Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Tips have Acer, ASUS and Toshiba showing Windows 8 tablets at Computex, color us unsurprised]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/tips-have-acer-asus-and-toshiba-windows-8-tablets-at-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/tips-have-acer-asus-and-toshiba-windows-8-tablets-at-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/tips-have-acer-asus-and-toshiba-windows-8-tablets-at-computex/#comments Windows 8 NVIDIA tablet

We know Computex will involve nothing less than a deluge of new laptops, but if we believe Bloomberg, it's going to be a Windows 8 tablet-topia as well. Hot on the heels of the Windows 8 Release Preview, it's claimed by the ever-present "people with knowledge of the matter" that Acer, ASUS and Toshiba will all be showing tablets with the new OS at the Taipei show. ASUS will reportedly get the star treatment at Microsoft's keynote and show off Transformer-style Windows 8 tablets that we suspect are hinted at in ASUS' slightly cryptic trailers. Processor loyalties could be split across the wider group, though: ASUS is said to be spreading the love by showing both an Intel-based tablet as well as one using NVIDIA's ARM-powered Tegra line, but Acer's previously rumored tablet is poised to go the Intel-only route, and Toshiba's may exist solely in a TI OMAP-based ARM camp. It's not apparent if anyone else will join the Windows 8 tablet frenzy, although Qualcomm is expected to show yet another Snapdragon-running test device. We'll be on the ground at Computex next week, so you can be sure that we'll give you the full rundown on Windows 8's opening salvo.

Tips have Acer, ASUS and Toshiba showing Windows 8 tablets at Computex, color us unsurprised originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The 7-inch ASUS Eee Pad MeMO ME370T we saw in early prototype form during CES just passed through the FCC. It's still only showing WiFi radios with no trace of a cellular connection, although if it's going to be the $249 standard bearer NVIDIA and ASUS were so excited about, that's to be expected. A juicier rumor that has surfaced in the intervening period however, suggests this device will actually be released as a Google Nexus 7-inch tablet (or just sold from a Google store), and could even feature the next version of Android, codenamed Jelly Bean. It could also sell for as low as $149, although the cheaper reworked version might swap out the Tegra processor for one from Qualcomm. We didn't spot anything in the filings to back that up, but you can paw through the PDFs yourself at the link below, or just get an idea of what it looks like in non-line drawn form with our gallery of pics from CES 2012.

Gallery: Asus Eee Pad MeMO 370T

ASUS MeMO 370T 7-inch tablet clears the FCC, leaves no trace of Ice Cream or Jelly behind originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 May 2012 02:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Drops, shocks, heavy vibrations, dust, water and temperatures in the extremes -- just the kind of punishment you'd expect a DRS Armor slab to put up with, and the firm's latest do so without the briefcase-like look. With MIL-STD 810G certification and an IP65 rating, the 7-inch multi-touch slates can withstand some rough and tumble -- though there's no word if they can pass the tesla coil benchmark. At 1.3 pounds, the Android 3.2-loaded X7ad squeezes out eight hours of battery life with a 1GHz dual core Tegra 2 processor. Its Windows-minded doppelganger, the X7et, holds a six-hour charge, sports an Atom Z670 processor and tips the scales at just under 1.5 pounds. If the chunkier look strikes your fancy, the 12.1 inch X12kb has you covered -- though at 5.5 pounds, it's the lightest MIL-STD-810G certified convertible tablet currently available. The swivel screened slate has up to eight hours of battery life, a Core i5 560UMCPU processor, a polarized LCD glass display, a spillproof keyboard and touchpad in addition to a one-click stealth mode that disables light and sound for "covert operations." With GPS, WiFi and Gobi Wireless Broadband options, all three of these are ready for missions at home and abroad, however you might need that stealth function to find out the (currently unspecified) pricing.

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DRS unveils trio of ruggedized tablets in Windows and Android flavors originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 26 May 2012 03:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AndroidAndroid 3.2Android3.2ArmorArmor X12kbArmor X7adArmor X7etArmorX12kbArmorX7adArmorX7etatomcore i5CoreI5DRSdual-corehoneycombintelnvidiaruggedrugged tabletrugged tabletsruggedizedRuggedTabletRuggedTabletsslatetablettablet pcTabletPctabletstegrategra 2Tegra2WindowsWindows 7Windows7X12kbX7adX7etSat, 26 May 2012 03:16:00 EST<![CDATA[ASUS Transformer Pad TF300TL hits the FCC with AT&T-friendly LTE]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/24/asus-transformer-pad-tf300tl-hits-the-fcc/http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/24/asus-transformer-pad-tf300tl-hits-the-fcc/http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/24/asus-transformer-pad-tf300tl-hits-the-fcc/#comments ImageASUS isn't known for offering its tablets to North American carriers with 3G or 4G; an FCC filing for a cellular-capable Transformer Pad TF300 could be a clue at a break in the WiFi-only trend. Along with the usual wireless, a TF300TL variant of the Android 4.0 slate has stopped by the agency with the 850MHz and 1,900MHz frequencies needed for HSPA 3G as well as, best of all, 700MHz and 1,700MHz support for LTE-based 4G. All four are what we'd look for in an AT&T-oriented tablet, so don't be surprised if Ma Bell carries a 4G Transformer Pad before long. All but the 700MHz band would be handy for Canadian networks as well. There's no surefire evidence of when the tablet might make a more formal appearance, nor hints of whether or not it will keep the quad-core Tegra 3, although the slight spin on the regular TF300 formula could keep the wait short.

ASUS Transformer Pad TF300TL hits the FCC with AT&T-friendly LTE originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 May 2012 20:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While there's already plenty of excitement around other quad-core Android phones, LG will join the party soon when its Optimus 4X HD launches in a few European countries next month. Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland are all on deck in June, where this latest Optimus variant will bring a 4.7-inch 720p HD IPS LCD, Tegra 3 CPU (benchmarked and seen in white here) and 2,150mAh battery coupled with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. On the software front, LG is touting its ability to take and share notes with "Quick Memo" (as seen in the Optimus Vu, now updated with the ability to include hyperlinks) as well as new "Media Plex" video playback controls. We got our hands all over this one during MWC 2012 a few months ago so until it drops in your neck of the woods, check out our gallery and video for a closer look or the press release after the break.

Gallery: LG Optimus 4X hands-on

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LG lines up Optimus 4X HD for launch in Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 May 2012 23:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NVIDIA confirms no 'Project Grey' until 2013, Tegra 3 LTE later this year originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 May 2012 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NVIDIA reports Q1 earnings: rakes $60.4 million profit on $924.9 million in revenue originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 May 2012 08:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ooo! It's coming! What is? We don't know, but we're excited anyway. NVIDIA has a teaser up informing us that at 7:30 pm, Pacific time, on April 28th it will have something special to announce. The venue will be the GeForce LAN / NVIDIA Gaming Festival 2012 in Shanghai -- which leads us to believe there might be a GPU announcement in store for us. Though, we wouldn't write off a Tegra reveal entirely. So, which will it be? You'll just have to check back in Saturday to find out.

NVIDIA says 'it's coming,' won't say what 'it' is originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks Rizwan]

Reported Tegra 4 roadmap hints at LTE, Q1 2013 release originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Always talkative NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is in the news yet again, this time telling the New York Times that his company's Tegra 3 hardware is incorporating enough cost saving that it could be in $199 Android tablets by this summer -- beating his previous $299 promise. Beyond the tantalizing thought of value-priced tablets with the horsepower of the Transformer Prime (perfect for that rumored price subsidized, ASUS-built and Google-branded slate, right?) there's also a shout out Tegra-powered Windows 8 slates and Sony's unannounced VAIO Chromebook that popped through the FCC. The NYT suggests its T25 chip could stand for Tegra 2.5 with a debut planned for Google I/O in June -- we'll find out then if this is misguided line drawing or a very educated guess.

NVIDIA CEO suggests $199 Tegra 3 tablets in the summer originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's a big day for open source fans now that NVIDIA, the last member of the "big three" chip makers with AMD and Intel, has signed on with the Linux foundation. The company has previously kept the system at arms length, with users relying on reverse-engineering to get things working nicely with Linus' baby. It's joining Fluenco, Lineo and Mocana, three companies who also became signatories to the foundation at the same time. Whilst there's no commitment to provide drivers for its chipsets, at least there's a glimmer of hope that the company will contribute -- especially given the growing popularity of its mobile platforms.

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NVIDIA joins Linux Foundation, doesn't mention driver development originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 chips get LTE support, radio makers GCT and Renesas on board originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>4GGCTLTEmobile world congress 2012mobilepostcrossMobileWorldCongress2012modemmodemsnvidiarenesastegrategra 3Tegra3Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA officially brands Tegra 3's five-core quad-core architecture as 4-PLUS-1]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/23/nvidia-officially-brands-tegra-3s-five-core-quad-core-architect/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/23/nvidia-officially-brands-tegra-3s-five-core-quad-core-architect/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/23/nvidia-officially-brands-tegra-3s-five-core-quad-core-architect/#comments NVIDIA officially brands Tegra 3's five-core quad-core architecture as 4-PLUS-1NVIDIA's cooked up a few ways to describe the Tegra 3's quad-core-with-a-spare architecture, usually by giving the extra Cortex A9 a cute nickname like "ninja," or "companion." Until now, the proper description was "Variable Symmetrical Multiprocessing," or, vSMP for short. Despite how much fun (and technically accurate) some of these descriptions may have been, however, they just aren't marketable. "Our customers wanted a name for it that's unique and descriptive," writes mobile business unit general manager Michael Rayfield, "A name they could put on a box or a store sign that immediately represents its value." That official name is the 4-PLUS-1 quad-core architecture, he says, and you'll probably see it pop up a few times in Barcelona next week if LG's latest offering is any indication. It lacks something in pizzaz, to be sure, but we'll admit that it is at least descriptive of the Tegra 3's technical chops. In related news, NVIDIA promises the Tegra will be less fickle about its new moniker than the symbol formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince.

NVIDIA officially brands Tegra 3's five-core quad-core architecture as 4-PLUS-1 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ZTE to unleash eight new phones at MWC, hopes multi-core chipsets and LTE push them into third place originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AndroidAndroid 4.0Android4.0dlnaGooglehspa+ice creamIceCreamIceraIcera 450Icera450ICSltelte fddLteFddmhlMicrosoftMimosaMimosa XMimosaXMobile High-Definition Linkmobile world congressmobile world congress 2012MobileHigh-definitionLinkmobilepostcrossMobileWorldCongressMobileWorldCongress2012NVIDIANVIDIA Tegra 2NvidiaTegra2TegraTegra 2Tegra2Windows PhoneWindowsPhoneZTEZTE MimosaZTE Mimosa XZteMimosaZteMimosaXThu, 23 Feb 2012 00:05:00 EST<![CDATA[LG Optimus 4X HD unveiled: Quad-core Tegra 3, Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.7-inch display]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/22/lg-optimus-4x-hd-unveiled-quad-core-tegra-3-ice-cream-sandwich/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/22/lg-optimus-4x-hd-unveiled-quad-core-tegra-3-ice-cream-sandwich/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/22/lg-optimus-4x-hd-unveiled-quad-core-tegra-3-ice-cream-sandwich/#comments If LG failed to impress so far with the Android 2.3 phones it's shown off in the run up to MWC 2012, perhaps the Optimus 4X HD can turn things around. This 4.7-inch beast will hit Europe in the second quarter and is its first to feature a 1.5GHz quad-core Tegra 3 as its benchmark destroying CPU, a 4.7-inch True HD IPS LCD (1280x720) plus what appears to be a lightly customized version of Ice Cream Sandwich. Perhaps the only logical followup to its Optimus 2X that kicked off all the dual-core madness, it also includes a 2,150mAh battery, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Despite that huge screen, at a depth of 8.9mm it's only slightly thicker than the superwide 4x3 Optimus Vu. Just like the Fujitsu prototype we spent some time with at CES, the Tegra 3 features a 4+1 "Companion Core" design, with a fifth low power unit available to take care of more mundane tasks without draining the battery. This is all pretty close to the leaked "X3" specs we'd heard, however there's no mention of NFC or HSPA+ just yet, only DLNA and MHL. Check out the full press release after the break for a few more specs.

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LG Optimus 4X HD unveiled: Quad-core Tegra 3, Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.7-inch display originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1.5 ghz1.5Ghz1280 x 7201280X7204.7-inch720pandroidandroid 4.0Android4.0breaking newscompanion coreCompanionCoredlnahdhdmiice cream sandwichIceCreamSandwichicsipslglg optimus 4x hdLgOptimus4xHdmhlmobile world congressmobile world congress 2012mobilepostcrossMobileWorldCongressMobileWorldCongress2012mwcmwc 2012Mwc2012nvidiaoptimusoptimus 4x hdOptimus4xHdquad coreQuadCoretegrategra 3Tegra3Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:10:00 EST<![CDATA[ZTE Mimosa X official: ICS, Tegra 2, HSPA+ and 4.3-inch qHD display, arriving in Q2]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/20/zte-mimosa-x-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/20/zte-mimosa-x-announced/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/20/zte-mimosa-x-announced/#comments
And then there were three. Not 24 hours after announcing a pair of Android 4.0 handsets, ZTE is back with the Mimosa X, a 4.3-inch, HSPA+ device running Ice Cream Sandwich. Interestingly, this is the first time since NVIDIA acquired wireless chip maker Icera that we've seen a phone packing both Tegra 2 and an NVIDIA-made modem (in this case, the 21Mbps-capable Icera 450). In its press release, NVIDIA also goes so far as to say this is the first time "a premium mobile computing experience is coming to the mainstream smartphone market," as if Tegra 3 hadn't already pushed Tegra 2 down into mid-range territory. Anyhow, marketing spin aside, this is indeed a middle-of-the-road device, with a qHD (960 x 540) display, 5-megapixel camera and 4GB of internal storage. It also supports A2DP Bluetooth and DLNA, and makes room for dual mics and a gyroscope. No word yet on how much it'll cost or even what markets it'll hit, though we do know it will go on sale sometime in Q2. Until then, something tells us we might get our first look much sooner, sometime in Barcelona next week.

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ZTE Mimosa X official: ICS, Tegra 2, HSPA+ and 4.3-inch qHD display, arriving in Q2 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AndroidAndroid 4.0Android4.0Googlehspa+ice creamIceCreamIceraIcera 450Icera450ICSMimosaMimosa XMimosaXmobile world congress 2012mobilepostcrossMobileWorldCongress2012NVIDIANVIDIA IceraNVIDIA Icera 450NvidiaIceraNvidiaIcera450TegraTegra 2Tegra2ZTEZTE MimosaZTE Mimosa XZteMimosaZteMimosaXMon, 20 Feb 2012 20:30:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA reports Q4 2012 earnings: annual revenue up 12.8 percent, net income doubles]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/nvidia-q4-2012-earnings/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/nvidia-q4-2012-earnings/http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/nvidia-q4-2012-earnings/#commentsNVIDIA Q4 earningsIf you thought we were done with the numbers game, think again. NVIDIA has just pushed out its figures for Q4 of FY 2012 and things are looking good. Revenue for the quarter was $953 million, a 10.6 percent decline over Q3, but if you look over the entire year revenue increased 12.8 percent over fiscal 2011. Net income, too, was down compared to Q3, but looking annually, when compared to 2011 income more than doubled, from 253 million to 581. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was predictably pleased with the outcome, saying: "We expect continued growth ahead, as Tegra 3 powers a new wave of quad-core super phones and Kepler, our next-generation GPU architecture, sets new standards in visual and parallel computing." We're expecting plenty of great devices too -- the Transformer Prime TF700T in particular.

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NVIDIA reports Q4 2012 earnings: annual revenue up 12.8 percent, net income doubles originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>earningsfinancialsgpujen-hsun huangJen-hsunHuangnvidiaq4 2012Q42012tegrategra 3Tegra3Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:03:00 EST<![CDATA[Notion Ink explains OMAP over Tegra decision for the Adam II]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/29/notion-ink-explains-omap-over-tegra-decision-for-the-adam-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/29/notion-ink-explains-omap-over-tegra-decision-for-the-adam-ii/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/29/notion-ink-explains-omap-over-tegra-decision-for-the-adam-ii/#comments While which chip ends up in a particular device will significantly affect its performance and access to future upgrades, it's not often that we get to peek behind the curtain and find out why those decisions were made. A post on Notion Ink's new Adam II development blog adds some transparency to the process, discussing the switch from an NVIDIA Tegra chip in its first Adam slate to a TI OMAP solution in the just announced tablet. According to the blog, while theoretical performance marks are nice, the company decided its expertise and that of available programmers would let it squeeze the most out of a Texas Instruments chip, as opposed to its first effort that didn't "fully utilize" the power of Tegra. Hit the source link for more details and a breakdown of some of the tech packed into the OMAP4 CPU, and keep an eye on the blog for more details in the run up to the Adam II's release.

Notion Ink explains OMAP over Tegra decision for the Adam II originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidcpuice cream sandwichIceCreamSandwichnotion inkNotionInknvidiaomapomap 4Omap4tablettegratiSun, 29 Jan 2012 19:16:00 EST<![CDATA[Hands-on with NVIDIA-powered Audi Connect]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/hands-on-with-nvidia-powered-audi-connect/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/hands-on-with-nvidia-powered-audi-connect/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/hands-on-with-nvidia-powered-audi-connect/#comments Last year Audi announced a partnership with NVIDIA to pack its next generation Audi Connect infotainment system with the chip-maker's Tegra graphics processor. The chipset is part of Audi's new modular multimedia system - dubbed MMX - which allows the automaker to upgrade the guts of its infotainment system as new hardware comes to market. Today, Audi showed off the fruits of their tie-up.

The new Audi Connect system is set to arrive in the 2013 A3 and Audi trotted out a mock-up of the new compact hatch's interior to show off the next-gen system here at CES. The Touchpad (no, not that one) originally fitted to the Audi A7 and A8 has been incorporated into the MMI knob, allowing users to write individual letters to input destinations, point-of-interest and web searches in place of tedious scrolling. Audi also swapped the traditional buttons flanking the MMI knob with new toggle switches, all of which will make their way to other Audi models in the coming years.

Finally, there's the ultra-thin seven-inch LCD powered by that Tegra chip, which renders 3D animations with ease, along with displaying Google Earth navigation and Google Street View images. Check it all out in the video after the jump.

Gallery: Audi Connect

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Hands-on with NVIDIA-powered Audi Connect originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>audiaudi connectAudiConnectcesces 2012Ces2012nvidianvidia tegraNvidiaTegrategraWed, 11 Jan 2012 09:29:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA's Tegra 3 chips coming to cars, starting with the Tesla S, as well as Audi and Lamborghini]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/nvidias-tegra-chips-coming-to-cars-starting-with-the-tesla-s/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/nvidias-tegra-chips-coming-to-cars-starting-with-the-tesla-s/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/nvidias-tegra-chips-coming-to-cars-starting-with-the-tesla-s/#comments Well, here's something we were not expecting to hear at today's NVIDIA CES press conference. The company just announced that its Tegra 3 chips will power not just tablets, but in-car entertainment systems. For starters, this will include Tesla's model S, though it's also going to find a home in Ferrari Lamborghini and Audi (announcement to come, we're told). That's all we know for now -- nothing on availability, the mix of Tegra 2 / 3 chips or NVIDIA's roadmap -- but given how ubiquitous Tegra is, we think we have a handle on how well it handles multimedia content.

Billy Steele contributed to this report.

NVIDIA's Tegra 3 chips coming to cars, starting with the Tesla S, as well as Audi and Lamborghini originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>audiautomotiveautoscarcarscesces 2012Ces2012ferrariin carin-carin-car entertainmentIn-carEntertainmentInCarNvidiategraTesla model STeslaModelSMon, 09 Jan 2012 19:56:00 EST<![CDATA[Acer's next-gen, quad-core Iconia Tab introduced at CES 2012 with a 1080p display]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/acer-iconia-tab-1080p-tablet-ces-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/acer-iconia-tab-1080p-tablet-ces-2012/http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/acer-iconia-tab-1080p-tablet-ces-2012/#comments Acer's finishing up its CES 2012 presser with a teaser to end all teasers: there's a next-generation, quad-core Iconia Tab on the way. The Android-based slate will be powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 3 and will boast a native 1080p (!) display, leaving us to believe that it'll be a 10.1-inch panel that you're staring at. Sadly, the company didn't give any extra details (no price, no release date), but we'll be digging for more as the day continues.

Update: Turns out it'll be dubbed the Iconia Tab A700, and it'll ship with a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3, 1GB of RAM, a 10.1-inch "IPS-quality" 1080p display (!) and a customized version of Ice Cream Sandwich. HDMI and micro-USB ports are also included, as is a microSD card slot. Check out our hands-on with the device here!

Gallery: Acer next generation Android tablet

Acer's next-gen, quad-core Iconia Tab introduced at CES 2012 with a 1080p display originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1080pandroidandroid tabletAndroidTabletbreaking newscesces 2012Ces2012nvidiaquad-coreslatetablettablet pcTabletPctegrategra 3Tegra3Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:08:00 EST<![CDATA[Acer riding shotgun on quad-core bandwagon, confirms Tegra 3 tablet coming next year]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/acer-riding-shotgun-on-quad-core-bandwagon-confirms-tegra-3-tab/http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/acer-riding-shotgun-on-quad-core-bandwagon-confirms-tegra-3-tab/http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/acer-riding-shotgun-on-quad-core-bandwagon-confirms-tegra-3-tab/#commentsThe web was rife with scuttlebutt yesterday that the artist formerly known as Kal-el would make an appearance in an Acer slate next year. In response, Acer's President Jim Wong has confirmed that the company will, indeed, be bringing a quad-core tablet to market in 2012. Unfortunately, Wong failed to mention any other details about Acer's next Android slate, though he did say the company plans to "remain very aggressive" on the tablet front. We're not sure what that means, but we do know we can't wait to see the results of that aggression -- who's up for a quad-core cage match between the unnamed Acer and a Transformer Prime?

Acer riding shotgun on quad-core bandwagon, confirms Tegra 3 tablet coming next year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For now ASUS' Transformer Prime is the lonely king of the quad-core tablet hill, but as we'd heard a few weeks back, it looks like it'll have company soon enough. Insider sources have reported to DigiTimes that you'll be able to snag a nifty Android tablet with a quad-core GPU for between $459 and $599 in 2012. Acer and Lenovo are apparently set to target Apple's iPad tablet as well as ASUS with NVIDIA's quad-core Tegra 3 GPU tablets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in the first quarter of 2012. These sources also stated that since neither Acer nor Lenovo have a direct advantage over Apple or Amazon's tablet devices, they'd only be competing for about 10 to 15 percent of the total PC tablet market. And yes, there are mathematical formulas that prove that owning a reasonably priced tablet with a quad-core GPU does make you the coolest kid on the block.

Acer, Lenovo looking to release Tegra 3-equipped tablets in early 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>20124.0AcerAmazonAndroidAppleAsustekice cream sandwichIceCreamSandwichkal elkal-elKalElLenovoNvidiaPCQ1sourcetablettegrategra 3Tegra3Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:28:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA's Jen-Hsun Huang: quad-core, Tegra 3 tablets will drop to $299 in a 'couple quarters']]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/18/nvidias-jen-hsun-huang-quad-core-tegra-3-tablets-will-drop-to/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/18/nvidias-jen-hsun-huang-quad-core-tegra-3-tablets-will-drop-to/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/18/nvidias-jen-hsun-huang-quad-core-tegra-3-tablets-will-drop-to/#comments It's inevitable: the "latest and greatest" in tech (whatever that happens to be at the moment) always comes down in price as it makes way for something thinner, faster... better. Still, it's interesting to imagine that happening when a product is still basking in its glory days. That's exactly what what we're going to see with NVIDIA's new quad-core Tegra 3 chip, according to NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang. Over lunch today with a few tech journalists, he said he expects Tegra 3 tablets to plummet to $299 in just "a couple quarters." That's pretty incredible when you remember the Transformer Prime hasn't even gone on sale yet, and when it does it'll cost $500 -- a reasonable price in its own right when you stack it up against the aging iPad 2. So it's a bit dizzying to imagine 2012 ushering in a crop of high-end Honeycomb (or even ICS) tablets that cost just a little more than the Nook Tablet currently does. We'll be curious to see how such pricing might pressure the likes of Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple, but regardless, something tells us lots of you won't wait six months to get your hands on a half-price Prime.

NVIDIA's Jen-Hsun Huang: quad-core, Tegra 3 tablets will drop to $299 in a 'couple quarters' originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony opens registration for PlayStation Suite SDK beta, lets devs build apps for Android and Vita originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>mobilepostcrosspcPlayStationPlayStation CertifiedPlayStation SuitePlayStation VitaPlaystationCertifiedPlaystationSuitePlaystationVitaPS VitaPsVitaSDKSonyTablet PTabletPTegraTegra 2Tegra2VitaXperia PlayXperiaPlayThu, 10 Nov 2011 09:48:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA says Tegra 3 is a 'PC-class CPU,' has screenshots to prove it]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/nvidia-says-tegra-3-is-a-pc-class-cpu-has-screenshots-to-prov/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/nvidia-says-tegra-3-is-a-pc-class-cpu-has-screenshots-to-prov/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/nvidia-says-tegra-3-is-a-pc-class-cpu-has-screenshots-to-prov/#comments Asus can't be absorbing all those limelight photons today. Not when its freshly detailed Transformer Prime depends so heavily on NVIDIA's special sauce. Admittedly, we already know a lot about Tegra 3 from its Kal-El days, but we haven't seen much in the way of real-world performance claims. Until now, that is. Below you'll see newly released screenshots of Android games that have been souped-up to capitalize on the imminent Asus Eee Pad as well as other Tegra 3-powered devices -- including smartphones -- that are expected early next year. NVIDIA has also put out slides containing in-house benchmarks and head-to-head comparisons with the Tegra 2, which you'll find right after the break.

Gallery: Tegra 3 game screenshots

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NVIDIA says Tegra 3 is a 'PC-class CPU,' has screenshots to prove it originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Timlot]

Transformer Prime gets mysteriously and imperiously benchmarked originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Asus eee padasus eee pad transformerasus eee pad transformer 2AsusEeePadAsusEeePadTransformerAsusEeePadTransformer2eee pad tf201eee pad transformereee pad transformer 2EeePadTf201EeePadTransformerEeePadTransformer2Kal-ElminipostNVIDIANVIDIA Tegra 3NvidiaTegra3TegraTegra 3Tegra3tf201transformertransformer 2Transformer2Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:01:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA's Jen-Hsun Huang: Windows on ARM should hit tablets first, battling Intel is a bad idea, would love his chips in iPad]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/21/nvidias-jen-hsun-huang-windows-on-arm-should-hit-tablets-first/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/21/nvidias-jen-hsun-huang-windows-on-arm-should-hit-tablets-first/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/21/nvidias-jen-hsun-huang-windows-on-arm-should-hit-tablets-first/#comments NVIDIA's founder and president Jen-Hsun Huang has never been one to dodge a question, and that made for an excellent closing interview here at AsiaD. Outside of (re)confirming what lies ahead for Tegra, he also spoke quite openly about his feeling towards Windows on ARM in response to a question from Joanna Stern. Here's the bulk of his reply:

"It's important for [Microsoft] not to position these as PCs. From a finesse perspective -- I can't speak on their behalf -- but I would come out with tablets first with Windows on ARM. It helps to establish that this isn't a PC. Will yesterday's Office run on tomorrow's Windows on ARM PC? Will a new version of Office run on tomorrow's Windows on ARM tablets? Both questions are about legacy, and both are about Office. The actual implementation of it is radically different. I see no reason to make Office 95 to run on Windows on ARM. I think it would be wonderful, absolutely wonderful -- I'd say, as someone who uses Windows -- it would be almost a requirement to me that [the ARM] device runs Windows interoperably. If Office runs on Windows on ARM -- it's the killer app. Everything else is on the web."

He elaborated to say that he would hope Office for Windows on ARM would support the same files that today's Office does, much the same way that Office for Mac eventually synced up with its Windows-based sibling. For more from Huang's interview, hop on past the break!

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NVIDIA's Jen-Hsun Huang: Windows on ARM should hit tablets first, battling Intel is a bad idea, would love his chips in iPad originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>all things dAllThingsDapplearmasiadasiad 2011Asiad2011breaking newsBreakingNewsgpugraphicsintelipadJen-Hsun HuangJen-hsunHuangKal-ElLogannvidiaprocessingprocessorroadmapStarktegrategra 2tegra 3Tegra2Tegra3Waynewindowswindows 7windows 8windows on armWindows7Windows8WindowsOnArmFri, 21 Oct 2011 01:16:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA CEO confirms Tegra roadmap, building all now: Kal-El, Wayne, Logan, Stark]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/21/nvidia-ceo-confirms-tegra-roadmap-building-all-now-kal-el-way/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/21/nvidia-ceo-confirms-tegra-roadmap-building-all-now-kal-el-way/http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/21/nvidia-ceo-confirms-tegra-roadmap-building-all-now-kal-el-way/#comments NVIDIA's historically outspoken CEO, Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang, just took the stage here at AsiaD, and among other things, he confirmed to Walt that the Tegra roadmap is well established, and in fact, the entire next-gen range is being produced (internally, of course) right now. That's Kal-El, Wayne, Logan and Stark, all codenamed after superheroes -- Superman, Batman, Wolverine and Ironman, in order of mention. In response to a question of if ASUS' Transformer Prime would be "the first Tegra 3-based product," Huang simply answered "probably."

He continued by explaining that it generally takes around three years to build a new generation of Tegra: "We'd like to have a processor every year, and so we're building three in a row." Tegra 3 will end up being the world's first quad-core ARM processor (much like the Tegra 2 was the first dual-core), and he confirmed that NVIDIA has invested some $2 billion in Tegra alone. Finally, he confirmed that the inner workings we've heard about in Project Denver will first be present in the Tegra line with the introduction of Stark -- a long ways out, but at least you've got something (else) to look forward to.

NVIDIA CEO confirms Tegra roadmap, building all now: Kal-El, Wayne, Logan, Stark originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>all things dAllThingsDasiadasiad 2011Asiad2011breaking newsgpugraphicsintelJen-Hsun HuangJen-hsunHuangKal-ElLogannvidiaprocessingprocessorroadmapStarktegrategra 2tegra 3Tegra2Tegra3WayneFri, 21 Oct 2011 00:22:00 EST<![CDATA[ZTE T98 tablet with next-gen NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor spotted in Beijing]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/27/zte-t98-tablet-with-next-gen-nvidia-tegra-3-processor-spotted-in/http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/27/zte-t98-tablet-with-next-gen-nvidia-tegra-3-processor-spotted-in/http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/27/zte-t98-tablet-with-next-gen-nvidia-tegra-3-processor-spotted-in/#comments Until now we'd only come across NVIDIA's Tegra 3 (aka Kal-El) in reference tablets and demos, but here we are finally looking at an actual product revealed at PT/Expo Comm China. It's a 7-inch slate from ZTE called the T98, apparently running the quad-core 1.5GHz processor slightly underclocked at 1.3GHz, beneath Android 3.2, a 1280x800 display, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, a 5MP rear camera and 2MP front-facer. The 11.5mm-thick body also houses a 3G modem and a 4000mAh battery, which won't see many easy days powering this beast. No definitive word on price or release date yet, but click past the break for a reverse shot.

Continue reading ZTE T98 tablet with next-gen NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor spotted in Beijing

ZTE T98 tablet with next-gen NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor spotted in Beijing originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ChinaChinesekal elKal-elKalElNVIDIANVIDIA Tegra 3NvidiaTegra3quad-coreT98TegraTegra 3Tegra3ZTEZTE T98ZteT98Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:54:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA releases Kal-El white papers, announces a fifth 'Companion' core for less demanding tasks]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/20/nvidia-releases-kal-el-white-papers-announces-a-fifth-companio/http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/20/nvidia-releases-kal-el-white-papers-announces-a-fifth-companio/http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/20/nvidia-releases-kal-el-white-papers-announces-a-fifth-companio/#comments We've known about Kal-El -- the quad-core mobile processor from NVIDIA -- for a fair amount of time, but a lot of the finer details have remained a secret as we've anxiously awaited its debut in tablets and smartphones. Fortunately, we have some reading material to bide our time as the company published white papers discussing benefits of the new CPU, and for the most part it's what you'd expect: NVIDIA touts higher performance, better battery life and improved physics-based gaming when more cores are involved and working together.

What came as a surprise to us was the fact that this quad-core CPU actually utilizes five cores: in addition to the standard four main Cortex A9 high-performance cores, Kal-El throws in a fifth Cortex A9 "companion" core specifically designed to handle less demanding tasks in effort to minimize power consumption caused by active standby processes. How is it done? The Companion core's max operating frequency gets capped at 500MHz, offering higher performance and greater efficiency per watt when running menial tasks such as push email, Twitter / Facebook sync, widgets, background apps and live wallpapers. This leaves the four main cores free to take care of the stuff it does best -- games, web browsing, transcoding / editing audio and video, 3D, physics simulations and image processing, to name a few -- allowing performance bumps of up to 50 percent when compared to Tegra 2. We can tell that quad-core devices are going to make us very, very happy. If charts and geeky stats brighten up your day like it does ours, head to the source to read the papers in their entirety.

Gallery: NVIDIA Tegra Kal-El

NVIDIA releases Kal-El white papers, announces a fifth 'Companion' core for less demanding tasks originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PlayStation Suite SDK beta coming in November, offering new games in spring 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lenovo IdeaPad K1 up for Amazon pre-order, still toting $500 price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Zinio's smartphone and tablet apps make it easy to bring a lifetime's worth of magazine content with you on the go, but performance has been inconsistent, especially when navigating through pages or zooming into photos and text. The company's latest app improves upon both critical elements, however, taking advantage of the Nvidia Tegra chip in your Mototola Xoom or Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to smooth out page transitions and pinch-to-zoom. Nvidia posted a side-by-side comparison video demonstrating the improvements on a pair of Xooms, and there's clearly a noticeable difference. You can try it out for yourself by downloading Zinio version 1.10.3641 from the Android Market, or jump past the break for the demo.

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Zinio brings Tegra hardware acceleration to Honeycomb tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Shadowgun looked good when we saw footage of it last month, and at E3 2011 we got to chat with the game's creators about the Tegra-optimized title. Madfinger, the game's creator, worked closely with NVIDIA to wring the maximum performance possible out of the Tegra 2 platform, but it said Shadowgun will still look stunning on other silicon. The game is built on the multi-platform Unity engine and will be coming to iOS and Android devices around the world in September (prices TBD). As you can see in the video above, it runs smooth as silk on an LG G2x (55-60fps) and Motorola's Xoom (30fps). Madfinger said we can also expect 60fps on the iPad 2 and devices packing Kal-El chips, and 30fps on other Android handsets and the iPhone 4 when the game debuts. If you've got a hankering for some more video of the game, check the official trailer after the break.

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Madfinger demos and dishes details on its forthcoming Shadowgun game originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: There's a jolly discussion in comments about whether gigahertz can be directly translated to operations per second in the case of the Tegra 2 -- we'll err on the side of caution and say cycles per second instead.

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Motorola Xoom hits 1.7GHz, teeters on the edge of oblivion originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1.7GHzbenchmarkbenchmarkedbenchmarksdual coredual-coreDualCorelinpackMotorola XoomMotorolaXoomoverclockoverclockedoverclocksperformancequadrantspeedTegraTegra 2Tegra2tiamatunstableXoomSun, 05 Jun 2011 08:06:00 EST<![CDATA[NVIDIA Kal-El reference tablet hands-on (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/nvidia-kal-el-development-platform-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/nvidia-kal-el-development-platform-hands-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/nvidia-kal-el-development-platform-hands-on-video/#comments As if showing up in two of the first four reference devices for Windows on ARM wasn't enough of an achievement for NVIDIA's quad-core Kal-El superchip, it decided to visit us in person here at Computex to demonstrate its splendid graphical prowess. Running Android 3.1 on a 10-inch, 1280 x 800 screen, it gave us a first-hand look at the Glow Ball demo that wowed us in video form just a couple of days ago. What we saw on the dev tablet before us was no less impressive; lighting was being rendered in real time and scattered over a multiplicity of surfaces, while the cloth simulation was, to use a terrible pun, silky smooth. NVIDIA also ran us through a sightseeing tour of the Unreal Development Kit and Lost Planet 2, noting that the PC game took only a couple of months to port over to work on the Kal-El architecture. Unfortunately, no new details were forthcoming about when Kal-El devices might be coming or what developers we should expect to see coding games and other content to exploit the platform's evidently mighty capabilities. For now, we'll just have to sate ourselves with the video after the break.

Gallery: NVIDIA Kal-El development platform hands-on

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NVIDIA Kal-El reference tablet hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Video now added after the break.

Gallery: Windows 8 devices at Computex 2011

Gallery: Windows 8 ARM development devices from Qualcomm, TI and NVIDIA

Continue reading Microsoft reveals ARM-powered Windows 8 prototypes (eyes-on)

Microsoft reveals ARM-powered Windows 8 prototypes (eyes-on) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NVIDIA demoed the new goodness on a Honeycomb slate with 1280 x 800 resolution and the frame rates remained smooth throughout. In order to emphasize the generational leap that we can expect with Kal-El, the company switched off two of the four cores momentarily, which plunged performance down to less than 10fps. That means the simulations we're watching require a full quartet of processing cores on top of the 12-core GPU NVIDIA has in Kal-El. Mind-boggling stuff. Glow Ball will be available as a game on Android tablets once this crazy new chip makes its way into retail devices -- which are still expected in the latter half of this year, August if everything goes perfectly to plan. One final note if you're still feeling jaded: NVIDIA promises the production chip will be 25 to 30 percent faster than the one on display today. Full video demo follows after the break.

Continue reading NVIDIA's quad-core Kal-El used to demo next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds (video)

NVIDIA's quad-core Kal-El used to demo next-gen mobile graphics, blow minds (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 May 2011 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Droid 3 details leaked: dual-core processor, 4-inch qHD screen, no LTE? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 May 2011 10:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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