Image via CrunchBaseEngadget has it, in some enticing details. For more, it was suggested, we might wait till Q3 when this Huawei MediaPad will hit retail. But the Huawei's 7" screen of whooping 217 DPI has made me very curious.Qualcomm produces two Snapdragons MSM8x60differing in modems: HSPA+ or CDMA: both and a modemless APQ80600 (HP TouchPad, anyone?With WebOS 3.0 and for $499 for a 9.7-incher of iPad-like screen) share the same "Scorpion" cores:
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
- Asynchronous dual Scorpion cores up to 1.5GHz for faster response and processing
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
Adreno™ 220: Advanced Mobile Graphics
- Console quality and stereoscopic 3D graphics for mobile gaming, web graphics and customized 3D user interfaces
- Full support for websites based on Flash 10 and WebGL
- Enriched augmented reality applications
- Low power to maximize battery life
- The Adreno 220 offers over 4 times the performance of the original Adreno 200
Multimedia
- High-definition (1080p) video recording and playback up to 30 frames per second
- Multiple video codecs: (MPEG-4, MPEG-2, H.264, H.263, VC-1, DivX™, WMV-9, Sorenson Spark, VP6)
- HDMI Mirroring
- High-resolution WXGA (1440x900) display support
- Dolby® 5.1 surround sound
- Stereoscopic 3D capture and playback
- 16-megapixel dual-camera support
- Multiple audio codecs: (AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, FR, EFR, HR, WB-AMR, G.729a, G.711, AAC stereo encode)
Connectivity
MSM8260
- Integrated 3G mobile broadband connectivity
- Single mode support for HSPA+ networks – up to 14 Mbps downloads and 5.6 Mbps uploads – as well as GSM , GPRS and EDGE
- Built-in eighth-generation gps engine with Standalone-GPS and Assisted-GPS modes
- Support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® and FM connectivity
MSM8660
- Integrated 3G mobile broadband connectivity
- Dual mode support for HSPA+ networks – up to 14.4 Mbps downloads and 5.76 Mbps – as well as CDMA2000 1X , 1xEV-DO Rel A/B, GSM, GPRS and EDGE
- Built-in eighth-generation gps engine with Standalone-GPS and Assisted-GPS modes
- Support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM connectivity
APQ8060
- Support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM connectivity
OS Support
Android™
Brew® Mobile Platform
HP webOS 2.0
Security
- Advanced security options including platform, content and storage memory protection
- Secure MSM™ provides secure boot, operation and file security
- Digital Rights Management provides secure playback of OMA and Windows Media content
- Trustzone™ enables mobile payment and conditional access as well as protection of storage media
Product Brochure
Snapdragon MSM8x60 / APQ8060 Product Brief
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On the other hand, the Adreno 220 GPU was well demoed here. The clip is too good to leave it out:
Another thing that is habitually overlooked in dual-core SoCs is the support of SMP mode. I don't know what it would be in Android 3.2, I suspect, maybe good enough for a first attempt. But it might easily be a good contender for Playbook 2 based on OMAP4460 or even OMAP5 devices. Naturally, after building a QNX Neutrino on that beast. Sure, it's hard, but I suppose it may turn not harder or longer than perfecting Android 3.2 on it.
The tablet is not priced yet, but anything below $400 for a WiFi-only 8 or 16 GB model makes it indisputable winner.
Meanwhile, balrogbob has broken his PD Planet -- at a very inopportune moment of his development. We are sorry for you, King of the Planet. Another tragedy has struck me: my portrait of Jim (see below) supposed to pay for my PD Planet, has netted me just $50. In any case, my local brick and mortar Kohl's doesn't have these tablets in stock -- just like Oleg verygreen's Kohl's where they are in the process of discarding all the "electronics" merchandise.
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