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Samsung Teams Up With Qualcomm, ARM

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BARCELONA, Spain – Mobile World Congress

Samsung is teaming up with Qualcomm and ARM Technologies to release the secure high-definition (HD) service utilizing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon StudioAccess and ARM’s TrustZone technologies. This service allows consumers to watch brilliant HD videos directly on their mobile device through Samsung Media Hub.

The secure HD service will be debuted on the 5.3” HD Super AMOLED display of the Samsung Galaxy Note, featuring a Snapdragon processor by Qualcomm. The implementation of this new hardware will provide the ability to watch luminous, HD quality movies and TV shows through Samsung’s Media Hub directly on a mobile device. The Samsung Galaxy Note will be the first device to adopt this technology via a firmware update to be announced at a later date.

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