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Survey shows how users want more on mobiles
Users of mobile computing and portable communications expect to access more multimedia content over time but are not prepared to pay much by way of a subscription for the right, according to a survey conducted by ABI Research on behalf of Mirics Semiconductor Ltd. (Fleet, Hampshire).
Renesas samples 45-nm ARM-based mobile processor
Renesas Technology Europe has begun sampling the SH-Mobile APE4, a Cortex-A8 based processor targeted at mobile phone and mobile device implementations. The processor is implemented in a 45-nm process and can be operated at a clock frequency in excess of 1-GHz, Renesas said.
Is CE going the Apple way? The case for Apple
Apple is already a great consumer electronics company. But the big question is whether Apple has also secured its position as a leader of the consumer market in the future.
iPhone heals, iPhone smells
Apple's iPhone is being applied to more diverse applications that one could have imagined when it first came on the scene.
iPhone is 'Eye-phone' for surgeons in India
Apple's iPhone has been found to be the best mobile handset when it comes to treating Retinopathy of Prematurity, an eye disease that can turn prematurely born babies irreversibly blind in days
Indian IT group offers mobile TV based on DVB-H on OMAP
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (L&T Infotech) has announced its DVB-H-based mobile TV solution based on the TI OMAP3530 reference platform.
Seven predictions for handset OEMs
Handset OEMs have recently launched a number of new phones.
Dell debuts Android phone in China, Brazil
The ongoing mobile free-for-all took another interesting twist Friday as PC maker Dell announced a Google Android cellphone it will initially sell in China and Brazil, the same day smartphone chip maker Qualcomm showed an ARM-based netbook made by Lenovo.
HSPA mobile broadband growing fast, says GSMA
The GSMA has announced that the rate of growth of HSPA mobile broadband connections has increased by nearly two thirds in the last year, according to figures released by Wireless Intelligence.
Intel debuts portable text-to-speech reader
Intel's digital health group released the Intel Reader, a paperback-sized device that can take a picture of printed text with its 5 megapixel camera and convert it to speech for the dyslexic and visually impaired.
Miniature solar panels come to mobile telephones
Sharp is diversifying its solar component portfolio to address a wide range of mobile applications, such as mobile phones. However, integrating miniature solar panels into mobile telephones is just the beginning — further applications include all network-independent and mobile applications in particular.
Designer debuts OMAP boards for Android
Contract design company Moto Development Group (San Francisco) has announced a family of three reference platforms for the Google Android operating system aimed at giving OEMs a leg up on hardware engineering based on Moto's enhancements to the Texas Instruments Beagle board.
Qualcomm misses estimates, extends Samsung license
Qualcomm reported quarterly sales and guidance that fell short of analyst expectations, but the company announced the extension of a license agreement with South Korea's Samsung Electronics reportedly worth more than $1.3 billion over 15 years.
Analysis: Reality check for Motorola
Motorola Inc. co-CEO Sanjay Jha is counting almost singularly on smartphone sales to help the company recover in the mobile handset market but this is a risky strategy that could backfire and result in a nasty pricing war among equipment vendors.
Startup turns SD cards into game cartridges
Startup FXI Technologies AS hopes to bring the Nintendo game cartridge into the cellphone era with a vengeance when it releases in early 2011 mobile games packaged with their own acceleration hardware on microSD cards.
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