Posts Tagged ‘Qualcomm’

Qualcomm Invests in BlueStacks App Player

April 11th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

BlueStacks, an emulator that allows PC users to launch Android apps on their personal computers, has attracted an investment from Qualcomm. The investment follows downloads of the player passing the 1 million mark.

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MWC: Qualcomm Goes Pro on Snapdragon S4

February 27th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Qualcomm has introduced their new S4 Pro Processor that builds on the success of the Snapdragon series. The new SoC goes under the name of S4 MSM8960 and holds an Adreno 320 GPU.

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Cheap Dual-Core CPU’s from Qualcomm

December 12th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Qualcomm has introduced two new CPU’s for the production of cheap smartphones. The MSM8225 and MSM8625 both run on 1Ghz processors but have an Adreno 203-GPU which is less powerfull compared to the Adreno 205-GPU that is found in smartphones like the new Nokia Lumia 800 and the HTC Desire HD.

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MWC: Qualcomm Announces a Lot

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

This morning our mailbox was stuffed with chipset news from Qualcomm. We highlighted some of the news in this one post.

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Creative Mobile labs to Bridge Filmmakers and Gamedevelopers

February 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Qualcomm and the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) have set-up a new company called Creative Mobile Labs. The new company should assist film makers in bringing their projects to mobile.

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Qualcomm Launches AR Development Contest

November 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The AR App and Games market is still developing and so far, only a few bright ideas have managed to become reality over the past couple of years. With a new competition, Qualcomm hopes to stimulate AR development.

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Qualcomm Launches QDevNet Developer Portal

April 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

To support mobile developers, Qualcomm has created a new portal where developers can get the latest information about Qualcomm’s chipsets and phones that contain them.

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GDC: BrewMP, Smartphones for the Masses

March 10th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air, Platforms: Brew, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Though Brew has always been a strong platform in the US, the platform never reached a substantial marketshare in markets like Europe and Asia. With the new BrewMP platform, that might change.

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Qualcomm’s Brew Free for All

January 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Brew | No Comments »

The past year, many smartphone platforms have gone open source, meaning that smartphones have become a lot cheaper to manufacture. To avoid losing marketshare to smartphone platforms, Qualcomm has decided to open up Brew and make it a free platform for dumbphones.

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Qualcomm: Mobile GPU’s Hit PS3 Quality within 5 Years

November 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in 1 | No Comments »

At the Innovation Qualcomm Conference, the company announced that its mobile chipsets will be able to bring PS3 like graphics in five years from now. PS2 quality should be reality in 2010 already.