Posts Tagged ‘Broadcom’

FCC filings showing the innards of the HTC Touch Pro 2 were recently made public.  While the introduction of Windows Phone 7 Series will probably reduce interest in Windows Mobile 6.x devices like the Touch Pro 2, it is interesting to take a closer look at the construction of the Touch Pro 2 and the chip choices made by HTC.

Qualcomm’s MSM7600 528 MHz processor is at the heart of the Touch Pro 2.  While it’s no SnapDragon, the MSM7600 has some impressive capabilities, like the ability to render 4 million triangles per second and 532 million pixels per second.

You can also see a Broadcom BCM4325 WiFi/Bluetooth processor in the Touch Pro 2.  This low-power chip has become popular in smartphones.  The BCM4325 actually features an FM receiver and 802.11 a capabilities, but it appears that Qualcomm disabled these features for the Touch Pro 2.

The Touch Pro 2 uses a NAND Flash chip from Samsung for storage.  This isn’t a surprise, since Samsung leads the NAND market in revenue market share.

We’ve been waiting for the Archos 9 for a few months now.  The original October 22nd release date has passed, but at least today we have some info on pricing.  The Archos 9 is now available for pre-order on Archos’ website for $549.99.  Still, there is no word on when the device will be released.

Additionally, internal pics of the device are now available on the FCC website.  The pics show a Broadcom WiFi module, and Toshiba HDD (although SSD options are available as well).

The Windows 7 tablet looks quite impressive, although the Archos 9’s 1.1 GHz Atom processor seems a bit underpowered.  Archos says the 9 is capable of displaying 1080p video though, so it’ll be interesting to see this device in action.