Smartphone Hardware

Intel catches up with Apple on 64-bit smartphone chips ITworld.com By Agam Shah, IDG News Service | Hardware. February 24, 2014, 4:00 AM — Intel has finally caught up with Apple with its new 64-bit Atom chips, which should be in Androidsmartphones and tablets starting as early as the second quarter this year. See all stories on this topic »

Blackphone: The $630 privacy and security focused Android smartphone ZDNet Called Blackphone, which was first announced earlier this year, the handset makes use of a customized version of Android called PrivatOS and comes kitted out with a full suite of privacy-enabled applications. On the hardware side of things the ... See all stories on this topic »

Nvidia's mobile chip fortunes could rebound with new LTE smartphones ITworld.com Nvidia's mobile chip fortunes could rebound with new LTE smartphones. Phones from LG and Wiko Mobile use the company's new Tegra 4i. By Agam Shah, IDG News Service |Hardware. February 24, 2014, 6:05 PM — Nvidia's struggling Tegra chip business could ... See all stories on this topic »

Yota Dodge The Osborne Effect With Next Generation Dual-Screen Android ... Forbes Russian smartphone manufacturer Yota Devices has announced the sequel to their dual-screen smartphone. The YotaPhone 2 takes on board many lessons from the design process of the first handset, as well as matching recent hardware improvements in ... See all stories on this topic »

Samsung unveils Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone with larger display and heart ... Economic Times "Samsung is betting big on wellness, fingerprint reading and camera autofocus, while keeping a very similar look and feel for its hardware and software," said Nick Dillon, a senior analyst at the research firm Ovum. "The updates are so minor that on ... See all stories on this topic »

Lenovo Launches S860, S850, and S660 Budget Android Smartphones The Droid Guy At the bottom of the S line of just launched smartphone, the Lenovo S660 seems targeted at first Android or smartphone users and although it has a price tag of $229, most of itshardware specifications are impressive. It has a 4.7 inch 540 x 960 pixels ... See all stories on this topic »

Sony showcases phone with ultra-HD video recording Economic Times Save precious time tracking your investments. BARCELONA; Sony is borrowing innovations from its audio and camcorder businesses and incorporating its new Xperia Z2smartphone with noise-cancelling technology and ultra-high-definition video recording. See all stories on this topic »

Mozilla takes wraps off 25 DOLLAR Firefox OS smartphone Register Mozilla has long targeted the low end of the smartphone market with its Firefox OShardware, rather than get torn to bits trying to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung on the high end. But its cheapest kit so far, the ZTE Open, still retails ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Unveils Smartphone With 3D Sensors malaysiandigest.com Google Project Tango/Google Images GOOGLE has unveiled a prototype smartphone with "customised hardware and software" that enables it to create 3D maps of a user's surroundings. The device's sensors allow it make over 250,000 3D measurements ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft adds nine new Windows Phone hardware partners IT Business Net Windows Phone is the fastest-growing smartphone operating system, according to IDC, and posted the largest increase for 2013 (90.9 percent), more than doubling the growth of the overall market during the year. Microsoft also unveiled expanded hardware ... See all stories on this topic »