Consumer
Olympus fires British CEO, a self-confessed loud-mouth
October 14, 2011 7:09 am | by Tim Kelly and Isabel Reynolds, Reuters | News | CommentsJapan's Olympus Corp fired its CEO and president over the Briton's management of the camera and endoscope maker, sparking a 17 percent plunge in the firm's share price on Friday.
Sony Ericsson shifts to smartphones amid Sony buyout talk
October 14, 2011 7:02 am | by Simon Johnson, Reuters | News | CommentsMobile phone maker Sony Ericsson will focus entirely on the booming smartphone market, going head to head with rivals like Apple and underlining the importance of a tie-up with Sony amid reports the electronics giant is preparing a buyout.
Google to gain from growing mobile focus: analysts
October 14, 2011 6:57 am | News | CommentsGoogle Inc is likely to emerge as a "top mobile play," according to Wall Street analysts, with several raising their price targets on the stock, some by as much as 10 percent.
Samsung loses Dutch bid to ban Apple products
October 14, 2011 6:54 am | by Greg Roumeliotis and Gilbert Kreijger, Reuters | News | CommentsA Dutch court on Friday turned down Samsung Electronics' request for an injunction against all of Apple's mobile products that use 3G telecommunications technology, denying it revenge over a similar move by Apple.
Connectivity Platform Touts Lower System Cost, New Music Streaming Features
October 13, 2011 1:12 pm | Product Releases | CommentsSMSC announced its latest generation JukeBlox 2.2 (JB2.2) platform with enhanced audio streaming features including up to a four-times faster boot time, improved WiFi performance leveraging the new WiFi Multimedia (WMM) standard, low power standby modes and
Reference Design Enables Flicker-Free TRIAC Dimming for LED Downlights
October 13, 2011 10:07 am | Power Integrations | Product Releases | CommentsPower Integrations introduced a new reference design detailing an 85%-efficient, 15 W PAR38 downlight driver that delivers flicker-free dimming without the use of unreliable high-voltage electrolytic bulk capacitors.
Rovi and ASUS Work Together to Integrate DivX Plus HD in High-End Blu-ray Disc Players
October 13, 2011 5:08 am | News | CommentsRovi Corporation announced the signing of a new multi-year licensing agreement for DivX technology with ASUS. Through the agreement, ASUS plans to integrate DivX Plus(R) HD, the premium level of DivX Certification...
ST Collaborates with Enel for Smart, Energy Saving Appliances
October 12, 2011 2:04 pm | News | CommentsSTMicroelectronics announced that Enel has selected ST to be its key semiconductor partner in the Energy@Home consortium
Watertight Miniature Switches Suit Harsh-duty, Wash down Areas
October 12, 2011 12:50 pm | Product Releases | CommentsHoneywell’s MICRO SWITCH Basic Switch line has been expanded with the addition of the V15W Series of Watertight Miniature Switches. With an IP67 waterproof seal rating and as the only V-switch in the industry rated up to 10 A, according to the company, the new switches can
Motion Everywhere: New Roles and Functions for CE Devices
October 12, 2011 11:25 am | by Dave Rothenberg, Movea, Inc., www.movea.com | Articles | CommentsMotion is the latest trump card available to CE manufacturers, enabling the ability to create a new generation of products to operate how people naturally interact. Enabling this trend is a unique class of motion-sensing chips, referred to as MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems).
Mitigating Strategies for Smart Phone Signaling Overload
October 12, 2011 7:49 am | by Deepak Kataria, IP Junction Inc, www.ip-junction.com | Articles | CommentsThis article discusses the impact of increased signaling traffic fueled by growing mobile broadband and machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity on networks, systems and network processors. While data offload strategies have received considerable attention in industry, the impact of signaling overload and mitigation strategies have not been widely addressed. A good understanding of the reasons for signaling traffic increases, its impact at the network level, system level and network processor level is needed to clear misnomers prevailing in the industry.
Polyacene Capacitors Target LED Flash Used in Compact Mobile Devices
October 10, 2011 3:03 pm | Product Releases | CommentsTaiyo Yuden introduced the Polyacene Capacitors (Supercap) PAS2126FR2R5504, measuring 26 mm x 20 mm with a maximum height of 0.9 mm. At 0.9 mm thin, the Polyacene Capacitor realizes a high capacitance of 0.5 F. This product is
PMIC Devices Target Li-Ion Battery Based Mobile Products
October 10, 2011 12:07 pm | Product Releases | Commentsaustriamicrosystems announced two new members of its Power Management IC (PMIC) family. According to the company, these devices feature essential power management building blocks and flexibility to provide a complete power solution for the next generation of
Middleware Connects Android Apps to Any Platform
October 10, 2011 9:13 am | Product Releases | CommentsSolving the problem of Android apps communicating with other devices, application developers can now use ORBexpress from Objective Interface Systems to connect their Android apps to any platform while also solving the Android device fragmentation problem by using a standard interface.
Analysis: Apple's iPhone is still the hottest ticket around
October 7, 2011 9:25 am | News | CommentsThe iPhone 4S wasn't exactly Apple's brightest moment. Yet it will probably still outshine the competition this holiday season.
Integrated Silicon-Based EMI Suppression Devices Help Move Smartphone Design Forward
October 7, 2011 6:09 am | by Tim Micun, ON Semiconductor, www.onsemi.com | Articles | CommentsWhile form factor and electromechanical interference (EMI) remain a primary concern for smartphone designers, provisioning all of the high end peripherals in a format which is comfortable to hold and carry, creating a clean EMI ecosystem and not interfering with the wireless transmit and receive functions remains a complex challenge.
Accelerometers, Fantasy and Reality
October 5, 2011 2:16 pm | by Harvey Weinberg, Analog Devices, www.analog.com | Articles | CommentsAs applications engineers supporting ADI’s compact, low-cost, gravity-sensitive iMEMs accelerometers, we get to hear lots of creative ideas about how to employ accelerometers in useful ways; but sometimes the suggestions violate physical laws! We’ve rated some of these ideas on an informal scale, from “real” to “dream land”:
5 Questions - Leyden Energy
October 5, 2011 11:58 am | Podcasts | CommentsIn this first edition of 5 Questions, I'm joined by Marc Juzkow, vice president of R&D and engineering at Leyden Energy, and Noam Kedem, vice president of marketing at Leyden energy. The company's Lithium-ion battery technology touts exceptional thermal properties so the battery can operate and cycle at
Samsung targets iPhone 4S sales ban in France, Italy
October 5, 2011 6:51 am | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics said it will file patent-infringement claims in France and Italy to ban the sale of Apple's new iPhone less than a day after it was unveiled, intensifying a legal battle between the two top brands.
There's more to life than OLEDs and Electrophoretic Displays...
October 4, 2011 12:56 pm | by Dr Harry Zervos, Technical Analyst, IDTechEx | Blogs | CommentsAt the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA in Santa Clara, there will be a focus on technologies such as OLEDs and electrophoretic displays. But there are other display technologies emerging that promise new possibilities.
Controllers Drive Gesture Recognition on Resistive Touch Screens
October 4, 2011 4:58 am | by Javier Calpe, Italo Medina, Alberto Carbajo, and Maria Jose Martinez of Analog Devices, Inc., www.analog.com | Articles | CommentsAlthough resistive technologies have conventionally been used to detect the position of a single touch on the screen, this article examines a new dual-touch concept that uses a resistive touch-screen controller to detect the most common two-finger gestures (zoom, pinch and rotation) using inexpensive resistive touch screens.
The Teardown - Motorola Droid 3
October 3, 2011 10:32 am | Articles | CommentsThe DROID 3 is presented as the thinnest full QWERTY smartphone, with a dual-core processor, five-row slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 4-inch qHD touchscreen display, and enhanced IT security features.
NXP Demonstrates their Video Interface Solutions at ESC Boston 2011
October 3, 2011 9:56 am | Videos | CommentsNXP shows several platform demonstrations of their video interface technologies at Boston ESC 2011
Qualcomm’s Dr. Paul E. Jacobs to Deliver Opening Keynote Address at the 2012 International CES
October 3, 2011 9:13 am | News | CommentsThe Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced that Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, will deliver the opening keynote address at the 2012 International CES. Jacobs' keynote will be part of the Technology and Evolving Countries (TEC) Program at the 2012 CES...
Atmel maXTouch E Series Powers Samsung’s Galaxy Note and Galaxy Tab 7.7 Touchscreens
October 3, 2011 8:03 am | Atmel Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsAtmel today announced that Samsung Electronics has selected devices in the maXTouch E Series to power touchscreens in several flagship smartphones and tablets for 2011. Following the success of the Ultra-Slim Galaxy Tab 10.1 powered by the Atmel mXT1386...
