| Bluetooth rides on Wi-Fi, UWB crawls
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2008-02-14 |
| The Bluetooth SIG?s mechanism for its protocol to ride on top of 802.11n networks appears to be recognition of the market's rapid adoption of .11n and the relative slowness of UWB |
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| Bluetooth technology jumps on 802.11 radio
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2008-02-13 |
| Bluetooth SIG has formally announced its intent to allow Bluetooth to reside on top of an 802.11 radio |
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| SiRF launches multifunction platform for mobiles
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2008-02-12 |
| SiRF Technology has entered the multimedia phone race with a new multifunction platform by integrating an ARM11 core, a game-grade 3D graphics core from Imagination and other multimedia processing capabilities. |
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| WiMAX soon to invade cellphones
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2008-02-08 |
| The cost of the latest Wi-Fi and Bluetooth links are going down, and WiMAX will soon find its way to cellphones |
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| Replace your PND with GPS-based cellphone
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2008-02-08 |
| Instead of using personal navigation devices, you can just upgrade your cellphone to one with a built-in GPS and pay as little as Rs.164.23 ($4.16) per month to have it give you directions. |
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| Taiwan's CE market shows great promise
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2008-02-06 |
| In 2007, Taiwan's display, communication and CE industries have delivered many surprises. With global TV digitalisation approaching, the future looks bright for the entire display industry. |
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| Bluetooth SIG drives low-power spec
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2008-01-18 |
| The Bluetooth SIG is spearheading two near-term initiatives for expanding the spec that will keep the core tech potent enough to remain on the A list of options for convergence chips |
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| CE players confused over best wireless tech
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2008-01-17 |
| Almost everyone agrees that wireless is the right approach to connect consumer electronics they are planning for 2009, but they disagree on which technology is best. |
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| ABI: NFC deployment slower than expected
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2008-01-15 |
| According to ABI, contrary to expectations, NFC handsets did not ship in any volume toward the end of 2007 and the market will remain limited for the first half of 2008. |
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| RF IP providers ink WiMAX marketing deal
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2008-01-15 |
| Coresonic has announced a joint marketing agreement with SySDSoft to offer a solution combining baseband processor firmware and MAC layer plus protocol stacks as a complete RF tech package for SoC developers. |
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| Who will win the Wi-Fi battle?
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2008-01-11 |
| Given their sheer volume, wireless handsets are clearly today's golden socket: One good win and a startup can go stratospheric, or an established company can write off at least two other losses. |
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| Integrating GPS capability to handsets
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2008-01-09 |
| Conventionally, the natural migration of GPS tech into handsets at minimal cost means the integration of RF and digital functions into the same device. But there is an alternate approach: providing standalone GPS silicon and IP for integration, as has been done for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi functionality |
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| Taiwan focuses on ubiquitous comm
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2008-01-02 |
| Taiwan's electronic industry has gradually evolved from being manufacturing-focused to design-focused. Technologists who had previously worked in Silicon Valley established new companies. One of these companies is AirDio Wireless Inc. |
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| Marvell app processor powers Samsung PDA phone
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2007-12-26 |
| Marvell says that its PXA 300 application processor is powering the Samsung SPH-M4650 PDA phone, which runs on the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional OS. |
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| Woods: Industry needs to divvy up apps into unlicensed bands
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2007-12-19 |
| The president of the WiMedia Alliance has urged the industry to carve up spectrum bands based on what apps best fit in them to avoid a fight over bandwidth on unlicensed frequencies. |
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| Qualcomm acquires mobile noise reduction specialist
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2007-12-19 |
| Qualcomm?s acquisition of SoftMax brings multi-microphone noise suppression and echo cancellation expertise to Qualcomm. |
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| HSPA SoC integrates 3G protocols
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2007-12-17 |
| Broadcom has developed a single-chip HSPA processor that claims to integrate all key 3G cellular and mobile technologies on a low-power, 65nm CMOS die. |
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| Understanding Galileo/GPS system design
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2007-12-17 |
| Developers need to become familiar with various key tech that make implementing GPS in CE devices possible, most specifically, the Galileo satellite network being developed and implemented under the EU. |
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| Report: Multimedia cellphones will surpass TV sets in 2008
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2007-11-28 |
| MultiMedia Intelligence has reported that the worldwide unit shipments of multimedia feature rich mobile phones will exceed 30 crore units in 2008, outnumbering shipments of TV sets. |
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| LG iPhone-like smart phone hits stores in Europe
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2007-11-08 |
| LG iPhone-like smart phone, which hit the stores in Europe on Nov.6 just days before Apple's iPhone goes on sale, sports the same thin rectangular design as the iPhone, but a smaller touchscreen versus iPhone. |
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| Startup unveils Wi-Fi card for digicams
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2007-11-05 |
| A startup has developed an 802.11g card for digicams that fits into an SD slot and automatically sends pictures to a local PC or Mac or to an online site based on preset user preferences. |
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| UWB teams up with PCIe
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2007-11-01 |
| The convergence of UWB and PCIe in the notebook will drive high-performance wireless connections for PANs and other short-distance I/O applications. This article examines the trends. |
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| Analyst expects single-die HSUPA chips in handsets by 2H/09
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2007-10-31 |
| Claiming to be over a year ahead of competitors, Broadcom announced its single-chip HSUPA Processor, but the question is "will Broadcom's be the first single-die UMTS chip in a cellphone?" |
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| Startup touts RF chipsets for audio connections
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2007-10-24 |
| Startup Avnera has developed 2.4GHz chipsets for wireless audio connections that rivals data-oriented RF connections in range, freedom from interference, automatic network configuration and quality. |
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| HTC tips Touch smart phone with built-in GPS
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2007-10-14 |
| HTC has unveiled the Touch Cruise with built-in GPS for personal navigation and 3G wireless connectivity for high-speed Internet access. |
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| Acco claims to develop CMOS tech for 3G power amps
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2007-09-14 |
| Acco Semiconductor claims that its MASMOS tech has a gain capability equivalent to GaAs-based devices and a breakdown of over 14V routinely that can solve the breakdown issue for all CMOS tech available for RF today. |
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| Engineers labour to kickstart UMPC
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2007-08-01 |
| Engineers are working on various combinations of hardware and software to define lower-power, lower-cost UMPC that delivers the full capabilities of a desktop PC. |
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| NXP promotes WUSB for mobile computing users
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2007-07-26 |
| NXP is planning to invest Rs.506.05 crore ($124 million) to expand its Wireless USB technology base in Singapore to help advance WUSB as a mainstream technology for mobile computing users. |
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| CSR, Freescale ink deal for Bluetooth connectivity
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2007-07-20 |
| CSR and Freescale have joined hands to provide Bluetooth connectivity to Freescale's mobile and home consumer reference designs by incorporating CSR's BlueCore4-ROM chip into the i.MX31 applications dvlt system |
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| TI plans ULP Bluetooth products for portable devices
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2007-07-05 |
| TI will leverage its Zigbee, low-power RF and mobile connectivity to develop products and solutions for ULP Bluetooth (previously known as Wibree |
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