Crumbs: Always-on cellular connectivity, 'all-day' battery life and thinner than a piece of toast...
Published: 3 December 2008 17:03 GMT
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Qualcomm demonstrated the low power aspect of the chipset at a press event in London today by asking journalists to touch it "and see it's not burning". (It was indeed only warm and non-blister-inducing.)
A company spokesman joked: "We lost a lot of engineers [developing the chipset] but we have a good product now."
Snapdragon will enable mini laptop style devices - with screens of between nine and 12 inches - to run for between four to six hours without needing to be charged, according to a spokesman. Smartphones using Snapdragon will be able to run for longer.
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