Back in December, touch technology manufacturer and licensor, Synaptics, announced that they had teamed up with a bunch of industry partners to create a concept phone called Fuse that was jam-packed with every kind of sensor imaginable to illustrate to proper handset manufacturers what was possible. At CES, they were showing a little bit of…
Apple’s new patent reveals improved camera lens, front-facing camera
Again and again we go through Apple’s patents to see what Jobs&Co are preparing for the future. The latest thing we caught deals with camera functionality, showing Apple’s plans to improve the camera performance and also depicts a device with a front-facing facing camera. The application entitled “Apparatus and Method for Compensating for Variations in…
Scalado, Qualcomm collaborate to improve imaging experience on smartphones
Scalado, which is known for its digital imaging technologies, and Qualcomm are co-operating to deliver a “significantly improved imaging experience on popular smartphones.” Existing handset makers which use the technology from both companies will be able to implement such technologies as Zero Shutter Lag and TimeWarp into their camera phones, and eventually make the overall…
SRS Labs’ TruMedia comes to Android
SRS Labs may have joined the LiMo Foundation, but that doesn’t mean they are not looking into other Linux-based platforms, as well. Quite the contrary, the company announced that its suite of audio enhancement solutions, SRS TruMedia, is now available for use on Android-powered devices. Based on a modular platform, SRS TruMedia makes it simple…
LG, Dolby demonstrate 5.1 multichannel surround sound on an Android smartphone
LG is known to use Dolby’s audio technology in its phones, and now at the Mobile World Congress, the two companies [LG and Dolby] are demonstrating 5.1 multichannel surround sound on an Android-powered smartphone! Dolby Mobile is the name of the solution and is made to “deliver rich, vibrant audio and dramatically improve listening enjoyment.”…
SanDisk introduces 64GB iNAND embedded flash drives
SanDisk introduced the new iNAND Embedded Flash Drives (EFD) based on 32nm 3-bit-per-cell (X3) NAND flash technology and with support for the e.MMC 4.4 specification, offering up to 64 GB of capacity in a single device! You’ve read that correctly, phones with 64GB of built-in storage are coming, like or not (and you like it).…
Freescale unveils new 3-axis accelerometer for mobile phones and smartbooks – MMA8450Q
Freescale Semiconductor unveiled what they say is the “latest in motion-sensing technology” for mobile phones – the highly accurate, power-efficient MMA8450Q accelerometer. The solution is designed for next-gen smartphones and smartbooks, and will “play a key role in Freescale’s smartbook tablet reference design,” which debuted last month at CES 2010. It offers a range of…
OmniVision OV5647 is a 1/4-inch, 5-megapixel RAW sensor for mobile phones
OmniVision Technologies announced a new 1/4-inch, 5-megapixel RAW CMOS image sensor based on its 1.4-micron OmniBSI backside illumination (BSI) technology – OV5647. It’s a cost-effective, high-performance mobile imaging solution, “offering the performance and size benefits of BSI technology while allowing mobile phone designs to utilize existing baseband or applications processors for image processing functions.” Here…
Aptina unveils 14 MP mobile camera image sensor MT9F011 that can take 1080p video at 60 fps!
CMOS imaging technology company Aptina announced the new 14-megapixel, 1.4-micron MT9F011 mobile camera image sensor that can take full HD video (1080p) at 60 fps!!! The sensor comes with pre-processing options and features that include low-power consumption, a four-lane MIPI data interface (configurable as single, dual or quad lane), Bayer resample for improved video, 1/2.3″…
Nuance unveils T9 Write handwriting technology for touchscreen devices
Nuance has unveiled T9 Write, a version of its T9 predictive text technology specially tailored for touchscreen devices. The new tech blends handwriting input with Nuance XT9 predictive text technology to “enhance the recognition of naturally shaped letters, numbers, symbols and punctuation.” In other words, the software will predict words as you write them. Here…