It’s not all about phones for Samsung at the Mobile World Congress. The Korean giant has also unveiled two new HD CMOS sensors for the mobile phone market – the S5K4E2 and S5K5CA. Let’s briefly talk about each product, shall we: S5K4E2 CMOS image sensor – ultra-sensitive 1/4-inch, 1.4 micron, 5-megapixel chip with an integrated…
NEC camera engine for camera phones provides high-quality images comparable to digital-still cameras
NEC has introduced a new camera engine CE 151 system-on-chip (SoC) for camera phones, with the idea to enable modern handsets to take high-quality images comparable to digital-still cameras. The CE 151 has an improved noise-reduction function for minimizing distortion caused by lenses, as well as the latest generation 1.1 micron sensors for recording still…
Broadcom’s InConcert BCM20751 combo chip integrates Bluetooth, GPS, FM radio along with media playback and recording functions
Broadcom unveiled a new Bluetooth + GPS + FM combo chip solution that also integrates advanced media processing – InConcert BCM20751. As a result, the new chip delivers high performance Bluetooth connectivity along with GPS and FM radio, while at the same time enabling a range of media playback and recording functions that would otherwise…
Sennheiser Announces PX 210 Stereo Bluetooth Headphones
Sennheiser, a monster to be reckoned with in the audio arena, has released a new pair of Bluetooth headphones, the PX 210. These beauts can apparently last 12 hours nonstop, stay paired up to 33 feet, and take advantage of a little something called apt-X coding (a commercial-grade compression technology). On the downside, the PX…
GIPS unveils video chat technology for iPhone developers
Global IP Solutions aka GIPS, the company which we know for their VoIP solution for Android, unveiled a new video chat technology for iPhone developers. This very sentence prompts us to think – why would you need video conferencing on the iPhone when it lacks the front-facing camera? Does GIPS knows something we don’t about…
Sagem Wireless, UPEK team-up to bring fingerprint identity capabilities mobile devices, Android phones included
Sagem Wireless and UPEK are teaming up to bring fingerprint identity capabilities to a range of new devices that Sagem Wireless is expected to launch later this year, including new Android-based smartphones. UPEK is the company that is considered to have a superior fingerprint technology, which offers industry-leading recognition accuracy, ruggedness, power efficiency, and enhanced…
Broadcom announces Bluetooth 3.0 support across its portfolio
Broadcom announced that it has added support for the recently adopted Bluetooth v3.0 + HS (High Speed) specification across its Bluetooth and InConcert combo chips and modules. Among Broadcom’s products that have achieved Bluetooth v3.0 qualification are the BCM2070, BCM2075, BCM43225 and BCM4325 chips, along with the BCM94312 half mini-card Bluetooth + WLAN solution. The…
IM+ for Skype brings free VoIP calls to BlackBerry!
It seems Apple’s change of heart in regards to letting VoIP iPhone apps work over 3G networks is having a halo effect on other VoIP services. Shape Services, makers of the popular IM+ chat client, has announced that it has updated the IM+ for Skype app for BlackBerry to offer free WiFi-based Skype calls. The…
Samsung S8500 first to get Bluetooth 3.0 certification
Being the first one to do anything deserves some serious street-cred. Being the first mobile phone to be certified for Bluetooth 3.0 deserves our geeky attention. The Samsung S8500 has just become the world’s first mass production mobile phone to feature support for the Bluetooth 3.0 standard, as approved by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group…
Varioptic’s new liquid lens promises to deliver optical image stabilization for mobile phones
The “liquid lens company” Varioptic has recently announced that it has developed the first liquid lens, A316S, offering “Optical Image Stabilization” functionality to mobile phones. Using Varioptic’s new liquid lens mobile phones will be able to compensate the so called “handshake blur” defect, restoring an image quality comparable to a compact digital still camera (DSC).…