The T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy S II was nowhere to be seen during the IFA conference in Berlin despite well publicized appearances from its Sprint and AT&T counterparts. It was soon revealed that T-Mobile’s Galaxy S II is not using the same Samsung 1.2GHz Exynos processor as the other versions, and that is why it was absent from the show. Samsung and T-Mobile have been silent on officially revealing what the new processor is, but the news may have been broken over Twitter.

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to AT&T to inform the company that two of its proposed acquisitions will be examined jointly and not separate. Those two acquisitions are for T-Mobile USA and Qualcomm’s Lower 700 MHz D spectrum licenses. Qualcomm announced it was selling these licenses to AT&T in December 2010, but it hasn’t been approved by the FCC yet.

Usually when we run down specifications for smartphones, we write something along the lines of “1.2Ghz dual-core Snapdragon processor.” There was a time when words such as “Snapdragon” and “dual-core” were serious terms to throw around. But much like a lot of technology dealing with smartphones, these terms are widely used for marketing purposes. Snapdragon is what Qualcomm calls its set of chipsets, but they can be broken down even further into specific models.

Qualcomm is the maker of all those Snapdragon processors that seem to be in nearly all modern smartphones these days. Qualcomm has a nice foothold in the mobile phone industry and it is looking to innovate even more. Qualcomm announced that it has purchased a portion of a company named GestureTek. One of GestureTek’s specialties deals with gesture controls in mobile devices. Do you see where this is going?

When HP originally announced the Pre 3 way back when they made mention that it would be sporting a single-core 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor when it launched. And well, given its been quite a while and we are still waiting to see this handset come available, I guess we should not be all that surprised more »

It looks like Qualcomm has let some details out of the bag a bit earlier than they should have. Yup, the not only confirmed the existence of the HTC Pyramid, but we now know that the handset is going to be called the HTC Sensation and that it will be powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz more »

Late last month we starting seeing chatter about Netflix coming to Android, but only for devices that were running a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and while those details were coming from a reliable source, they did seem a little strange. That said, it turns out that they were indeed accurate. The latest is coming by way more »

As we have come to expect, a new device is released and then it is quickly torn apart by the crew over at iFixIt. And as you most likely guessed, the Verizon iPhone has become their latest target. That said, while these are always interesting to see, especially for those who like to see the more »

While many are still waiting for a Netflix app to come available for Android, it looks like an answer to when may have come up. Of more specifically, an answer to which Android devices will end up getting to use the Netflix app once it is available. And according to Qualcomm, those devices will be more »

Yesterday we mentioned that Qualcomm was killing off the FLO TV, and today we have the official statement. The news is not really all that surprising, but the long and short is that FLO TV sales have been immediately stopped and the programming will run through the Spring of 2011. And with that, those affected more »