Mobile
Throughout the world, if there's one universal constant in the smartphone and mobile device market, it's Arm. Whether it's mobile chip makers basing their SoCs on Arm's fully synthesized CPU cores, or just relying on the Arm ISA and designing their own chips, at the end of the day, Arm underlies virtually all of it. That kind of market saturation and relevance is a testament to all of the hard work that Arm has done in the last few decades getting to this point, but it's also a grave responsibility – for most mobile SoCs, their performance only moves forward as quickly as Arm's own CPU core designs and associated IP do. Consequently, we've seen Arm settle into a yearly cadence for their client IP...
Caring for the Elderly: iOS 4.1 Speed Boost on the iPhone 3G
iPhone 3G users have been unhappy, and rightfully so. When iOS 4.0 debuted, we talked about new features like multitasking for the iPhone 3GS and how much faster the...
36 by Brian Klug on 9/7/2010LG Optimus Series Smartphones to Feature NVIDIA Tegra 2 in Q4 2010
LG was one of the first companies to demonstrate a Moorestown based phone as recently as earlier this year. Just one hour ago however LG announced that starting in...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/6/2010
Samsung Epic 4G Review: The Fastest Android Phone
This one has been a hotly requested item from you all: a review of the Samsung Galaxy S. Samsung sent us their newest Galaxy S phone, the Epic 4G...
98 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/6/2010
BlackBerry Torch 9800 Review: Keeping RIM's Flame Alive
This summer has been a busy one for smartphone platforms. We started the summer with an Apple iOS update that remedied a number of the primary concerns with Apple’s...
43 by Brian Klug on 9/1/2010
Intel & Nokia Partner to Research 3D Mobile Interfaces
Here at AnandTech, we’ve been talking for a considerable time about Intel and Nokia’s joint collaboration in the mobile space on the MeeGo mobile operating system. Today, the two...
12 by Brian Klug on 8/24/2010
The Dell Streak Review
The iPhone has an unusual problem. Its UI is fast and smooth enough that you want to browse the web on it. However the device is cramped enough that...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/15/2010TI First to License ARM's Next-Generation Eagle Core
In our smartphone and tablet reviews we make sure to spend a good amount of time talking about the silicon powering these devices. There’s no reason that handset and...
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/9/2010
Motorola Droid X: Thoroughly Reviewed
There’s a divergence in the smartphone world. Some devices are either maintaining or shrinking overall size in an attempt to become more convenient to carry around. Although it’s not...
89 by Brian Klug on 7/20/2010
The iPhone 4 Redux: Analyzing Apple's iOS 4.0.1 Signal Fix & Antenna Issue
In case you haven’t noticed, the iPhone 4’s antenna design has come under considerable scrutiny. In our iPhone 4 review, we investigated the iPhone 4 antenna and came to...
149 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/15/2010
Microsoft's KIN: A Eulogy
After being on the market a short six weeks, Microsoft announced that it was scrapping the launch of KIN devices in European markets, and with it, further development of...
60 by Brian Klug on 7/13/2010
Apple's iPhone 4: Thoroughly Reviewed
I'm not sure how this keeps happening. The first year I waited at a mall for 5 hours to get the original iPhone. The following year my friend Mark...
270 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/30/2010
The Sprint HTC EVO 4G Review
For the past couple of weeks I've been playing with an absolute beast of a phone. With a 4.3" diagonal screen, 800 x 480 resolution and a 1GHz Qualcomm...
98 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/28/2010
A Taste of Froyo: Google Android 2.2 Explored
Since last year, the Android platform has seen a string of sugary, feature-filled updates starting with Cupcake (v1.5), followed by Donut (v1.6) and finally Éclair (v2.0/2.1) in November 2009...
58 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 6/23/2010
Apple's iOS 4 Explored
Just two days before the official iPhone 4 release Apple delivered its promised iOS 4 update to all iPhone 3G and 3GS owners. The new OS release enables Apple's...
49 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/22/2010
Pandora Radio on iOS 4.0 Results in Audio Skipping
Today Apple announced the gold master release of iOS 4 to the general public. While the rollout has gone relatively smoothly thus far, with both Anand and I moving...
34 by Brian Klug on 6/21/2010
Two OMAP 3430 Phones: Nokia N900 and Motorola Droid
We've been playing around with two OMAP 3430 based phones for a while now - the Nokia N900 and Motorola Droid. Though they aren't the newest smartphones to come...
69 by Brian Klug on 6/10/2010
Sprint HTC EVO 4G – Vivek’s First Impressions
While we're still waiting on our EVO 4G review sample, AnandTech Mobile Editor Vivek Gowri got his hands on the HTC EVO 4G. Android 2.1 running on a Qualcomm...
79 by Vivek Gowri on 6/9/2010
The HTC Droid Incredible Review, Clearly Better than the Nexus One
I'm very proud of companies like ASUS and HTC. These aren't your tradtional consumer electronics companies. They have their roots in the OEM business, working hard but for very...
59 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/10/2010Intel Alleges Windows Phone 7 Not Optimized for High Performance, Won't Support It
For those of you who haven't read today's Moorestown Architecture article I'd highly recommend it. This is quite possibly one of the biggest introductions we've seen in the past...
21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/5/2010
Intel Unveils Moorestown and the Atom Z600, The Fastest Smartphone Platform?
When I wrote my first article on Intel's Atom architecture I called it The Journey Begins. I did so because while Atom has made a nice home in netbooks...
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/4/2010
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