In January 2007, Intel released the first quad-core processor, Core 2 Quad Kentsfield. I would never imagine that 4 years after, I would see quad-core processors in tablets and smartphones. Now, the battle for horsepower is more fierce than ever: nVidia Tegra 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon are battling out for the fastest quad processor in the mobile market.
The Tegra 3 is one of the most advanced mobile processors out there, code-named Kal-El, based on the Cortex-A9 processor design from ARM and running at 1.5 GHz; it could have an autonomy of up to 12 hours. Improved physics-based gaming is due to the 12 (yes, 12!!) GeForce graphics cores which provide a massive improvement to the current Tegra 2 processors.
Not stopping at quad-core, the nVidia Tegra 3 has a 500MHz fifth core, designed to take on the less demanding tasks, such as listening to music or taking a call, while the 4 high performance cores go into idle in order to preserve battery life. The release of Android Ice Cream Sandwich and nVidia...
Reviewing a low cost Android smartphone is possibly the toughest assignment for a tech blogger. 'One size fits all' doesn't really hold good for smartphones. But then, we keep seeing helluva lot of Android smartphones at different price points from several manufacturers every other week. One cannot expect a $200 smartphone to perform like a $700 one. So the key for a low-end smartphone manufacturer is to strike a balance between features and compromises, while ensuring that the user experience is not hampered. Let's find out if Lava S12 has managed to strike that balance.
Lava Mobiles are traditionally known for their affordable low-end feature phones in India. This is the first time they have come out with an Android smartphone with an aim to keep their 'affordability' motto intact.
It was only a matter of time before someone were to challenge iTunes’ reign over the music industry, and with Google’s announcement of opening a Music Store, a much better version of...
The good old credit card - what is its future? Will we still have to look around for the best rates on credit cards or will lenders instantly offer the best rates in line with our spending habits? Will we even still use credit cards to pay for goods and services?
Technology is moving on at such a rapid pace that, just as credit cards looked like signalling the end of cash transactions, the smartphone now looks like it could realistically replace the credit card.
This is due, in no small part, to Google has launching a new payments system called Google Wallet. Good news for techno junkies. The phone-based digital wallet uses NFC technology and is believed to have been tested sufficiently to go into a mainstream trial.
NFC or near-field communication technology is an evolution of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. It has been in use for many years in the London Underground where Oyster cards were merely tapped on a pad to pay for a trip. NFC extends the capabilities of RFID and should do more than just make payments but...
Just like all of Razer’s products, this laptop has a really cool name, Blade. It sounds like the cutting edge of science and gaming, and it’s not far from that either. Razer said about the Blade: its “The World's First True Gaming Laptop", and they were right! It looks like nothing else, it feels like nothing else and it works like a jet. In order to get really geeky, here are some specs of the Razer Blade:
Raju PP is the founder-editor of Technically Personal, which is one of the most widely read technology blogs on the web. He holds an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communication, and has previously worked as a Technical Specialist in Banking Software domain.
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