Feb 12, 2010,
Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
Telab BV subjected the Heliax 2.0 FXL aluminum cable from Andrew Solutions to environmental testing, proving its durability in extreme temperatures. The cable also demonstrated superior crush resistance while surpassing or meeting Telab’s electrical performance specifications....
Feb 10, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
According to a study by Coda Research Consultancy, Wi-Fi enabled mobile handset penetration will grow at a 25% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2015, reaching 149 million units....
Feb 1, 2010,
Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
Cypress Semiconductor has demonstrated a tablet-sized capacitive touchscreen technology with unlimited finger-tracking capability. Based on the company’s TrueTouch solution for smaller portable electronics, the technology will power touchscreens...
Jan 29, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
E Ink Corp. and Texas Instruments will collaborate to combine E Ink’s Vizplex EPDs with TI technologies. As a result, the companies say, e-book manufacturers will have access to the world’s first PMIC for E Ink EPDs....
Jan 27, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
With all the functionality of notebooks and netbooks plus the latest crop of e-readers, Apple announced its long awaited iPad at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco today. Standard connectivity is via Wi-Fi, with 3G an option....
Jan 20, 2010
3 Scandinavia’s network speeds will quadruple from 21 Mbits/s to 84 Mbits/s, making it the world’s fastest 3G network, the company says. Ericsson will complement the upgrade by supplying and supporting a 900-MHz 3G network, the first in Sweden, to improve coverage....
Jan 19, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
Samsung Electronics has announced two high-density memory solutions for mobile devices. The company says that the new storage solutions, a 64-Gbyte moviNAND memory device and a 32-Gbyte micro secure digital (microSD) memory card, satisfy mobile handset designers’ requirements for advanced company high-density memory....
Jan 8, 2010
AT&T will join China Mobile and Claro in Brazil in offering a smart phone from Dell’s Mini 3 Android-based lineup....
Jan 8, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
Citing deployments in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, the Femto Forum is taking its belief in the massive consumer market potential of femtocell technology on the road to the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas. ...
Jan 8, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
LG Electronics has selected the 64-Gbyte SanDisk pSSD Gen2 as the solid-state drive for its upcoming ultra-thin mobile PC. The pSSD drive has an industry-standard 1.8-in. form factor with a micro SATA interface....
Jan 7, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
DataJack Inc. announced its 3G Internet service at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. According to the company, its USB modem enables the first and only truly unlimited high-speed Internet access, connecting to a 3G wireless network available in more than 250 cities across the continental United States. ...
Dec 23, 2009,
MD&D News Staff
The Broadcom BCM70015 single-chip Crystal HD enhanced media accelerator solution enables the most advanced, low-cost, low-power, high-definition video playback available on a netbook, the company says. The Crystal HD technology is designed for low-cost netbooks, but can also be used in notebooks and small form factor (SFF) and slim desktops....
Dec 22, 2009,
MD&D News Staff
The high-performance Wi-Fi system by D-LINK and Luxul Wireless will combine the D-LINK AirPlus Xtreme G access point with the Luxul Pro-Wav solution to expand overall wireless coverage by as much as 400%, according to the two companies. ...
Dec 21, 2009,
MD&D News Staff
By 2016, an estimated 62.3 million cars will have access to the Internet, according to a report by iSuppli, a market research company. iSuppli also says there are currently about 970,000 cars with some form of Web access....
Dec 17, 2009,
MD&D News Staff
Atmel and H&D Wireless are collaborating to deliver an IEEE#802.11 b/g Wi-Fi solution for Atmel’s 32-bit AVR microcontrollers. The Wi-Fi solution has a power consumption five times less than similar devices....