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We've been twiddling our thumbs waiting patiently for the littlest of Sony's new-look smartphone lineup, the Xperia U, to arrive in earnest. It's a bit of a relief then to see the Android 2.3 phone go on sale at Three UK. You'll be getting what we saw back in Barcelona, including Sony's Timescape interface and the trick color light-up strip. We're guessing that most will see the cheap-as-chips price as the real selling point: the Xperia U costs £170 ($269) without a plan, and it's free as in beer on a two-year contract for £23 ($36) per month. O2, Orange and T-Mobile will expand UK carrier choices soon, but if you're looking for a fresh entry point into Android, Three can take care of you today.

Sony Xperia U goes on sale at Three UK originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 May 2012 04:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Encroaching into the semiconductor business might not seem the most obvious move for a phone manufacturer that's trying to unify its efforts. Nevertheless, China Times reports that HTC has signed a "memorandum of cooperation" with ST-Ericsson to co-develop a new dedicated chip for low-end handsets coming out next year. Since ST-Ericsson is a fabless chip designer, HTC won't risk getting silicon between its fingernails. Instead, if this agreement is what it seems, the Taiwanese manufacturer may simply want more direct control over its supply chains and to reduce its current reliance on ready-made designs from Qualcomm or NVIDIA. After all, it can't be easy for HTC's new CFO, looking on while others gobble up those margins.

China Times: HTC wants to develop its own processors for low-end phones originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Imagination Technologies unveils G6200 and G6400, first two GPUs based on PowerVR Series6 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When stopping by the ST-Ericsson booth at CES Unveiled tonight, we weren't expecting to stumble upon a phone we'd never seen before. Fortunately we were treated to a splendid surprise, as a new device designed by VIA Technologies was hanging out on the desk like a villain. The handset is designated as the "Leo U8500" and is touted as one of the first phones containing a full ST-Ericsson chipset. The yet-to-be-branded Gingerbread device sports the NovaThor U8500 smartphone platform, which rocks a 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU, Mali 400 GPU and 14.4Mbps HSPA+ radio. Its chipset supports cameras with up to 20MP sensors and 1080p HD video capture. While the phone is production-ready, it appears that VIA is still shopping for potential suitors, and it's most likely China-bound when all is said and done. A few images and a video can be found below.

Gallery: VIA Leo U8850 hands-on


Myriam Joire contributed to this report.

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VIA Technologies Leo U8500 hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Linaro member boards get accelerated builds of Android Ice Cream Sandwich originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading HTC Sensation Z710t becomes first smartphone to offer ST-Ericsson's NovaThor SoC

HTC Sensation Z710t becomes first smartphone to offer ST-Ericsson's NovaThor SoC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>a9chinachina mobileChinaMobiledual-corehtchtc sensationHtcSensationmobilepostmininovathorsensationsensation z710tSensationZ710tst-ericssontd-scdmaz710tThu, 29 Sep 2011 08:22:00 EST<![CDATA[ST-Ericsson's PM2300 will charge smartphones and tablets twice as fast, speeding to market this fall]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/st-ericssons-pm2300-will-charge-smartphones-and-tablets-twice-a/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/st-ericssons-pm2300-will-charge-smartphones-and-tablets-twice-a/http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/st-ericssons-pm2300-will-charge-smartphones-and-tablets-twice-a/#comments We can't say the methods for charging mobile devices have been top of our agenda lately, but when you're talking about speeding anything up by 100 percent, our interest is inevitably piqued. ST-Ericsson has come up with a new charger, tailored specifically for servicing tablets and mobile phones, that can juice them up at the brisk rate of 3 Amps. Efficiency is touted all over the place with this accessory, from the 60 percent improvement in PCB utilization to the 92 percent maximum power throughput rating, bringing the drably titled PM2300 dangerously close to a state of desirability. Best of all, tablets featuring its promised double-speed refilling capabilities are expected in the fall of this year, so the wait won't be long, however you look at it.

[Thanks, Ola]

ST-Ericsson's PM2300 will charge smartphones and tablets twice as fast, speeding to market this fall originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Swapped in an image of the prototype looking a bit too much like a 2007 UMPC above.

Sony Ericsson CTO: first LTE device coming 'pretty soon,' also considering Android tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>4gandroidandroid tabletAndroidTabletctoJan UddenfeldtJanUddenfeldtltemwcmwc 2011Mwc2011sonysony ericssonSonyEricssonST-EricssontabletTd-lteUddenfeldtThu, 17 Feb 2011 15:11:00 EST<![CDATA[Nokia's leaked MeeGo device resembles dual-core ST-Ericsson U8500 reference platform]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/nokias-leaked-meego-device-resembles-dual-core-st-ericsson-u850/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/nokias-leaked-meego-device-resembles-dual-core-st-ericsson-u850/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/nokias-leaked-meego-device-resembles-dual-core-st-ericsson-u850/#comments Yesterday's leaked image of a purported Nokia tablet device seems to have been more informative than we initially believed it to be. An eagle-eyed forum member over on mobile-review has spotted the similarity between it and a reference platform for ST-Ericsson's U8500 system-on-chip. Last we heard, that little powerhouse was running a pair of 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 cores, so excuse us if we find the prospect of it driving Nokia's next flagship a rather exciting one. You can see video of the reference device in question after the break -- it ends on the delicious and unequivocal assertion from the ST-Ericsson rep that Nokia has signed up to deliver the U8500 in an upcoming device. Bear in mind, however, that the video is from November of last year and we still don't know for sure that the Nokia slate above is its MeeGo progenitor or just a prototype. Either way, the U8500 is expected in smartphones at some point in the first half of this year, which kind of fits Nokia's roadmap, no?

[Image credit: Cor72z]

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Nokia's leaked MeeGo device resembles dual-core ST-Ericsson U8500 reference platform originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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An LTE network's not much good without some modems able to take advantage of it, and Verizon's now added a handful of new ones to its 4G option courtesy of LG and ST-Ericsson. LG has just announced its WM300 LTE module and L2000 modem chip, while ST-Ericsson has gotten official with its M700 LTE modem -- all of which are intended for use in various, as yet unnamed LTE devices. No timeline on availability for any of them just yet, but you can find both press releases after the break.

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LG, ST-Ericsson announce LTE modem chips and modules for Verizon originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>4gcesces 2011ces2011L2000lglteM700modemmodem chipModemChipmodulest ericssonst-ericssonStEricssonverizonvzwWM300Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:09:00 EST<![CDATA[ARM, Samsung, IBM, Freescale, TI and more join to form Linaro, speed rollout of Linux-based devices]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/arm-samsung-ibm-freescale-ti-and-more-join-to-form-linaro-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/arm-samsung-ibm-freescale-ti-and-more-join-to-form-linaro-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/03/arm-samsung-ibm-freescale-ti-and-more-join-to-form-linaro-s/#comments My, my -- what have we here? No, seriously, what is this hodgepodge of (rival) companies, and why have they suddenly decided to high five each other here at Computex? Frankly, we're still trying to piece it all together, but after sitting through a Linaro launch event in Taipei, we're beginning to get a better handle on the relationship that Samsung, ARM, IBM, Freescale, ST-Ericsson, Texas Instruments and the Linux Foundation have just made official. The outfits mentioned above are coming together to form the UK-based Linaro (a not-for-profit entity), which currently has 25 engineers but will see that figure shoot up to nearly a hundred around the world in the coming days. In short, the new firm -- which will have an annual budget in the "tens of millions of dollars" but below "$100 million" -- is seeking to "speed the rollout of Linux-based devices," with one of the key points being this: Linaro will "provide a stable and optimized base for distributions and developers by creating new releases of optimized tools, kernel and middleware software validated for a wide range of SoCs, every six months."

Read on for more...

Gallery: Linaro launch event at Computex 2010

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ARM, Samsung, IBM, Freescale, TI and more join to form Linaro, speed rollout of Linux-based devices originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ARMcomputexcomputex 2010Computex2010ecosystemfreescalehpintelLiMolinarolinuxlinux foundationLinuxFoundationmeegopalmsamsungSoCsoftwarest-ericssonsystem-on-chiptexas instrumentsTexasInstrumentsTIUbuntuwebosThu, 03 Jun 2010 00:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Vodafone 150 lays claim to 'world's cheapest phone' title, ST-Ericsson works on thrifty 3G]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/vodafone-150-lays-claim-to-worlds-cheapest-phone-title/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/vodafone-150-lays-claim-to-worlds-cheapest-phone-title/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/vodafone-150-lays-claim-to-worlds-cheapest-phone-title/#comments There are only two possible reasons for why a gadget freak like you would want a cheap phone: you're either a very sensible person (who probably got mugged once), or you're saving up for the phone of your life. Oh, who are we kidding? We all want a nice phone for next to nothing, right? The legendary Motorola MOTOFONE came close, but check out these new bad boys -- the sub-$15 Vodafone 150 and the sub-$20 250, produced by TCL. Fine, they may look more like toys than your everyday eye candy, but you do get five hours of battery, SMS, two games on that mini monochrome screen, and even an LED torch on the back -- and what's more, the lowly 150 is claiming the holy grail "world's cheapest phone" title that every manufacturer with an interest in emerging markets would kill to own. For an extra $5 there's even a larger screen in color (!), not to mention FM radio. If you want one, you better start flying walking to either India, Turkey or Africa where the phones will be launched over the next few weeks, or you can just gaze at Fonehome's hands-on video of the 150 after the break.

On a similar topic, ST-Ericsson has launched the U6715 mobile platform with 7.2Mbps HSPA modem for Linux-based OSes (Android and MeeGo, to name a couple), and expects participating manufacturers to deliver sub-€100 (about $137) smartphones in the first half of 2010. Apparently, the trick is to use "structurally-less expensive silicon, without compromising the end user experience." With a 1000mAh battery, the platform will deliver up to 40 hours to musical entertainment -- twice that of the Nexus One with 1400mAh -- and up to seven hours of 3G talk time on one charge. Pretty sweet at first blush, except there's no mention of what the CPU would be clocked at. Regardless, all we want is some smooth video playback from the "elegant and powerful multimedia engine" -- is that too much to ask?

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Vodafone 150 lays claim to 'world's cheapest phone' title, ST-Ericsson works on thrifty 3G originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>150affordable phoneAffordablePhonecheap phoneCheapPhoneemerging marketemerging marketsEmergingMarketEmergingMarketshspamwcmwc 2010Mwc2010st-ericssonst-ericsson U6715St-ericssonU6715U6715vodafonevodafone 150Vodafone150Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:03:00 EST<![CDATA[ST-Ericsson's U8500 brings dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 to the Android world]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/st-ericssons-u8500-brings-dual-core-1-2ghz-arm-cortex-a9-to-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/st-ericssons-u8500-brings-dual-core-1-2ghz-arm-cortex-a9-to-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/st-ericssons-u8500-brings-dual-core-1-2ghz-arm-cortex-a9-to-the/#commentsCan't get enough of hearing about implementations of ARM's Cortex-A9 MPCore processors? Good. ST-Ericsson's powerhouse U8500 system-on-chip has come a major step closer to appearing in mainstream devices with today's newly announced support for the Android operating system. Having optimized the OS to take advantage of Symmetric Multi Processing -- a method for extending battery life by sharing the load between the two processing cores and underclocking when necessary -- the partner company is now ready to start dropping these 1.2GHz dual-core beasts inside the next generation of smartphones. The claim is that you'll get all that additional power while sacrificing nothing, as devices based on the U8500 would maintain "the cost and power consumption characteristics of a traditional feature phone." We're promised built-in HDMI-out support, 1080p video recording, and 120 hours of audio playback or 12 hours of Full HD video off a 1,000mAh battery -- pledges we'd very much like to see fulfilled.

ST-Ericsson's U8500 brings dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 to the Android world originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ericsson trials HSPA-LTE interoperability, we count 7 Gs in total originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3g4gericssonhandoffhspainteroperabilityltest-ericssonstockholmswedenTue, 15 Dec 2009 15:05:00 EST<![CDATA[ST-Ericsson's U8500 platform gives your next smartphone wicked 3D powers]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/st-ericssons-u8500-platform-gives-your-next-smartphone-wicked-3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/st-ericssons-u8500-platform-gives-your-next-smartphone-wicked-3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/st-ericssons-u8500-platform-gives-your-next-smartphone-wicked-3/#comments It's one thing for ARM to develop a potent GPU meant to add impressive 3D capabilities to devices that were previously forced to run the likes of "Snake," but it's another thing entirely to see a platform and semiconductor company come forward and take it one step closer to the mainstream. ST-Ericsson has done just that with its U8500 platform, which is the first to integrate ARM's Mali-400 graphics processing unit into a solution that can be easily fitted into future phones. Think your iPhone 3GS GPU is mighty enough? Hop on past the break and mash play -- it'll make those fancy water reflections you're currently drooling over look downright ugly.

[Via B4Tech, thanks Chris]

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ST-Ericsson's U8500 platform gives your next smartphone wicked 3D powers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dARMARM MaliARM Mali-400ArmMaliArmMali-400gpugraphicsMaliMali-400mobilemultimediaplatformsmartphonest ericssonST-EricssonST-Ericsson U8500St-ericssonU8500StEricssonU8500Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:31:00 EST<![CDATA[ST-Ericsson's U8500 platform gives your next smartphone wicked 3D powers]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/st-ericssons-u8500-platform-gives-your-next-smartphone-wicked-3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/st-ericssons-u8500-platform-gives-your-next-smartphone-wicked-3/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/st-ericssons-u8500-platform-gives-your-next-smartphone-wicked-3/#comments It's one thing for ARM to develop a potent GPU meant to add impressive 3D capabilities to devices that were previously forced to run the likes of "Snake," but it's another thing entirely to see a platform and semiconductor company come forward and take it one step closer to the mainstream. ST-Ericsson has done just that with its U8500 platform, which is the first to integrate ARM's Mali-400 graphics processing unit into a solution that can be easily fitted into future phones. Think your iPhone 3GS GPU is mighty enough? Hop on past the break and mash play -- it'll make those fancy water reflections you're currently drooling over look downright ugly.

[Thanks Chris]

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