CES 2013: Qualcomm keynote live blog

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs will take the stage to talk up the mobile revolution.

  • Jacobs: What about these phones?
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  • Ballmer: The new Windows Phones are incredible. In November, reported sales of Windows were four times better than year earlier. Christmas sales five times better.
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  • Windows Phone 8X by HTC, Nokia Lumia 920
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  • Nothing new here, guys. We've already seen these
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  • Note - Qualcomm is the only chipmaker that provides processor for Windows Phones right now
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  • Ballmer: we wanted a phone that could be personal for all of us. We also designed windows phone to be the best phone for anyone using a Windows PC or tablet.
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  • (Also note - Windows RT is having some struggles so far. The Dell device that uses Qualcomm chips just started shipping last month, and I don't think the Samsung product has hit the market yet)
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  • Jacobs: It's pretty clear you guys have completely reimagined Widows
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  • *Windows
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  • Ballmer: Thanks Jacobs for being a good partner, etc.
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  • And Ballmer has left the stage.
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  • Jacobs: As we've seen, there are some pretty fantastic phones out there
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  • Windows Phone 8X by HTC. Giving some of these away to 100 lucky winners in tonight's audience.
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  • Everyone had a born mobile card on his/her chair when got here. If take to Qualcomm exhibit, will be able to see if have one of the lucky buttons.
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  • Everyone is scrambling right now to find their buttons
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  • Today i'm pleased to announce the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 series.
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  • Exceptional performance, enhanced graphics.
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  • In terms of performance per watt, outperforms all of the competition, even their newest chips.
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  • That's not all.
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  • We have an even bigger chip. I'm going to show you the next big leap in mobile.
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  • Now we've got another video demo. Pretty funny actually. About a dragon. Cute
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  • what was the point of that?
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  • Snapdragon. The name of the chip. Get it?
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  • I don't see how this is new? Windows Phone Tiles are the same thing as Android Phone Widgets. Did I miss something?
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  • Announcing the new flagship Snapdragon 800
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  • Most advanced wireless processor ever built. This little chip is going to make a bit impact. First premium processor for smartphones, tablets, computers
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  • 75 percent better performance. That's a huge leap.
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  • More than 50 design wins already. Setting the standard for excellence in mobile computing.
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  • LTE advanced for download speeds up to 150 Mbps. That got some whistles in the audience.
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  • Also features latest Wi-Fi tech called Vibe (802.11 ac). Much, much faster.
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  • Also features a quad-core CPU. Peak speeds of up to 2.3 Ghz per core.
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  • Next chip will be in hands the second half of this year.
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  • Renders video and games in stunning speed. But I don't want to just sit here and talk about it. I'm going to show you what it does.
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  • Tablets - not a video. This is being rendered in real time on the screen.
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  • by James Martin
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