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Archives for May 2007
Apple iPhone display panels likely to be source from Japan
The Apple iPhone launch has us all up in a tizzy, and we can’t help but let you in on every little tidbit of news regarding the Apple iPhone. It looks like we’re going to see a couple Japanese panel-makers sourcing the multi-touch display panels for the Apple iPhone. Speculation has AU Optronics and Innolux…
Palm Foleo UMPC mobile companion announced
In case you haven’t realized, your smartphone may be lonely from time to time. That’s why you need a companion for it. But not any companion – you need “the perfect companion for your smartphone.” Something what Palm just announced. The Palm Foleo is somewhat hard to understand device. It’s not a UMPC as we…
Beatnik announces new audio format for Mobile Phones – 10 times smaller than MP3!!
Beatnik has announced that they have developed a new audio format geared specifically for mobile devices. The company, fittingly founded by Thomas Dolby, claims that their new format can compress audio files ten times smaller than the popular MP3 format. To make good on their claim, the format includes just one copy of a repeated…
Broadcom snags $19.6M payment from Qualcomm over Patent Dispute
The Inquirer is reporting that Qualcomm will be ponying up some cash to Broadcom – to the tune of $19.6 million. The lawsuit embattled chipmaker has filed and fought its fair share of patent suits over the past year. Broadcom filed suit against Qualcomm for infringing on patent related to video compression, push-to-talk, and simultaneous…
Ceramic Speaker Driver Takes Mobile Phone Speakers to a Whole New Level
National Semiconductor has released their Boomer single-chip audio amplifier for driving high-powered ceramic speaker drivers in mobile phones, laptops, and other mobile applications. Ceramic speakers have an advantage over traditional voice coil speaker drivers because, even though they require more voltage (but less current, which is the more important factor), they take up a lot…
Palm press release leaked early
In a few hours we can expect to see pictures and video, but for now we know what Palm is going to announce: The Foleo. I’m going to make a huge prediction here that might make me sound like a total fanboy, but I think Nokia already has something like this in their pipeline. It…
New Technorati mobile web site released
Just a short note to inform you that a new version of the Technorati’s mobile web site has been silently released — thanks to AAS for the heads-up. This time the blog aggregator decided to go for the clean, simple and much easier to use interface, that is at the same time much less data…
Is this the Sony Ericsson P3i?
Sony Ericsson has recently announced its new flagship device – P1i. Now, at Mobile-Review forums someone posted a photo, claiming it is the P3i. It’s hard to tell whether or not this is true. As far as we can see from the image bellow, the device looks practically the same as P1i, except maybe the…
Mobile TV delayed in Australia?
Just as we reported about the ongoing mobile TV trial in Australia, something’s gone wrong — with the Australian Communications and Media Authority delaying the planned release of sales documents for the upcoming auction of two digital TV licenses. Previously, Australian media authority said it would release mentioned documents by mid-May with opening up the…