Call us surprised. Just a few days after introducing its latest halo technology, Qualcomm might be experiencing some whiplash after making clear the company’s attitude toward a high-end quad-core chipset. Threads and streams were more important than a processor core, but it’s the latter that makes all the difference in the mid- and low-end markets.So if Qualcomm is pushing on with
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Call us surprised. Just a few days after introducing its latest halo technology, Qualcomm might be experiencing some whiplash after making clear the company’s attitude toward a high-end quad-core chipset. Threads and streams were more important than a processor core, but it’s the latter that makes all the difference in the mid- and low-end markets.So if Qualcomm is pushing on with
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Last week, I waxed poetic on why Windows Phone can’t afford to not jump into the quad core fray. Most of the reasoning behind the opinion was based on marketing, pure and simple. Quad core is greater than dual core in the eye of the average consumer. So, in order to gain that priceless market share that we all know and love, it was reasoned that if you want to win hearts and minds, it will have to be done with four shiny cores resting snugly in the belly on the Lumia 980 Epic Superphone Plus. ...
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Windows Phone has had one major thing going for it since it’s inception – fluidity. Even the lowest end Windows Phones have always seemed to be effortless in their transitions, form Home screen to apps, or browsing, or whatever else you have always done. It’s simply a well done operating system that rarely suffers form lag or “jankiness” unlike many Android phones can be susceptible to lag either due to coming on phones without enough chutzpah, or becoming spyware infected, or what have you. Windows Phone is rather like Apple in that way. Apple’s iPhones and iPads have long ...