| ASUS MeMO Pad 8, MeMO Pad 10 tablets have now landed in Taiwan Oct 15th 2013, 07:00, by Juan Carlos Torres There is always room for affordable mid-range Android tablets and no other major manufacturer probably has that category pinned down than ASUS. Now the company is making its two latest tablets, the MeMO Pad 8 and the MeMO Pad 10, available in its home court of Taiwan. 
The two MeMO tablets were unveiled early last September at the IFA trade show in Berlin and sport rather acceptable hardware specs considering the price point. Both tablets run on an unnamed 1.6 GHz quad-core processor which is paired with a Mali 400 MP4 graphics chip. RAM is set to 1 GB. Despite the difference in screen sizes, both tablets have a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. Both are equipped with WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, and microUSB connectivity. Of course there are differences between the two. The 8-inch model only comes with one internal storage configuration of 16 GB, while the 10.1-inch MeMO Pad 10 has options of 8 or 16 GB capacities. The MeMO Pad 8 has a 5-megapixel rear camera while its larger sibling only has a lower 2-megapixel one. Both have 1.2 megapixel front-facing cameras, though. The MeMO Pad 10 is said to have a A-GPS with GLONASS while the MeMO Pad 8 doesn’t. 
Both tablets are now available in Taiwan and the prices do not disappoint. The ASUS MeMO Pad 8 has a suggested retail price of NT$ 7,990, around $270, while the ASUS MeMO Pad 10 will sell for NT$ 8,990, roughly $310. VIA: VR-Zone |  | Verizon double-wide LTE network slowly waking up in New York City Oct 15th 2013, 06:26, by Juan Carlos Torres The US network market is fiercely competitive, with every carrier trying to one-up the others at every turn. It seems that this round might soon belong to Verizon as sightings of its double-wide LTE network increase. 
Such sightings have happened in Chicago and Los Angeles, but this time GigaOM was able to snag an actual confirmation from a tester in New York City. Based on the results of the Speedtest iPhone app, the tester got a download speed of 80 Mbps, with an uplink speed of 15 Mbps. Quite impressive, especially considering AT&T‘s current LTE network is said to only average 16.7 Mbps, with a top rate of 75 Mbps. The massive increase in speeds is thanks to Verizon’s use of a full 40 MHz spectrum which it has started deploying in markets across the country. These networks are, in fact, theoretically capable of up to 150 Mbps downlod speeds, so the low test results are actually quite puzzling. But even at 80 Mbps, Verizon’s new LTE offering will surely give competitors something to worry about. Of course, those numbers are still bound to change, considering the new LTE network is still not officially available. Other factors will come into play once it launches, such as the amount of users on the network, as well as Verizon’s own throttling and restrictions. SOURCE: GigaOM | | Samsung Galaxy S5 rumored to run on 14nm 64-bit Exynos 6 chip Oct 15th 2013, 05:57, by Juan Carlos Torres Like it or not, Apple‘s shiny new 64-bit mobile processor has got everyone talking for or against it and even long-time rival Samsung is apparently ready to jump into the wagon. This latest rumor reveals that the company will be showcasing a 64-bit processor in its upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone, but will be putting in a slight twist. 
That twist comes from the manufacturing process. Majority of Samsung’s and other major manufacturers’ chips use a 28nm (nanometer) process, referring to the size of the die or the block of semiconducting material on which the chip is made. According to normal die shrinking conventions, the next smaller die size would be 20nm. However, it seems that the company is somewhat desperate to get an edge over its competitors and will instead be skipping a stage and jumping right down to a 14nm FinFET process. This process will produce Samsung’s next series of mobile processors, for now dubbed as the Exynos 6 series. Naturally, as the trend goes, Exynos 6 will be 64-bit capable. But more than that, it will be implementing an ARM big.LITTLE architecture, similar to that of announced the Exynos 5 5420 chips. The difference is that Exynos 6 will be sporting a combination of 64-bit ARM chips, the low-power Cortex-A53 and the more powerful Cortex-A57, instead of the usual Cortex-A7/A15 combinations. Presuming the Exynos 6 news is true, whether or not the Samsung Galaxy S5 will sport such a chip will depend on the timing, not to mention the veracity of rumors. Samsung is said to start production of the Exynos 6 5430 chips late this year and is expected to market it early next year. On the other hand, the Galaxy S5 is rumored to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in February, which could mean that the smartphone might be making a pass on these 64-bit processors. SOURCE: DDaily
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