Texas Instruments (TI) announced today it will begin shipping wireless charging chips this year that support multiple protocols, allowing a wider range of mobile devices to be charged using competing standards. The first multi-mode chips ...
At the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (25–28 February), Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), has ...
For full-year 2012, RF RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $829.2m, down 7% on 2011’s $896.1m due mainly to a decrease in Mobile Devices ...
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US credit card giant Visa has announced a global alliance with Samsung to let shoppers make payments by waving their smartphones near a special reader. The deal, announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, could significantly ...
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AGC will newly set up a chemical strengthening facility for Dragontrail™, specialty glass used as cover glass for smart phones and tablet PCs, at its Kansai Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This new chemical strengthening facility ...
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We recently tested a number of new SLR-like (mirrorless) cameras, and we were surprised to find that one, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3, scored higher than all the SLRs tested in this group. It's just one point higher, but that's still ...
Tags: SLR-like cameras, Lumix DMC-GH3, SLRs
Toshiba says it has developed a highly efficient CMOS power amplifier that extends talk time for mobile phones. All mobile phone have power amplifiers to communicate with base stations. The output power is affected by distance from a base ...
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The technology extends the talking time in mobile phones. Toshiba has released a CMOS power amplifier that claims to increase the talking time for mobile phones. The new technology uses two half-sized amplifiers with their own power ...
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At a New York press event today, HTC announced its newest flagship phone, the HTC One. A number of innovative new features, including BlinkFeed, Zoe, and the UltraPixel Camera, may push it into competition with some of the hottest smart ...
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Today, Jabra announced a state-of-the-art headset, Jabra Motion™, designed to suit the rapidly growing group of mobile workers that are multi-tasking at the office, in the car and at home using smart phones, tablets or laptop with ...
Tags: Mobile Workers, headset, tablets
According to market research firm Flurry Analytics’ latest research report, China has surpassed the U.S. as the world's largest smartphone and tablet market. Flurry Analytics investigated a large number of mobile applications ...
Tags: China, Smartphone, Tablet, Consumer Electronics
Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, has reported improved results for fiscal first-quarter 2013 (ending 28 December 2012). Revenue was $453.7m, up nearly 8% on last quarter’s $421.1m and 15% on ...
Some tech gadgets have a space-age allure, and digital cameras are no exception. But photographic devices have been around for well over a century, and some camera companies are fusing more tried-and-true features and design elements with ...
Giving the soft drink Juice Burst a fresh look was only one part of the rebranding exercise. A key issue was to incorporate the very latest smartphone technology – that and exploding fruit, discovers Philip Chadwick The brief ...
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While digital technology continues to reshape the way companies and consumers interact, social media is not replacing the in-store shopping experience, according to a new report by PwC titled Demystifying the Online Shopper: 10 Myths of ...