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Qualcomm chipset targets £100 smartphones
QUALCOMM has announced a new chipset for low-end smartphones, along with additions to its HSPA+ chipset.
The MSM7227 chipset is aimed at the sub-$150 (£100) smartphone bracket. It features HSDPA/HSUPA for broadband data speeds over 3G networks and support for all leading mobile operating systems including Android, Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile.
The chipset features a 600MHz applications processor with a floating point unit, a 400MHz modem processor, hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, integrated Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS, an 8-megapixel camera and 30fps WVGA video encode and decode and display support.
Qualcomm said it expects smartphones based on the chip to ship later this year.
The firm also announced the new Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM8260, MSM8660 and MSM8270 chipsets for mobile handsets, and the Mobile Data Modem (MDM) MDM8220 for data applications.
The mobile handset models are designed with a Scorpion 1.2GHz processor and 600MHz DSP for high levels of web application and multimedia performance, alongside support for 3D/2D user interfaces and console-quality gaming via dedicated, high-performance graphics engines, said the firm.
There is also integrated Assisted GPS, support for 24-bit WXGA (1,280 x 800) displays and 45nm process technology for reduced power consumption.
The HSPA+ technology effectively doubles the end user's bandwidth from 5MHz to 10MHz by aggregating two HSPA carriers in parallel to enhance web 2.0 experiences, Qualcomm said. µ
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I agree with Zoomee, that spec doesnt count for anything unless its licenced, HTC have well and trully bugxxxxx us on this more than once,
Either Qualcomm is charging too much or they have no intrest in the end user, its not strictly their fault but it IS their name that is being dragged through the dirt, everyone talks about this hardware accelerated graphics but no one has it! Its no thir fault but they should set some standards to who they supply too.
Whats the point in touting features like that if they're not going to be used?
At the end of the day the licensing for the 'hardware acceleration' lies with the supplier of the hardware (not qualcomm but for example HTC) and if they never bother (like they have never bothered in the past) - its a feature which is worth squat to talk about or promote.