| Nokia faces new wave of pressure
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2008-05-27 |
| Things are becoming a little tougher for the Finnish giant Nokia as its new competitors, Apple and Google, are getting a fair share in the smart-phone market. |
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| Orange, Nokia expand mobile service partnership
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2008-05-26 |
| Orange and Nokia have extended their strategic international partnership to a three-year deal, which will include the addition of 10 new Nokia handsets to the Orange Signature range. |
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| GSEDA seeks exciting electronic designs in Asia
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2008-05-22 |
| Nominations are now open for the 2008 GSEDA, which seeks to recognize new and innovative electronic designs made in Asia. |
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| DriveCam's monitoring systems reduce driving risks
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2008-05-15 |
| DriveCam's pattern recognition systems detect risks in driving, reduce vehicle damage, workers' compensation and personal injury costs. |
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| Galileo satellite sends first signals to Earth
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2008-05-13 |
| Giove-B, the test satellite for Europe's Galileo system, has sent its first navigation signals back to Earth, marking what the European Space Agency called 'a historic step,' showing that Galileo can work alongside the GPS system of the United States |
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| ARM to trump Intel in MID design-ins
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2008-05-09 |
| ARM rather than Intel is expected to win out in the short term amongst designers of MIDs in a market that is expected to build towards annual sales of 69 million units, exceeding $17 billion by 2014. |
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| NXP, Siemens co-develop GPS/GSM-based toll system
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2008-05-08 |
| NXP and Siemens Mobility have partnered to develop NXP's new Automotive Telematics On Board Unit Platform into the 'single-chip on-board unit' system based on GPS for use in private vehicles |
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| RFMD restructures, veers away from wireless systems
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2008-05-08 |
| RFMD is reducing its investments in wireless systems, including cellular transceivers and GPS solutions, to focus on core IC component opportunities, including cellular front ends and other components |
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| Analysts debate prospects of MEMS accelerometers in cellphones
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2008-05-05 |
| Industry analysts are divided over how quickly motion-sensing MEMS devices, such as accelerometers, will see volume uptake in cellphones, despite the rapid penetration of MEMS-based silicon microphones and RF switches into the handsets. |
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| Designing DSP-based digital DC/DC power supply (Part 2)
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2008-05-05 |
| The conclusion of a two-part series on methods of digital controller design, discusses the second approach known as direct digital design. |
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| Partition and package to miniaturize handsets
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2008-05-01 |
| Designers are turning to system-in-package, 3D IC stacking and wafer-level packaging to enable the acute miniaturization found in handsets, particularly for RF functions. |
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| Neonode IR touchscreen technology gets Japan patent
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2008-04-28 |
| Swedish mobile communication company Neonode has announced that its optical touchscreen technology, zForce, has been granted a patent by the Japan Patent and Trademark Office. |
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| Report: GPS sector to become $1B market in 2012
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2008-04-22 |
| GPS unit sales will hit $1 billion in 2012, according to the 2008 Semiconductor Applications Report from Future Horizons |
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| ST, NXP fuse wireless biz into new JV firm
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2008-04-14 |
| NXP and ST have agreed to merge their wireless operations to form a joint venture company. |
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| Is Infineon the baseband supplier for 3G iPhone?
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2008-04-11 |
| Reports suggest the code in the latest iPhone beta SDK includes a line that makes reference to the Infineon SGOLD3H chipset, also known as the PMB8878. |
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