Chipmaker NVIDIA today announced a new, supplementary app store for Android phones running their dual-core Tegra 2 chipset, such as the LG Optimus 2X. Tegra Zone will allow consumers to discover and download higher-quality, more powerful games than are currently available in the Android Market.
The company also showed off a “reference implementation” of Skype HD video calling on Android tablets. Verizon Wireless is widely expected to announce a version of Skype for Android phones which includes video chat tomorrow morning.
NVIDIA is in an enviable position today, and a tough one. The Tegra 2 chip is the first of its kind, months ahead of Cortex-A9-based competitors soon to come from Qualcomm, TI, Freescale and Samsung. But the company can’t showcase some of this week’s top devices today, because carriers and OEMs are saving the gadgets for their own press conferences later during CES.
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