Snapdragon Chip Powers the Nexus One

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Last June, the Snapdragon debuted in the compelling but low-profile Toshiba TG01, a big-screen (4.1 inches) smartphone.

That was then. Now it's in the Google Nexus One, which is quickly rivaling the Apple iPhone and Motorola Droid for device star power. Google prominently lists Snapdragon on its specification page as the "Qualcomm QSD 8250, 1GHz."

Previous Qualcomm silicon powered the T-Mobile G1--the first phone to run Google's Android OS--that was announced back in September of 2008. "We...have a very long and successful history with Google," said Luis Pineda, senior vice president of marketing and product management at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies in a statement Tuesday.

Snapdragon should come in handy for applications such as Flash Player 10.1, which is coming to Android and will run on the Nexus One. Adobe's Adrian Ludwig calls it "a very high performance chip" and he demonstrated in a video how it would handle the graphics on National Geographic's Web site

 

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