Incremental Improvements Define The 2012 Mobile World Congress |
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Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
The usual players all showed up at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with lots of improved devices, but no real game-changing breakthroughs... |
Hardware News
MEMS Microphone Market Tops 2 Billion Units
MEMS microphone shipments totaled 2.05 billion units in 2012, up 57% from 2011’s 1.3 billion total....
Dual-Mode HD VoLTE Demonstrated
ST-Ericsson and Ericsson demonstrated the world’s first dual-mode HD VoLTE connection between LTE FDD and LTE TDD (TD-LTE) with China Mobile on Tuesday, February 26 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona....
Envelope-Tracking Power-Amplifier Linearity Record Set Without DPD
Nujira has used its Isogain technique to linearize an LTE handset RF PA in combination with its Coolteq ET power supply modulator to achieve an ACPR better than –50 dBc and 60% efficiency with an LTE waveform, all without DPD....
Fujitsu Taps Cypress Touchscreen Solution For Arrows V F-04E
Fujitsu has selected the TrueTouch Gen4 touchscreen solution from Cypress Semiconductor to implement the touchscreen in the Arrows V F-04E smart phone from NTT DOCOMO....
New Intel Atom Processor Platform Targets Low-End Smart Phones
Intel has its eye on the emerging low-end smart-phone market with its Z2420 Atom processor-based platform....
Platform Accelerates IoE Development
Qualcomm and AT&T have announced the availability of an Internet of Everything (IoE) development platform that is expected to accelerate the creation of a wide range of devices that can communicate via the Internet over available cellular systems....
Tablets Take Over The E-Reader Market
The popularity of e-book readers already is on the decline as tablets grab more market share and absorb e-reader technologies, according to an IHS iSuppli Consumer Electronics Special Report....
Samsung Topples Nokia As The Top Cell-Phone Company
Propelled by a broad base of products, Samsung has displaced Nokia as the top cell-phone company, taking 29% of the market in 2012....
Tablet Rumors Fly Ahead Of 2013 International CES
Which major companies will announce new tablets at January’s International CES in Las Vegas?...
Quad-Core Notebook Shipments Will Quadruple By 2016
Quad-core notebook shipments will increase by 59% because of its improvements in their multitasking abilities....
Android Tablets Make Market Inroads Against The iPad
Despite strong sales for its iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad, Apple’s market share in the tablet market sunk to 55% as the popularity of Android devices grows....
Kindle Beats “iPad 4” in Consumer Survey
Survey respondents said they would buy the iPad mini, but when compared to other tablets on the market 46% said Kindle beats the “iPad 4.”...
Low Profile Metal Power Inductor Fits Notebook PCs
Taiyo Yuden’s MDMK4040 4-mm metal power inductor for choke coil applications fits power circuits in low profile digital devices like notebook PCs....
Mobile DRAM Revenue Increases in Second Quarter
Mobile DRAM accounted for 26% of all DRAM revenue, amounting to $1.85 billion with a total of $1.83 billion the previous quarter....
Wi-Fi Boards Pack TCP/IP Stack And Serial Interface
Roving Networks RN-131 And RN-171 Wi-Fi Boards Pack TCP/IP Stack And Serial Interface....
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