Nvidia said that Tegra chips would bring advanced graphics capabilities to smartphones while drawing less power.  NVDIA brought the technology at Barcelona and shows an Android-based phone with a Tegra chip at the GSMA Mobile World Congress.

Tegra-based phones will combine advanced graphics, better battery life and always-on Internet access, Nvidia said in a press release. Smartphone makers can now use the Android platform to build Web 2.0 and Internet-based applications for Tegra-based smartphones, the company said.

Tegra chips put an Arm-based processor core, a GeForce graphics core and other components on a single chip. The product lineup includes the Tegra 600 running at 700MHz and Tegra 650 running at 800MHz. It also includes Tegra APX 2500 and APX 2600.

The systems-on-chips will start shipping in mid-2009 for handheld devices like smartphones and mobile Internet devices. Nvidia couldn’t immediately name companies that may ship smartphones with the chips. However, an analyst last week speculated that Microsoft would launch a smartphone with Tegra’s APX 2600 chip at MWC.

Beyond open-source support, Tegra chips also support Windows-based applications. At last year’s MWC, Nvidia announced Tegra would support Windows Mobile and enable 3D user interfaces and high-definition video on smartphones.

A $99 Tegra-based MID is expected to be announced by Nvidia at MWC. The MID includes full high-definition 1080p video playback and full Wi-Fi and 3G mobile broadband connectivity capabilities. { Source : pcworld.com }

I believed this is really an advancement in Mobile Technology, so if I you own a blog it would be better if you can make your blog Mobile Ready. Well as you know Tech At Hand Dot Net is  mobile ready but if you are not in WordPress try to convert your Blog into a mobile blog site { more about GSMA 2009 }

The new Palm Pre has an ergonomic curved body with a slide-out vertical QWERTY keyboard and multi-touch screen. Slick in appearance and efficient in function, its webOS aims to bring together all of the facets of your life into one seamless application. And from what we’ve seen, the Pre looks like it could be a major threat to the iPhone and Android-based G1.

Palm has not set an exact availability date or a price for the Pre, but it will be on Sprint’s 3G network.

Here’s what we know about the specs on the Palm Pre:

• High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA, depending on version)
• 802.11b / g WiFi with WPA, WPA2, 801.1x authentication
• 3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display
• Dedicated gesture area below display
• Slide-out portrait QWERTY keyboard (banana slider)
• Integrated IM, MMS, and SMS messaging
• Email: Microsoft Outlook with Microsoft Direct Push Technology POP3/IMAP (Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc). So it does push exchange email, but the rest is not push.
• Built-in GPS
• Bluetooth 2.1 EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
• High-performance browser
• 3 megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• 8GB of internal storage (~7.4GB user available)
• USB mass storage support
• Phone as laptop modem – Bluetooth tethering
• MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face
• Light sensor to automatically dim display
• Audio Formats: MPS, AAC, AAC , AMR, QCELP, WAV Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 Image Formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
• Ringer mute switch
• Removable rechargeable battery
• Width: 59.5mm (2.3 inches) Height: 100.5mm (3.9 inches) Thickness: 16.95mm (0.67 inches)
• Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces)

Source : treocentral.com

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To do so, they’ve created their new Mobile Application Generator, a tool which creates a mobile-ready application in less than two minutes.

source : readwriteweb.com

On the Developer Day event to show a working Android phone for the first time in Europe. Well I have post before in my other blog about the leaked photos of Android phone, but it seems android phone has been fitted in different phone.

Read – TechRadar, "Google shows off final Android handset"
Read – PC Pro, "Android handset hits London"
Read – PC Pro, "Will Apple or Android get in my pocket?"
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