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Back at Computex 2024, AMD unveiled their highly anticipated Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture during AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su's opening keynote. AMD announced not one but two new client platforms that will utilize the latest Zen 5 cores. This includes AMD's latest AI PC-focused chip family for the laptop market, the Ryzen AI 300 series. In comparison, the Ryzen 9000 series caters to the desktop market, which uses the preexisting AM5 platform. Built around the new Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture with some fundamental improvements to both graphics and AI performance, the Ryzen AI 300 series, code-named Strix Point, is set to deliver improvements in several areas. The Ryzen AI 300 series looks set to add another footnote in the march towards the AI PC with...
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and HTC Vivid: AT&T's First LTE Phones Launch Nov. 6
As if we didn't have enough phones to review, AT&T, HTC and Samsung announced today the first LTE phones to launch on AT&T's newly rolled out network. The five...
16 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/31/2011Siri Gets Hacked: Running on iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G
When iPhone 4S was announced earlier this month, one of the mightiest features was definitely Apple's new voice control software: Siri. Siri understands normal speech, so you can send...
31 by Kristian Vättö on 10/30/2011Dell Introduces Latitude ST Business Tablet
Dell today announced its Latitude ST, a 10.1" 1.8 pound Windows 7 tablet aimed directly at Windows-centric IT shops. There's nothing particularly inspiring about the Latitude ST's hardware: a 1.5...
9 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/27/2011Sony Acquires Sony Ericsson
Sony has released a press statement which announces Sony's purchase of Sony Ericsson. Before today, Sony has owned 50% of Sony Ericsson while Ericsson has held the other 50%...
21 by Kristian Vättö on 10/27/2011Nokia Lumia 800 & 710, Windows Phones Announced
Just seven months after announcing its intention to move to Windows Phone, Nokia unveiled its first WP based devices: the Lumia 800 and 710. Both feature the same Qualcomm applications...
61 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/26/2011Toshiba Releases 6.1" Display with Resolution of 2560x1600
Pretty much ever since the iPhone 4 with retina display was launched, resolutions have played a major role in smartphone market. In September, Samsung unveiled Galaxy S II HD...
50 by Kristian Vättö on 10/22/2011Samsung Bringing Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus To US: 1.2 GHz Dual-Core Tablet For $399
Samsung hasn't been shy about pumping out Android tablets abroad, and so far we've seen them trickling our way steadily but surely. And so, today Samsung announced that the...
13 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/21/2011Confirmed: Galaxy Nexus Includes PenTile
Though we've learned a lot about the Galaxy Nexus specifications already, one of the things that has remained a question thus far is whether its 4.65" 720p HD Super...
152 by Brian Klug & Jason Inofuentes on 10/21/2011Google to Release Ice Cream Sandwich Source Code Soon
Reiterating what the company has been saying about Android 4.0, Google's Dan Morrill said today that the Ice Cream Sandwich source code would be made available to the general...
25 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/20/2011Nokia Will Unveil Windows 7 Phones Next Week
Nokia will be revealing its first Windows 7 phones next week at its Nokia World 2011 event, Microsoft's Andy Lees revealed in an interview at AllThingsD's AsiaD conference. These...
41 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/20/2011Samsung Focus S & Flash: Official Images, 1.4GHz Mango Devices Shipping This Fall
The one area Microsoft hasn't touched while upgrading Windows Phone has been the SoC requirements. The platform launched with 65nm Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs featuring the quite-slow Adreno 200 GPU...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/19/2011Asus Teases The Transformer Prime; Kal-El Tablet Due Nov. 9th
With the rapid pace of the tablet market showing no signs of slowing, Asus CEO Jonney Shih pulled out the Transformer successor, apparently called the Transformer Prime, while on...
21 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/19/2011ARM's Cortex A7: Bringing Cheaper Dual-Core & More Power Efficient High-End Devices
How do you keep increasing performance in a power constrained environment like a smartphone without decreasing battery life? You can design more efficient microarchitectures, but at some point you’ll...
77 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/19/2011HTC Updates the Evo 4G; Calls It The Evo Design 4G
In lots of ways the original Evo 4G broke a lot of ground. It was amongst the first phones in the 1 GHz club. It was the first 4G...
6 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/19/2011Google Introduces Us To Ice Cream Sandwich
When I said it would be a busy fall, I didn’t expect us to be covering two big announcements in one day, or three/four/five, depending on how you choose...
39 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2011Samsung Galaxy Nexus Officially Announced
Samsung today officially announced the specifications for the newest member of the Nexus family - Galaxy Nexus. The announcement closely matches what we've been anticipating for some time now...
52 by Brian Klug on 10/18/2011Hands-on With The Motorola Droid RAZR
Unlike some prior events, reps were more than happy to let us get our grubby mits on the devices. Even going so far as to let us run benchmarks...
15 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2011Motorola Droid RAZR Performance Preview: A Faster Browser
When we published our preliminary iPhone 4S performance results we pointed out that the current state of stock Android (2.3.x) browser performance is pretty bad. Google improved browser performance...
24 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Jason Inofuentes on 10/18/2011Time for Unification: RIM Announces BlackBerry BBX for Smartphones & Tablets
With its PlayBook tablet RIM introduced a brand new mobile platform built on QNX's Neutrino 6.5 OS. The result was an extremely smooth user experience with great multitasking support...
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/18/2011HP TouchPad 3.0.4 Update Now Available, Adds non-webOS Phone Pairing
HP just let us know that the TouchPad, its recently discontinued tablet with an unknown future, is getting another software update over the air today. Version 3.0.4 of the...
10 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/18/2011