First Tegra smartphone coming in Q4 2009
According to The Street, a Nvidia Tegra powered smartphone will reach the market as soon as Q4 2009. In an interview with Mike Rayfield, the general manager of Nvidia’s mobile unit, Mike said he expects the company’s Tegra chip to debut in a phone from one of the top five cell-phone makers as early as the fourth quarter of this year.
While The Street and everyone else is speculating an Android device, we know of at least one Tegra-powered Windows Mobile device coming this year, the Windows Mobile 6.5 WVGA 600 Mhz Nvidia AP16 HTC SuperStar. While HTC is not yet a top 5 cell phone company, they are at certainly top 5 when it comes to smartphones.
Via unwiredview.com.
HTC’s 2009 line-up – now with more nVidia Tegra
It seems we will soon know exactly how many screws hold together HTC’s 2009 smartphones. FuzeMobility has just come across a spreadsheet listing some more details and some new code names we have not heard mentioned before.
New to us are the Star, Superstar, Tachi, Chief and Captain.
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The Captain is a Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone with a QVGA screen, likely similar to the Cedar and Willow.
The Chief W is also a Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone with a QVGA screen. The W designation indicated a World phone, ie dual CDMA and GSM. Chief and Captain may be older code names for the Cedar and Willow.
Tachi is a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device with a 2.8 inch VGA screen. Likely the last generation of Windows Mobile 6.1 devices, it seems to be the device known until now as the HTC Twin.
The Star is likely to be the HTC Firestone.
The Superstar however is the real mystery, and the only device which can not be identified from the known specs. The Nvidia AP16 chipset is likely referring to nVidia APX Tegra platform, which I am sure it very encouraging news to us enthusiasts disappointed by Qualcomm. The 3.7 inch WVGA screen near guarantees a media-focused device, which is something I think very many of us are waiting for.
See FuzeMobility for more info.
Thanks Wreiad for the tip!

























































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