Texas Instruments announced the new DLP Pico projector chipset, designed to be used in mobile phones and other gadgets. Among the notable features are support for WVGA resolution, more then 20% thinner optical module height and more than 20% smaller optical module volume. In addition, the new member to the DLP Pico projector family is…
Qualcomm at MWC: Mirasol displays coming to smartphones, Sony to use GOBI, femtocell chipsets are in da portfolio
Qualcomm is full of news at this year’s Mobile World Congress. There are three important announcements the American company has releases. Let’s quickly go through each one of them. First the company’s subsidiary Qualcomm MEMS Technologies along with Inventec unveiled the design specifications of the first smartphone to feature Qualcomm’s mirasol display – the Inventec…
Stantum to demo 4.3-inch Multi-Touch Development Kit at Mobile World Congress
Multi-touch sensing technology provider Stantum Technologies is introducing a new version of its SMK series of multi-touch demo, evaluation and development kits — which enable vendors and OEMs to develop their own multi-touch applications. Featuring a 4.3-inch touch panel, the new version will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (Hall 2.1, Stand 2.1F67) in…
WiMAX Forum: Over 800 million people will have access to WiMAX networks by 2010
Just in time for the Mobile World Congress, the WiMAX Forum announced that WiMAX Service Providers now offer networks covering 430 million people (aka POPS) globally and are on a path to nearly double to 800 million people by the end of 2010. In addition, global WiMAX network deployments are approaching 460 in more than…
iSkin Shows Off Bluetooth iPhone Dock Adapter at MWC
iSkin, the guys who put out those iPhone cases a few weeks ago, were showing off a very cool Bluetooth adapter for iPod and iPhone docks at Mobile World Congress. This allows Stereo Bluetooth-capable handsets to stream music to iPhone docks – not entirely dissimilar to the BlackBerry Bluetooth Stereo Gateway. Pricetag for the iSkin…
Clearwire WiMAX infrastructure expansion hung up on funds-shortage
Chalk up another delay for Clearwire and Sprint’s national WiMAX network. In its push to bring WiMAX coverage to half of the US population by 2010, Clearwire sought investments from industry heavy-weights like Intel, Google and Time Warner. Unfortunately, the $3.2 billion already invested into the WiMAX network isn’t enough to meet Clearwire’s goals. Bloomberg…
Samsung to revolutionze cellphones with programmable CDMA/GSM/WiMAX/LTE radios!
The consuming public is quick to latch on to more high-profile technologies and features in new mobile phones. Things like Visual Voicemail, multi-touch support, integrated GPS, and overall handset performance usually draw more than their fair share of the lime-light. But, there’s a lot to be said for more behind-the-scenes developments in mobile technology –…
AlcaLu appoints senior staffer for LTE plans
Unstrung is carrying a very detailed article on the appointment of Mary Chan as the “President of End to End 4G/LTE Networks”. As we know, AlcaLu has been suffering a bit recently in the turbulent economy (as have many big players) – so it’s good to see that some positive statement are being made about…
Explay’s Colibri mobile-projection module to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress
Explay announced that it will unveil its latest offering, the Colibri mobile-projection module with SPELL projection technology (SPEckle-free LCoS Laser), during this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. From the official release: At less than five cubic centimeters in volume, Colibri, Explay’s third generation projection module, offers an unrivaled set of deliverables in terms…
HTC to join Qualcomm’s Snapdragon party in Q2 2009!
HTC is expected to launch its first Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered smartphone during the second quarter of this year, according to Taiwanese market sources. Although they will not be the first handset maker to introduce such a powerful device — we’ve already seen the shiny Toshiba TG01 announced — we’ve no doubts HTC knows what it’s doing.…