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PSA: AT&T’s HTC One X now in stock, get it while it’s frosty

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While the AT&T One X is getting some flack for being blocked from HTC’s bootloader unlocking program, the good news is that it’s officially available starting today. So long as you’re not phased with having Sense 4 sprinkled on top of your 4.7-in…


Leaked benchmarks suggest Motorola is working on a Snapdragon S4 phone

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You slave away on your company’s Next Big Thing, of course you want to see how it performs. And we’re glad that you do decided to dabble, hypothetical engineer, because we can pore over those numbers for a glimpse at what’s coming next. According to…


Qualcomm, Microsoft giving Snapdragon S4 PCs to Windows-on-ARM developers (update: NVIDIA handing out Tegra 3 PCs, too)

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Microsoft spent a big chunk of MWC today telling everyone about Windows 8 and if you’re the coding type, the news gets even better. If invited, you’ll be expecting something nice in the mail to arrive from Redmond very shortly. It’s sending out test …


Qualcomm unleashes Snapdragon S4 ‘Pro’ chip with superior graphics

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The standard version of the S4, aka the MSM8960, has already garnered a lot of benchmark-backed respect — not least in the HTC One X. It’s a true next-gen SoC is every respect except one: it’s Adreno 225 GPU is simply a souped-up, higher-clocked versi…


Qualcomm unleashes Snapdragon S4 ‘Pro’ chip with superior graphics

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The standard version of the S4, aka the MSM8960, has already garnered a lot of benchmark-backed respect — not least in the HTC One X. It’s a true next-gen SoC is every respect except one: it’s Adreno 225 GPU is simply a souped-up, higher-clocked versi…


Qualcomm Atheros flaunts 802.11ac WiFi module for Snapdragon S4

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The 802.11ac WiFi standard may sound like an alphabetical step backwards, but for high-bandwidth tasks like 1080p streaming it promises to wipe the face off 802.11n. Qualcomm Atheros wants its share of the billion unit pie and has just launched a seri…


Qualcomm Krait S4 SoC fully benchmarked, diagnosed as ‘insane’

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We’ve seen it, touched it and we fully expect it’ll be turning heads in Barcelona next week, but until now Qualcomm’s Krait chip has largely escaped the rigors of independent benchmarking. Fortunately, AnandTech has to come to our rescue once again wi…


Qualcomm Krait S4 SoC fully benchmarked, diagnosed as ‘insane’

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We’ve seen it, touched it and we fully expect it’ll be turning heads in Barcelona next week, but until now Qualcomm’s Krait chip has largely escaped the rigors of independent benchmarking. Fortunately, AnandTech has to come to our rescue once again wi…


Qualcomm chips complete first successful VoIP-over-LTE to WCDMA handoff

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For now, voice over LTE is but an idea — one with unrealized potential, as Verizon, AT&T and Metro PCS all still rely on their 3G networks for voice duty. Qualcomm has edged us one step closer to a completely 4G future, though, with the first suc…


Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 development tablet hands-on (Video)

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We already had the deep-dish on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 development platform during our on-stage pow-wow with the company’s Rob Chandok but we wanted to get some extra time with the device. The MSM8960 is a developer tablet: which means it’ll never …