Qualcomm and OPPO have entered into a new 3G and 4G patent license agreement for China. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted OPPO a royalty bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell 3G (WCDMA and CDMA2000) and 4G, including 3-mode (LTE-TDD, TD-SCDMA and GSM) complete terminals.
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Qualcomm and Lear Corporation, a global supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems have entered into a Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) license agreement.
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Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon 821, the company’s latest high-end processor in the Snapdragon 800 series. This promises 10% faster performance than its current flagship Snapdragon 820 SoC that power most of the latest flagship smartphones such as LG G5, HTC 10, OnePlus 3, Xiaomi Mi 5, Sony Xperia X Performance and more. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 announced, offers 10% faster performance than 820”
Lenovo introduced PHAB 2 Pro, the world’s first tango-enabled smartphone for consumers powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 SoC at the Tech World 2016 earlier this month. Now Qualcomm has announced that Snapdragon 820 will also power Tango-enabled smartphones. It also plans to support Tango on future Snapdragon 800 and 600 series of processors. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 now supports Google Tango Augmented Reality technology platform”
Qualcomm has filed a complaint against Meizu in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court against alleged violation of intellectual property. This is regarding the use of 3G (WCDMA and CDMA2000) and 4G (LTE) wireless communications standards in Meizu phones without a license. Continue reading “Qualcomm sues Meizu over alleged 3G/4G patent infringement in China”
Qualcomm has announced a new QCA4012 chip that brings dual band Wi-Fi, enhanced security and low power for connected devices. The QCA4012 brings dual-band Wi-Fi connectivity as compared to the single-band solution for QCA4010 single-band solution.
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Qualcomm has announced a new Snapdragon Wear 1100 SoC for wearable devices at the ongoing Computex 2016. The Snapdragon Wear 1100 SoC is aimed at wearables such as connected kid and elderly watches, fitness trackers, smart headsets, and wearable accessories.
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Things aren’t also black and white especially when it comes to technology. Common misconceptions among public like more megapixels mean better quality and more cores mean better performance are tough to correct without a proper explanation. We’ve already written about 5 common smartphone myths. In this post, we’ll be taking a look at two processors in detail; the Snapdragon 617 and Snapdragon 801 from Qualcomm in particular to see how they stack up against each other and which one is the better choice for you.
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Qualcomm at I/O 2016 announced that it is working with Google on an initiative bringing the power of Android OS embedded directly into the car. Continue reading “Google and Qualcomm developing futuristic Android-based In-car infotainment platform”
Tronsmart is popular for its accessories, including chargers. The company recently launched several chargers that are Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 certified and have Volt iQ technology that detects your device and offers the required power needed by the device. Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 technology can charge devices up to 4 times faster than standard chargers and is also backwards compatible with with all versions of Qualcomm Quick Charge technology. Check out the unboxing of W3PTA Wall Charger, U5PTA Desktop charger and C3PTA Car charger. Continue reading “Tronsmart Chargers with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 Unboxing”
Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine software development kit (SDK) that brings machine learning to devices powered by its Snapdragon 820 processors.
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Is it a camera? Is it a drone? Why not both? That’s exactly what the makers of the Hover Camera had in mind when they came up with the device.
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Last week, a Google engineer stated that the HTC 10 and LG G5 are not compliant with the USB Type-C specification. Now, Qualcomm has responded to the issue in a statement.
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Qualcomm launched its Design in India Challenge few months back, today it has announced 10 finalists of the first edition of the Challenge. “In association with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Qualcomm Design in India Challenge aims to catalyze the creation of a product and hardware design ecosystem in India in the domains of smartphones, tablets and Internet of Things (IoT) for agriculture, automotive, banking, education, healthcare, smart cities and wearables,” said Qualcomm.
Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 820 SoC with custom Kryo cores last year and the LeEco Le Max Pro that was introduced earlier this year became the first smartphone to be announced the processor. Later the Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Sony Xperia X Performance, Xiaomi Mi 5, LG G5 and more smartphones were introduced with the same chip. Continue reading “Snapdragon 823 SoC could power Samsung Galaxy Note6, LG G Flex 3 and more flagships”
