Snapdragon is a developer’s platform for Android phones.
Smartphones and tablets have come a long way from their humble beginnings. We’ve gone from devices that were better off functioning as paperweights or bricks to what amounts to a mini computer everywhere you go. Mobile technology continues to get cooler with the Snapdragon S4 processor, which is contained on a single small chip. The user-friendly chip design is easy to design around and opens up plenty of possibilities for developers who are looking to push the envelope with what a smartphone is capable of achieving.
Snapdragon is among the best processors in the smartphone world and has some games that were made exclusively for the platform. It was designed with a gaming-centric focus, with high resolution and 3D graphics. It is also powerful enough to view or shoot full HD videos on, which is something a lot of phones fall short on. The sound capabilities give developers recording and playback of 5.1 surround sound audio. A lot of people have replaced their cameras with cellphones and the video camera is going to go out the window next with this level of quality. If you ever wanted to present a home theatre sounding experience from the smartphone, the Snapdragon processor can handle it.
Two particular features are going to make camera-centric application developers very pleased. This version of the Snapdragon processor has blink and smile detection. There are some people who probably don’t even remember their phone can make calls because they use it for a camera so much. The processor’s new features are tailor-made for this particularly large demographic of the cellphone market. Another camera feature, burst camera mode, allows the smartphone to take multiple photos at a time without lag in between.
You might think the processor is going to be a huge drain on the battery, but it’s designed to make the most of the smartphone power. Obviously with that kind of graphics and processing power it’s not going to have the longest-lived battery in the world, but it’s certainly not going to drain instantly as soon as you start playing your favorite games on it.
Another problem that has been plaguing smartphone users for a long time is getting location tracking to work indoors. The Snapdragon includes standard points of interest and locale tracking, along with object tracking. It also continues to work while you’re indoors.
The smartphone market demands more and more out of their phones. If a phone can’t take awesome pictures, play 1080p videos or provide a gaming experience comparable to a gaming console, you’re going to hear plenty of complaining on the Internet. The Snapdragon processor is continuing the drive toward smartphones that function as a primary source of entertainment. Given it has the necesary hardware to back up that goal, it’s going to get more and more exciting to see exactly what’s going on in the mobile processor world with Snapdragon’s influence. Look for Snapdragon in smartphones like the Motorola Droid Razr M, Motorola Photon Q and LG Optimum G.
