Rumors Once Again Point to Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 for BlackBerry 10 Processors
Way back during CES in January of this year we had Qualcomm showing off the MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 chip and then including RIM as one of their partners for its launch. This led to speculation that RIM would be using this new 28nm CPU in their upcoming BlackBerry QNX phones. RIM has been really cagey…
RIM’s Alec Saunders Says BBX “Designed for Dual Core” & Theme Studio Coming in 2012
RIM’s new VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders, sat down with Al Sacco @CIO for a quick interview on the future of BlackBerry. Most of it seems to cover the same topics we heard at DevCon but there were a few tidbits that are worth pointing out. Alec continues to stress that BlackBerry OS 7…
TI Announces OMAP 4470 Processor at 1.8Ghz – Possibilities for the PlayBook?
TI announced a new top player in their OMAP 4 processor lineup. In case you missed it the BlackBerry PlayBook runs a TI OMAP 4 processor at 1Ghz called the 4430. There is a 4440 which runs at 1.5Ghz but RIM did not go for that one. On the other hand this new 1.8Ghz OMAP…
TI Shows Off 2Ghz Dual Core OMAP 5 Processor – Possible PlayBook II Update?
Texas Instruments just started to let the world know about the 1Ghz and 1.5Ghz dual core chips they have for mobile devices and already they are topping themselves. We already know that the PlayBook is rocking the Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 1Ghz dual core processor though there is a Texas Instruments OMAP 4440 which can…
Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor in BlackBerry Curve “Sedona” and Curve Touch? Dual Cores in Monaco and Montana???
With RIM introducing totally new processors in the upcoming/rumored BlackBerry OS 6.1 devices I thought I would do some digging into them. The first thing I noticed off the bat is that the Qualcomm 1.2Ghz CPU’s specified for the Storm “Monaco” and Bold “Montana” are a bit of a mystery. As far as I can…
RIM Migrating Away from Marvell Processors With the PlayBook?
One of the things that was nagging me about the upcoming PlayBook was the fact that its much touted processor is made by Texas Instruments (TI). For years now RIM has always been using Marvell chips in their GSM smartphones and Qualcomm chips in their CDMA smartphones. The PlayBook is introducing TI to the BlackBerry…
BlackBerry Torch 2 Leaked With 1.2Ghz Processor – Q3 AT&T Release
Today keeps on getting better and better. When RIM first shipped the Torch everybody was kind of pissed that the device was underpowered in comparison to the competition. According to details the BGR learned RIM has finally decided to fix that in a HUGE way. We now have the rumored specs for a device that…
Texas Instruments 1Ghz OMAP 4430 Processor Confirmed in BlackBerry PlayBook
We have heard quite a bit about the BlackBerry PlayBooks dual 1Ghz processor but until now we were wondering what processor it was exactly. The team at Engadget managed to get a RIM rep on the floor to confirm that it is running the cutting edge Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 1Ghz dual core processor. The…