From the world of high-powered mobile devices/UMPCs two prototypes from Qualcomm that look particularly appetizing. The company is showing off a pair of reference designs showcasing its new Snapdragon chipset, a heap of silicon said to offer one of the best power to performance ratios in the mobile world. First up, the Fairbanks, Qualcomm's idea of what a next-gen dedicated GPS unit might look like, equipped with a 3 megapixel still / video camera, TV tuner, and microSD expansion on some sort of custom Windows CE base.
Next up, the Anchorage (pictured above) does the typical slide-out QWERTY smartphone concept in pure style with one critical difference - this one is humming along at a staggering 1GHz. It's got pretty much every kind of radio one could want or need and apparently has enough horsepower to hoist a full operating system. While these two will not see the retail market for some time, they do showcase in the best way where next-gen smartphones or even UMPCs are heading in the next year/year and a half...
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