Intel and Palo Alto start up Ozmo Devices will be demoing short range WiFi personal area networks tomorrow at Computex in Asia. It has a range of 30 feet, it can connect up to 8 devices at a time and supposedly it’s fast fast fast. But what about … “will definitely be a threat to…
Sony Ericsson works on motion sensor gaming?
Sony Ericsson phones may already be known as one of the top choices among mobile gamers, but that’s obviously not enough for both Swedish and Japanese shareholders, especially in a time when they’re facing the competition from Nokia’s NGage platform. The handset maker has reportedly signed a deal with California-based GestureTek, which we already covered…
OmniVision to bring backside illumination technology to image senors – BSI coming to consumer market
It’s refreshing to see a manufacturer in the mobile space actually paying attention to quality over quantity – image quality over pixel quantity, that is. OmniVision has taken a bit of a higher road in the cameraphone business with their push towards higher-quality image sensors (CMOS sensors) in favor of pixel-packed sensors. The company has…
Apple patent application for solar-powered LCD panels hints at greener future
Solar power is the cleanest energy source available. The energy from the sun doesn’t need to be processed or packaged, and it’s available in essentially unlimited supply. So, it makes sense that solar-power is making its way into the mobile space. Now, we’ve seen solar-powered handsets and portable battery chargers in the past, and Apple’s…
World’s first software radio has just been launched by ASOCS, the MP100
Some background on this to provide some sort of context as to why this announcement is huge. The mobile phone you own right now has a lot of chips inside, this isn’t a new revelation, but think about what really happens behind that hard plastic shell. You have a base band processor that controls the…
Nimbuzz launches Mobile VoIP in UK
Nimbuzz (a small company from the Netherlands) has launched Mobile VoIp in the UK. The app apparently aggregates user logins/contacts from a shed-load of online IM services and social networks, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Facebook, Myspace, and several others. Nimbuzz also apparently works on 90+ handsets, including the Series60 and…
New Apple patent application renews speculation for location-based iPhone data networks
Remember that Apple patent application that hinted at the Cupertino-based fruit-company working with Starbucks? Right, well it’s looking ever more likely that Apple will come through with a location-based solution allowing iPhone owners to interact with their surroundings. The previous patent application surfaced in December. The USPTO documentation outlined a method by which iPhone users…
Texas Instruments promises projectors in mobile phones by end of 2008
Pico projectors, as they’re called, promise to bring the convenience of projector technology into the mobile space. With miniaturization advances allowing projectors sizes to scale down to fit in cellphones, it won’t be long before we can all start projecting our most obnoxious images and videos across our co-worker’s cubicle wall.And, to make the prospect…
Alltel looking to launch LTE network
While Sprint is banking on WiMAX as the next-generation wireless data network of choice in the US, all other carriers are looking to bring on 4G LTE technology in the coming years. With AT&T and Verizon Wireless already planning LTE network roll outs for 2011 and on, the smaller guys risk falling behind in the…
Next-generation E-Ink Segmented Display Cell technology to bring flexible, paper-thin, low-power displays to life
When it comes to the flexible displays of the future, E-Ink technology could very well usher in an age of low-power, static displays that can bend around corners and do the yard-work. Ok, so it won’t clean up that pile of leaves, but E-Ink Corporation’s new Segmented Display Cell (SDC) technology allows for next-generation displays…