Following their new Snapdragon S4 processors announcement, Qualcomm also unveiled the Snapdragon S4 Liquid MDP Tablet for developers based on MSM8960 with 2GB LPDDR2 system memory, 32 GB eMMC and 1 MB NOR Flash.
This reference design features a 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 (16:9) 10-finger capacitive multitouch display, on-die LTE modem, dual 1080p cameras (front:13 MP / rear: 2MP) and another two for 3D, 7 (!) microphones, surround stereo speakers and lots of sensors: dual 3D accelerators, 3-axis gyro, a compass, ambient light and proximity sensor, temperature and pressure sensor and a fingerprint sensor. It also supports haptic feedback thanks to two dual independently-controlled linear vibrator motors.
Although Android Honeycomb and ICS can do without, the S4 MDP comes with its fair share of (physical) button: combo volume / zoom rocker, power button, screen rotation lock, home button and reset button.
External connectors include a docking station port, micro USB with MHL support, a 3.5mm audio jack with ANC contacts, a DC-in charger port and a microSD slot. There’s also a full-size SIM slot and touch panel programming connector under the battery door, along with a Sensor Fusion expansion connector. The docking station adds a pair of full-size USB connections, HDMI, Ethernet, JTAG, QEPM, UART and another DC-in
The removable 5200 mAh lithium ion battery should provide many hours of power.
The platform is currently running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), but you can expect Android 4.0 (ICS) early 2012, with support for Windows 8 to come after that.
Qualcomm S4 MDP tablet will only be available to developers during the first half of 2012 and expect to pay an hefty price for it. As a reference BSquare MDP based on MSM8655 costs 995 USD, so this development kit should cost well above 1,000 USD. (Let’s make it 1,995 USD)…
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