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ClearPad Sensor for Touchscreen SH906i Clamshell

ClearPad Sensor for Touchscreen SH906i ClamshellClearPad Sensor for Touchscreen SH906i Clamshell. Synaptics announced today that its ClearPad™ solution is driving the interactive touchscreen in NTT DOCOMO’s new SH906i clamshell handset. Sharp SH906i is the first ClearPad-enabled touchscreen mobile phone in Japan’s mobile handset market. The SH906i uses Synaptics’ ClearPad technology to enable finger-input character recognition capabilities for Japanese character entry. The combination of the SH906i character recognition software and Synaptics ClearPad solution improves usability for regions with more complex alphabets. Continue reading ‘ClearPad Sensor for Touchscreen SH906i Clamshell’

Silicon Motion FC2750 DVB-H(1) mobile TV tuner for Samsung SGH-P960

Silicon Motion FC2750 DVB-H(1) mobile TV tuner for Samsung SGH-P960Silicon Motion FC2750 DVB-H(1) mobile TV tuner for Samsung SGH-P960. Following on the previous posts, Samsung SGH-P960 comes with DVB-H as the Euro Mobile TV standard, and Samsung P960 Mobile TV in Taiwan, Silicon Motion Technology announced that its FC2750 DVB-H(1) mobile TV tuner has been selected by Samsung for its recently launched SGH-P960 mobile phone, which will be available in many European markets. Samsung P960 is the first slider phone with mobile TV capabilities for the European market and the world’s first DVB-H mobile TV phone that supports both DVB-H protocols in Europe, DVB-CBMS(2) and OMA-BCAST(3). Continue reading ‘Silicon Motion FC2750 DVB-H(1) mobile TV tuner for Samsung SGH-P960′

ASOCS MP100 - World’s First Wireless MultiComm Processor

ASOCS MP100 - World's First Wireless MultiComm ProcessorASOCS MP100 - World’s First Wireless MultiComm Processor. ASOCS announced the launch of the MP100, the world’s first wireless MultiComms processor capable of running up to three wireless air interfaces concurrently. Customers using ASOCS’ single-chip MultiComm processor can reduce the bill of materials (BOM) by up to 50% and reduce power consumption by as much as 70%, whilst supporting wireless standards such as GSM/EDGE/GPRS, WiFi, HD Mobile Digital TV, and GPS. Continue reading ‘ASOCS MP100 - World’s First Wireless MultiComm Processor’

Next-gen E-Ink Segmented Display Cells (SDC) offer flexible, paper-thin displays

Next-gen E-Ink Segmented Display Cells (SDC) offer flexible, paper-thin displaysNext-gen E-Ink Segmented Display Cells (SDC) offer flexible, paper-thin displays. E-Ink Corporation’s new Segmented Display Cell (SDC) technology allows for next-generation displays based on E-Ink technology to bring flexibility and low power-consumption to a paper-thin package. The high readability and flexible design options allowed by the SDC E-Ink display’s “organic non-rectangular unique shapes, including holes, curves, and other non-standard designs” is perfectly suited to a range of bendable and oddly-shaped displays.

The new technology has already been used to develop a communicating key fob from Delphi. Continue reading ‘Next-gen E-Ink Segmented Display Cells (SDC) offer flexible, paper-thin displays’

Samsung SGH-i200 - Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone Now Official

Samsung SGH-i200 - Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone Now OfficialSamsung SGH-i200 - Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone Now Official. We already covered this Samsung SGH-i200 - Standard Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone before, And the handset is now official. Unlike we initially thought, it will not come with WinMo 6.0 but the latest version of Windows Mobile 6.1.

Samsung SGH-i200 comes with a 2.3-inch QVGA screen, HSDPA support, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and an array of MS Office mobile apps. There’s also an unique “light sensor” which makes sure users minimize the power consumption to adjust lightness of LCD and keypad automatically. No WiFi, though. Continue reading ‘Samsung SGH-i200 - Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone Now Official’