Apr 30, 2013
The two Android hardware makers that get the most attention, Samsung and HTC, decided to take different routes for the cameras in their 2013 flagship phones. Samsung decided to bump up the camera resolution in
For as long as I can remember, Samsung has always launched their devices using multiple chipsets. The GS II was easily the most confusing. There was a Qualcomm variant, a Samsung Exynos variant, a Texas
Apr 27, 2013
There has been a lot of talk about smartphone hardware 'plateauing', with future improvements mainly being in software, but I disagree, there's still a way to go in hardware too. At least, in terms
Apr 26, 2013
According to The Korea Times, Larry Page, the CEO of Google, recently visited a Samsung OLED factory in South Korea. Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics, led the tour, and he asked Page
The guys who run DisplayMate are professionals who take screen quality seriously. They've just published their analysis on the 5 inch 1080p panel in the Samsung Galaxy S4, and they say it's some
HTC's One and Samsung's Galaxy S4, two of the hottest Android smartphones, are both powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600. If you're a spec junkie, that means you probably want to know
When DigiTimes published a rumor earlier this month saying Samsung was having issues making enough mobile RAM chips for the Galaxy S4, the report was dismissed. Because let's face it, DigiTimes is usually right
Apr 25, 2013
The Wall Street Journal's coverage of LG's Q1 2013 financial results includes a snippet of text that should make Samsung's heart beat a little bit faster today. Here's the quote: "Yoon
Qualcomm's Q2 2013 fiscal financial results are out. Revenues are up 24% year over year, net income is up 17% year over year, and MSM shipments are up 14% year over year. Everything sounds
Apr 19, 2013
If the following rumor is true, expect Microsoft to be furious: According to DigiTimes, Intel is pretty upset with Windows 8's performance, so they're trying to convince computer makers to make Android tablet/
Apr 18, 2013
Samsung has just entered into a "multi-year IP license and component supply agreement" with Wolfson Microelectronics. If you've never heard of them, that's OK. They make some of the best audio processors
Earlier this month, about 10 days ago actually, I covered a DigiTimes piece that said Samsung was experiencing "larger than expected" demand for the Galaxy S4 and that the company was having issues making enough
Apr 15, 2013
All of today's top tier Android smartphones use chips that have 28 nanometer transistors. In order for tomorrow's smartphones to go faster, those transistors need to shrink. Why? Because the smaller a transistor
Apr 12, 2013
Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA's CEO, recently told investors that the company's Tegra business isn't going to grow this year. He says he wants the company to focus on getting chips that have
Depending on who you ask, Samsung's incredible component manufacturing skills are one of the main reasons why the company so quickly became the world's number one smartphone maker. Chinese players, looking to mimic
Japan Display, the barely one year old joint venture between Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, is allegedly working on a 7 inch display that pushes an astonishing resolution of 2560 × 1600 pixels (WQXGA). That's 430
Apr 11, 2013
While technically not an Android related story, the following news item is still significant. Samsung has just announced that they've begun mass producing "128-gigabit, 3bit multi-level-cell NAND memory chips using 10
Several days ago I covered a DigiTimes report that said Samsung was experiencing "larger than expected" demand for the Galaxy S4 and that they're having issues manufacturing enough memory chips for the device. This
