Qualcomm shows off new mobile reference designs

by Chris Ziegler posted Jan 8th 2008 at 1:11PM

Let's put aside Qualcomm's legal woes for just a moment and turn our attention to something a little more interesting and heartwarming: awesome-looking prototype devices. The company is showing off a pair of reference designs showcasing its new Snapdragon chipset, a heap of silicon said to offer one of the best power to performance ratios in the mobile world. First up, the "Fairbanks" is Qualcomm's idea of what a next-gen dedicated GPS unit might look like, rocking a 3 megapixel still / video camera, TV tuner, and microSD expansion on some sort of custom Windows CE base. Next up, the "Anchorage" (pictured) does the typical slide-out QWERTY smartphone concept in pure style with one critical difference -- this one is humming along at a staggering 1GHz. It's got pretty much every kind of radio one could want or need and apparently has enough horsepower to hoist a full OS, which only serves to further our deep, dark depression that they're not-for-retail concepts.

Filed under: Handsets, Others

Tags: anchorage, ces, ces 2008, Ces2008, chipset, fairbanks, qualcomm, snapdragon

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webmartians @ Jan 10th 2008 11:19AM

The one thing that seems to be missing from all of the new, reference platforms is the ability to drive external (larger and more detailed) displays. That one change will put the handhelds on the road to dominance.