A Dozen New Functions Every Cell Phone Should Have

May 21, 2009 12:09 PM, By Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

The cell phone is becoming the universal wireless device (UWD). It offers an amazing number of features now—voice, texting, Internet access, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a camera, GPS, MP3 audio, and FM radio. But the possibilities are even greater. There are so many more features it could provide to help it achieve that “universal” status. What’s it missing? Here are some suggestions. ...

Herd Your Widgets To Bring The Cool Factor To The Masses

Jun 11, 2009 9:32 AM, By Jacob Guedalia, Founder, President, and COO, iSkoot Inc.

While one widget is good and two widgets are better, a phone full of widgets represents a serious design challenge for software developers, handset manufacturers, and mobile carriers alike. With more and more widgets demanding access to the same limited pool of handset resources, something always has to give. ...

New Software Enables Mobile Phone Virtualization

May 21, 2009 1:07 PM, By Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

The virtualization of computers has been going on for years in the enterprise to save on hardware and software costs, decrease power consumption, and generally improve efficiency. Commercial virtualization software is widely available. Now you can virtualize a handset, as Open Kernel Labs has announced software that brings the benefits of virtualization to cell phones...

LTE And Femtocells—An Essential Symbiosis

Jun 3, 2009 9:48 AM, By Rupert Baines, Vice President of Marketing, picoChip

The cellular communications industry is currently abuzz with two big issues: the development of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and the emergence of femtocells. Although the two may at first sight appear barely related, it is becoming increasingly clear that they are, in fact, inextricably linked....

New Solutions Put Wireless To The Test

Jun 11, 2009 10:03 AM, By Robin Irwin, Agilent Technologies

With wireless technology finding its way into all sorts of devices and commercial applications, test engineers are increasingly demanding complete RF test solutions oriented around particular chipset vendors. Test equipment vendors have been quick to react to this demand by collaborating with manufacturing test engineers and silicon vendors to make it easier and quicker for test engineers to design and test wireless devices and products. ...

Scopes Provide Big Screen For Broad Measurement

Jun 10, 2009 5:02 PM, MD&D News Staff

The six models in the Infiniium 9000 series of mixed-signal and digital oscilloscopes offer the broadest measurement capability with true analog bandwidths up to 4 GHz, impressive scope performance, and built-in logic and protocol analysis, according to the company....

HSPA+ Femtocell SoC Supports Eight-User Operation

May 21, 2009 5:02 PM, MD&D News Staff

Self-Organizing Network Accelerates LTE Deployment

May 18, 2009 3:50 PM, MD&D News Staff

Mobile I/O Expander And QWERTY Keypad Controller Extends Battery Life

May 20, 2009 5:09 PM, MD&D News Staff

WiMAX 4G Power Amp Supports Mobile Subscriber Products

May 28, 2009 4:51 PM, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

Multiplexer Speeds ATSC Mobile DTV Upgrades

May 21, 2009 4:31 PM

Test Solutions Tackle Multiple LTE Requirements

Jun 3, 2009 3:08 PM, MD&D News Staff

Low-Frequency Quadrature Modulator Extends Transmitter Performance

May 14, 2009 4:54 PM

Fifth-Generation PAs Extend Talk Time

Jun 2, 2009 4:48 PM, MD&D News Staff

Router Enables High-Bandwidth Applications In Harsh Environments

May 18, 2009 3:27 PM, MD&D News Staff

New Book Targets IEEE’s Wireless Certification Program

May 28, 2009 4:42 PM, By Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

NFC Forum Promotes Old Members, Adds New Members

May 11, 2009 4:59 PM, MD&D News Staff

Ceva, mimoOn Collaborate On LTE Baseband Solutions

Jun 2, 2009 4:40 PM, MD&D News Staff

HSPA+ Successfully Tested In A Live 3G Network

May 19, 2009 5:34 PM, MD&D News Staff

Mobile End-User Spending Drops 15%

May 12, 2009 4:10 PM, MD&D News Staff

China Mobile Taps T3G To Develop Handsets

Jun 8, 2009 5:21 PM, MD&D News Staff

Femtocell Application Supports Location-Based Interfaces On Android Phones

May 12, 2009 4:21 PM, MD&D News Staff