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Quad-core processors: Do they really double up the efficiency of smartphones? – Part 2

Getting a license to custom build a CPU core based on ARM’s raw instruction set and managing everything from design of the entire ARM-based system to the final production is the path to even better performance, says Qualcomm’s Raj Talluri, vice president of product management. “We’re able to get more performance with two processors than […]

Quad-core processors: Do they really double up the efficiency of smartphones? – Part 3

The basic reason why quad core cannot compete with dual core on double the performance game, likewise with dual-core and single-core, is because the apps are not designed in that way. Most of the apps are designed to render in a single thread. The cores cannot make distribute code into two or four parts. That […]

Attention smartphone makers! This is how you should be milking the multi-core processors

It is considered, in general, that the more the cores you get in a smartphone, the efficient the CPU becomes. That probably has been the doctrine at ARM Technologies, who developed the processors and cores for dual core and now the quad core processors. However, the new quad-core and last year’s dual-core processors taxed the […]

Why does Microsoft still support single-core processors? Cost and Battery effectiveness

Though Microsoft is the last player to enter the contemporary world of smartphones, it has entered the arena with a bang. Its dedicated operating system for smartphones, called Windows Phone is one of the most efficient and elegant OS in the market yet. However, due to the already dominated=by=Android-and-iOS market, the WP could not attract […]

Is it impossible to migrate from iOS to other platforms? – Part 1

Since it is certainly one of the best phones in the market if not the best to some users, the iPhone series is now taking a toll on those who want to switch to other platforms for a change. What apple has with its customers that has brought a huge pile of cash in the […]

Is it impossible to migrate from iOS to other platforms? – Part 2

For example, the mobile apps for different services come first to the iOS platform and then Android, whereas being a late comer Windows Phone gets its turn in the last in most of the cases. NetFlix, Pandora, Hulu are just a few examples that have always preferred iOS before attending to Android and WP. However, […]

Is it impossible to migrate from iOS to other platforms? – Part 3

However, due to its open-sourced nature, it is always tweaked enough and has a number of stutter and malware problems. On the other hand, MS keeps WP close to its chest and has closely knit pool of application developers with a proper approval system to upload the apps to its store. That way, WP is […]

Is it impossible to migrate from iOS to other platforms? – Part 4

The switching process is another incentive to those who want to move to Windows platform. With GBs of music, photos and videos stored on iPhones, iPads, iPods and iCloud, it is hard to sync an Android device to the iTunes but the Windows surely has an easy way to transfer those files, though it may […]

HTC Titan II (2012): First Review – Part 1

HTC pulled the curtains on the succession of the Titan line of smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012, the new HTC Titan II. This week the company released the Windows Phone-based smartphone. In a nutshell, the phone is a whopper with a larger footprint and a stunning 16-mega pixel camera. Though the Titan II is not the first Windows […]

HTC Titan II (2012): First Review – Part 2

At 5.1 inches tall by 2.8 inches wide by 0.39 inch thick, this handset is just as much of a behemoth. Sculpted in the flat, rectangular slab shape that’s become so common in today’s smartphones, the Titan II is the spitting image of many of HTC’s Android handsets. Tipping the scales at a hefty 6 […]

HTC Titan II (2012): First Review – Part 3

On back of the phone are the ultrahigh-resolution 16-megapixel camera and dual-LED flash array. A small speaker sits here too, plus understated monotone HTC and Windows Phone logos. A small textured back plate covers the SIM card compartment, but sadly there’s no SD card slot for extra storage, and the battery isn’t removable. The Titan […]

HTC Titan II (2012): First Review – Part 4

As with the original Titan, HTC added a few of its own flourishes to the Titan II’s OS. The HTC Hub showcases HTC’s signature clock and weather widget plus featured apps, news, and stock reports, and there are HTC-branded apps like HTC Watch, HTC’s video download and rental service, HTC’s Photo Enhancer, Locations, Notes, and […]

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