30pm
GameStop to get Transformer Prime on November 28?
GameStop may begin carrying the ASUS Transformer Prime tablet as soon as November 28, according to its webstore. This is a little earlier than the rumored early December timeline heard before. The listing also reveals the 32GB tablet will cost $540, marked down from $600.
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11/22, 4:30pm
ThinkPad with 3G radio spotted at FCC, coming?
Lenovo's ThinkPad Tablet has now been spotted with a 3G version and the Wi-Fi model undergoing testing at the FCC. The documents in the former listing show GSM 850/1,900, EVDO 850/1,900 and WCDMA bands II, IV and V frequency support. These correspond to carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile as well as some overseas.
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11/18, 9:50pm
NVIDIA expects Tegra 3 tablet prices to drop fast
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang in a media conversation Friday anticipated that the price of quad-core tablets would drop around the spring. Tablets running the Tegra 3 chip would reach $299 within "a couple quarters," he said with Engadget and others in attendance. He didn't say who would reach the milestone or what components it would take.
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11/17, 1:20pm
HTC Quattro identified as planned Tegra 3 tablet
HTC's plans for a quad-core tablet were made more real Thursday after a leak showed the device and some details. Now nicknamed the Quattro, the tablet PocketNow has seen in a press render should have the Tegra 3 that earns the Quattro its name. The 10-inch system would simultaneously be HTC's first Beats-equipped slate, getting the better sound and presumably better pack-in headphones.
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11/17, 10:50am
Rogers alone gets 4-inch, QWERTY slider phone
A previous report has now been confirmed, as Rogers confirmed getting the Samsung Galaxy S Glide on Thursday. The Canadian provider's Android 2.3-powered smartphone is a local exclusive and centers on a four-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen with a 480x800 resolution and its namesake sliding QWERTY keyboard. The phone also connects to Rogers' HSPA+ network at a faster 21Mbps.
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11/16, 1:45pm
Flagship Acer Iconia Tab A700/701 shows up in UAP
Acer may have more than just one NVIDIA Tegra 3-powered tablet. A User Agent Profile uncovered at NotebookItalia has a previously unseen Iconia Tab A700/A701 showing up, sporting a currently unprecedented 1920x1200 resolution. This indicates a flagship, as the also leaked Iconia Tab A510 may get a lower 1280x800 resolution.
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11/14, 5:00pm
Supercomputers based on Tegra 3 chips
NVIDIA has introduced a new technology for workstations, known as Maximus, and what it claims to be the first supercomputer with ARM-based CPU/GPU hybrid hardware. Maximus enables computers to simultaneously handle interactive graphics and complex computations required to the resulting renderings.
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11/14, 3:30pm
ATT tries Galaxy Tab 8.9 with 4G
AT&T on Monday added its second 4G-equipped tablet in the LTE version of the Galaxy Tab 8.9. Its version is identical to the Wi-Fi version we reviewed with the exception of the cellular Internet access. Stores will get the tablet on November 20 and carry it for a relatively high $480 on a two-year plan, although the price is much less than the $700 on contract of the HTC Jetstream.
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11/14, 11:10am
Iconia Tab A510 to get Tegra 3 CPU, Android 4?
An upcoming tablet from Acer, the Iconia Tab A510/A511, has been leaked thanks to its User Agent Profile being shared by Japan's Ameblo. It will be a successor to the Iconia Tab A500 and, like that tablet, will use Android as its OS. By the time it ships, however, it should arrive with Android 4.0. Processing power will come from a quad-core Tegra 3.
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11/14, 9:55am
Lenovo preps Tegra 3 ultimate tablet
Lenovo is hoping to put itself out in front of the next iPad update and other competitors with an imminent tablet launch, a leak uncovered Monday. The unnamed 10-inch tablet seen by Engadget would be just the second with a 1.6GHz Tegra 3 quad-core chip and would have an uncharacteristically large 2GB of faster 1,600MHz DDR3 memory. It would also be the first to ship with Android 4.0 from the start, as its fellow Tegra 3 rival the Transformer Prime may still arrive with 3.2.
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11/11, 4:45pm
Transformer Prime said to be fast, loud and clear
The ASUS Transformer Prime has already received a hands-on test thanks to Brazilian site ZTOP. The reviewers found the first quad-core tablet, using NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3, to be very fast and exhibit great sound quality. While US prices are said to be $500 for a Wi-Fi version with 32GB of memory and $600 for a 64GB version, and the docking keyboard costing $150, Brazilian prices remain unknown. The tablet will ship in Brazil during the winter, however, likely arriving by March.
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11/10, 7:10pm
Sales of chips for phones/tablets jump 14 percent
NVIDIA has posted results for its third quarter of 2012 that it credited to the rise of smartphones and tablets using the Tegra 2. Revenue for the quarter was $1.07 billion, up 4.9 percent from the prior quarter, and grew 26.3 percent over $843.9 million recorded in the same period last year. The Consumer Products group, which includes the Tegra 2 chips, saw its revenue grow 14 percent over just the spring alone.
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11/10, 3:40pm
Samsung hints PowerVR SGX MP in Galaxy Tab, phones
Imagination Technologies gave a clue as to the future of Samsung's Galaxy phones and Galaxy Tab lines after it revealed that Samsung had licensed its PowerVR SGX MP graphics. The deal would see the multi-core video show up in mobile devices and general home devices. Neither side provided a direct clue as to what would arrive or when.
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11/07, 9:45pm
ASUS said moving Transformer Prime back a month
ASUS may be delaying the Transformer Prime by a month to give it Android 4.0 out of the box, part suppliers claimed late on Monday. Still officially slated for November 9, the convertible tablet was supposedly being moved back to early December for what Digitimes heard was special collaboration. Google may have agreed to help out to make it the first tablet shipping with Android 4.0 out of the box.
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11/07, 2:55pm
HTC Edge to carry 720p LCD, Tegra 3, Beats
HTC's most ambitious Android phone ever may have been unveiled in a sighting that matched both a press shot and details. Just called the Edge, the device would be the first phone with the upcoming Tegra 3, PocketNow heard. The AP30 chip would clock in at 1.5GHz on its four cores and possibly double the speed of a phone like the Rezound.
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11/03, 10:50pm
Amazon Kindle Fire may go to 9-inch display
Amazon's follow-up Kindle Fire may use a smaller screen than originally planned. Part suppliers claimed late Thursday that Chungwa Picture Tubes and LG Display, both of whom already make Kindle Fire displays, were ramping up their production for Amazon 8.9-inch screens. The Digitimes sources didn't have a timeframe, although they left room open for an iPad-like 9.7-inch version or the 10.1-inch panel that others had rumored might come.
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