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... |
Let’s Not Kid Ourselves About What Tablets Really Are
Tablets like Apple’s iPad 2 and Motorola’s Xoom aren’t just computers. They’re mainly communications devices. Sure, they have a computer in them. But what doesn’t include an embedded controller or microcomputer or whatever you want to call it? ...
Semantic Search Adds A User-Friendly Touch To Your Mobile Applications
As mobile services grow more complex, so do smart-phone apps. We need a better way to understand how to use them and learn the extent of their capabilities. Semantic search can provide these abilities. ...
Mobile Apps Move Beyond Consumers And Into The Corporate Space
While consumers have taken the mobile app market by storm, savvy businesses can use them to their advantage too. They just need to determine what those apps need to accomplish before developing them. ...
The AT&T And Verizon iPhone 4: The Same But Different
The AT&T and Verizon editions of Apple’s iPhone 4 may look and operate the same. But crack them open, and you’ll find some key differences, particularly in their radios. ...
3G To 4G: This Isn’t Your Father’s Mobile Infrastructure
Over the next few years, every mobile operator’s homogeneous topology of macro and compact basestations will need to be heavily fortified with a heterogeneous mix of smaller cell basestations to manage the imminent data deluge....
Microsoft + Nokia: A Big, Risky Deal That Could Work
Microsoft and Nokia both have lots to lose unless they get back in the mobile game. So what do they do? They join forces. It isn’t a bad idea, and it could produce a real winner...
Bluetooth Teams Up With Smart Phones For Remote Monitoring And Control
Bluetooth can be used in a wide range of serial I/O applications for monitoring or controlling external devices. For example, connectBlue AB’s OBI411 drop-in Bluetooth module lets you exchange data over a standard serial link for industrial applications...
Next-Gen Wireless Basestations Crave The Right Multicore Solutions
An asymmetric multicore architecture delivers a flexible alternative that’s primed to cope with the burgeoning data blizzard...
4G Rollout: Multimode To The Max?
Everywhere you go, carriers are bragging about their 4G capabilities. But before your phone can access these next-generation networks, they will need a does of multimode functionality...
Solid-State Drives Reshape The Mobile-Computing Paradigm
Increasing pressure to develop thinner, faster, and more reliable mobile devices has designers turning to SSD technology for solutions...
Dedicated Tracking Or Search-Only—What’s The Right Mobile GPS Architecture?
Weighing the pros and cons of each approach can be tricky, but the end result should ultimately deliver reduced power consumption and satellite acquisition time...
Cap Those 3x3 MIMO Test Gaps With Real-Time Signal Generation
Benefits such as faster time-to-market, drastically lower costs, and sufficient test coverage lead suppliers to “get real” with their latest WLAN products...
Four Truths Every Application Developer Should Know About Mobile Testing
As mobile technologies grow more complex, application developers need to keep four factors in mind: traditional testing’s inability to scale to meet market demands; the usefulness of emulators and simulators; the role of remote device access in the enterprise; and how automation is key in mobile testing...
The Mobile Backhaul Bottleneck—Symptoms And Solutions
To stay ahead of the deepening curve of mobile-traffic demands, service providers need answers to monitor and handle the load in real time...
Keep In “Touch” With EMI Solutions For Today’s Displays
Designers can take advantage of materials such as transparent conductor films, shielding tapes, and absorbers to enhance touch-sensor display performance...
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