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Crave has a nice article that talks about the advent of Qualcomm’s uber-chip, Snapdragon. This thing runs at 1GHz, and has support for WiFi, Bluetooth, HSDPA, XGA displays, 12MP camera, and and and )(!) DVB-H – phew, what a list!!
Qualcomm already does pretty nicely out of standard 3G chips, but with this bad boy they’ve gone a step further – the only achilles really is that it can’t handle tonnes of apps running side by side (or multi-tasking as we might call it).
The Snapdragon has already been placed inside Toshiba’s TG01 (a handset I am desperately trying to get a review model for), and I am sure we’ll see it inside of both mobile devices and netbooks this year. And it’s really with netbooks where it’s potential rockets even further – since those really demanding (for a mobile phone) tasks suddenly become tasks that are expected as an everyday occurrence with netbook users.
I’m personally pretty excited with what could come this year for netbooks – they have become slightly stale since their stellar inception in to the world of mobile computing only a couple of years ago – so to see a new round of truly tiny ‘puters, with blazing performance, will be great for both industry and consumers alike….! Make it light, but make it fast 
[Via: Crave]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
