Ozmo Devices, an Intel-backed start-up and a developer of low-power wireless solutions, announced today that the company has developed the first low-power Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) technology to bring native low-power peripheral connectivity to Wi-Fi platforms. The Ozmo solution extends the Wi-Fi functionality already existing on many platforms to include connectivity with low-power wireless peripherals such as mice and headsets. Unlike legacy WPAN technologies, Ozmo Devices’ innovative approach does not require an additional radio inside the platform or a dongle to communicate with the peripheral. Ozmo Devices’ low-power Wi-Fi PAN technology includes a software driver that delivers native low-power peripheral connectivity to the platform and a highly integrated, ultra-low-power IC in the wireless peripheral that seamlessly communicates with the platform. This unique two-part approach delivers unprecedented performance and cost advantages for system developers while at the same time solving integration and interoperability problems associated with traditional approaches. | 
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CSR today announced the launch of its seventh generation BlueCore silicon. BlueCore7 is the world’s first device integrating Bluetooth v2.1+EDR, Bluetooth low energy, eGPS (enhanced Global Positioning System), and FM transmit and receive technologies on a single chip. CSR’s BlueCore7 significantly reduces the power, size, cost and complexity of adding multiple radios into a mobile phone and demonstrates the company’s continued expertise in embedded wireless technologies. CSR has integrated Bluetooth low energy, eGPS and FM Tx and Rx technologies into BlueCore7 alongside an enhanced Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR radio which delivers +10dBm Tx and –91 dBm Rx. These enhancements help BlueCore7 to extend the overall range and across-body performance to provide better audio quality (think handset on one side of the body and headset on diagonally opposing ear). BlueCore7 includes CSR’s proprietary AuriStream voice CODEC, which produces the quality of a fixed line call, when using a Bluetooth connection, and is capable of a 30% reduction in power consumption.
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| Qualcomm Incorporated today announced the latest addition to its line of Bluetooth solutions which delivers an enhanced user experience and significant advantages for handset manufacturers. Bluetooth technology provides short-range wireless connectivity between handsets headsets and other Bluetooth-enabled devices. Qualcomm's new BTS4025 system-on-a-chip (SoC) - which is now sampling - offers full support for the latest Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) specification, as well as improved radio-frequency performance in a significantly smaller, more power-efficient package than previous Bluetooth chips. The technology innovations found in the BTS4025 SoC enable better Bluetooth performance, which can now be more readily available in mid- to low-tier handsets requiring lower costs and smaller form factor solutions. | |
Soon cell phones may be coupled with hand held medical scanners to save lives. According to a research report today in the Journal PLoS ONE, researchers have used off the shelf cell phone technology and coupled it with a portable scanner to use as an ultrasound and X-ray machine.
It's estimate that about three-quarters of the world's population do not have access to ultrasounds, X-rays and other imagers used for everything from detecting tumors to monitoring fetuses. The cell phone /scanner could become very helpful in developing countries. Additionally, the cell phone /scanner can be used in ambulances, or rural clinics.
The cell phone /scanner works by transmitting raw scanning data to processors, which create images to relay back for viewing on the cell phone screen. The device would much cheaper than medical imaging because one processor facility could serve multiple imagers.
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| Today saw the launch of an innovative little device called SIMable, which effectively puts an end to the complicated business of mobile phone unlocking. SIMable is an ultra thin chip, that when attached to a SIM card, immediately fools most mobile phones into thinking that they have been unlocked. It is compatible with the majority of mobile handsets, including all the latest 3G devices, which are becoming more and more difficult to be freed from their original Network. Introduced to the market by Essex based company 24/7 Mobile Solutions Ltd, SIMable can be installed and working in a Network locked handset in a matter of seconds. By using a customised manufactured cutting press, which comes with each unit, a tiny hole needs to be pressed out in the SIM card. Next SIMable needs to be aligned with the SIM and inserted into the locked handset. Using the cutting press, SIMable can be used more than once by transferring to any other SIM card. | 
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| CSR (of the UK) today announced that its BlueCore5-Multimedia platform now supports integrated speech synthesis, also known as text-to-speech (TTS), and speech recognition (SR) functionality. Developed through its third party eXtension Partner Programme with NowSpeak and Rubidium Ltd., CSR can now offer headset and hands-free car kit users a true hands-free experience when using Bluetooth accessories. CSR's industry leading BlueCore5-Multimedia platform is the only Bluetooth device on the market with an integrated DSP and on-chip memory, allowing it to host third party software to offer end users an unprecedented level of audio quality and functionality when using Bluetooth. By combining speech synthesis and SR technologies CSR provides users with ultimate control when communicating via either a Bluetooth headset or embedded car kit. | 
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Checkout this cell / satellite phone, recently announced by EB and TerreStar. The phone looks like a typical smartphone but with no bulky attenna. Best of all, you will have phone service anywhere on the planet. EB and TerreStar Networks recently showcased this first-ever dual-mode satellite-terrestrial HSPA reference design handset in a PDA form factor at CTIA WIRELESS 2008. The satellite-terrestrial all-IP enabled handset platform, similar in size to today's PDA, will allow users to seamlessly and securely stay connected to both the satellite and terrestrial components of the TerreStar network.
Additionally, EB and TerreStar are working to enable device manufacturers to rapidly bring to market the world's first quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA/HSPA smartphone with integrated all-IP satellite-terrestrial voice and data capabilities. | 
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Think touch screen cell phones are cool? Well it seems Samsung wants to take things to the next level by allowing users to "gesture" to their cell phones with hand signals. Now that's cool! According to the patent filing abstract:
"A handheld gesture recognition control apparatus and its method are provided for a mobile phone. The input method of the present invention includes collecting a plurality of images; storing the images as control images; mapping the control images to corresponding control commands; capturing an image taken by a camera as a current image; comparing the current image to the control images; selecting one of the control images as a target control image according to a comparison result; extracting a control command mapped to the target control image; and executing the control command." | 
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Silicon Image, Inc. has announced the availability of its 12 megapixel (MP) camera processor IP core for integration into system-on-a-chip (SoC) semiconductors. This technology delivers professional picture quality and advanced camera functionality once only found in digital still cameras (DSCs), but now conveniently integrated into mobile phones, portable multimedia players (PMPs), ultra mobile PCs (UMPCs) and security cameras. Versions of this technology have already been licensed by five of the world’s leading mobile phone SoC suppliers.
Until now, mobile devices had fewer features and lower picture quality than available in standalone cameras. With the release of Silicon Image's 12MP camera processor IP core, users of mobile devices can now experience imaging with the highest resolution and color quality from small form factor mobile devices. The 12MP version is the latest addition to Silicon Image’s family of sophisticated low-power camera processor IP cores which includes 2, 3, 5 and 8MP resolutions. In addition to JPEG encoding and image scaling, the image signal processor supports the following features: | 
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BlueAnt Wireless today announced that its ‘V1’ Voice Controlled Bluetooth Headset has won the coveted ‘Best Cell Phone Accessory’ in the LAPTOP Magazine ‘Best of CTIA Wireless 2008’ Awards in Las Vegas. The award winners demonstrated the future of wireless technology in cutting edge design and utility.
BlueAnt’s ‘V1’ certainly meets this description. It represents the future of Bluetooth headsets allowing users to easily control most functions of their headset using the revolutionary ‘BlueGenie Voice Interface’ from Sensory, Inc. Talk to it – and it will talk to you. Ask it for assistance – and it will assist you in getting the right command. This advanced headset eliminates combinations of button pushes, button holds and flashing lights synonymous with other Bluetooth devices. A single activation button provides the user with total control of the ‘V1’s’ entire function menu system via an easy to use voice interface. | 
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NTT Communications recently announced that it will conduct a pilot test of its new Mobile Fragrance Communication (Kaori Tsushin Mobile) service, a mobile version of an existing service for enjoying downloaded audiovisual content together with specific fragrances that are emitted by a dedicated device. The pilot test will run from April 10 to 20. (Note: Last May Motorola received a patent for a mobile device having a scent release feature.)
First launched for home use in 2005, Fragrance Communication is now used by companies and individuals to enhance indoor environments with pleasing fragrances. The new mobile version offers the convenience of using mobile communication to download Fragrance Playlists, or files of recipes for specific fragrances together with visual (GIF animation) and audio (MIDI) content.
The Fragrance Playlists are downloaded from the "i-mode" mobile website of sister company NTT DoCoMo. Using the phone's infrared port, the fragrance data is transferred to a device that has been loaded with a cartridge of essences, or base fragrances (See Attachment 1 below). | 
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| Ericsson will conduct the world's first demonstration of end-to-end HSPA Evolution technology with speeds of up to 42 Mbps at CTIA Wireless 2008, which is being held in Las Vegas from April 1 to 3. Speeds of up to 42 Mbps represent the next phase in HSPA Evolution. These speeds are achieved by combining new higher order modulation technology (64QAM), together with 2x2 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna technology. The first step of the HSPA evolution will be introduced during 2008. The improved speed will assist operators in leveraging existing network infrastructure to meet growing consumer appetite for advanced multimedia services. The demonstration will be made using a handheld form-factor device based on Ericsson Mobile Platforms access technology. | |
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it has recorded a downlink transmission rate of 250Mbps over a high-speed wireless network in an outdoor test of an experimental Super 3G system for mobile communications. DoCoMo has been field-testing and refining its experimental Super 3G system using an actual wireless environment near its R&D labs in Yokosuka, just south of Tokyo, since February. The test involves four Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas for base-station transmission and mobile-station reception in the 20MHz bandwidth, the maximum under new Super 3G standards. DoCoMo is continuing to test connection handover from one base station to another, and the functionality of applications in indoor and outdoor environments. | 
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Samsung has successfully development of the world's ultra-thinnest camera phone module measuring 8.5mm thick. The 8 mega pixel module is expected to supplement the 5 mega pixel found in today’s top-end camera phones sometimes in the second half of the year. The module also features - anti-shake
- face tracking technology
- smile shutter which snaps a picture as soon as it detects a smile
- wide-angle 30mm
- optical zoom
Visit www.samsung.com for more information.
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Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. recently announced that its major operating subsidiary CEC Telecom Co., Ltd. has launched its new C7000A cardiograph (heart monitor) mobile handset.
The C7000A allows users will be able to perform a basic cardiograph, which they can send to doctors via MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) through a GPRS network. Doctors will then be able to provide medical advice by sending a text message back to the mobile phone. If there is a serious problem, doctors can call the patient directly.
The handset has an ultra-Long standby time allowing it to run for over 120 days in standby mode without a recharge. The handset also features a large LCD (3.0 inches) with a super phone book that can store 500 names in the phone book.
CECT has supplied an initial 200 trial units of the C7000A mobile handset to The People's Insurance Company (Group) of China, which plans to provide the handset as a gift to its VIP customers.
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David Hulton and Steve Muller demonstrated in a presentation yesterday at the Black Hat Security Conference in Washington, D.C., a new technique for cracking the encryption used to prevent eavesdropping on GSM cellular signals. In the U.S. GSM cellular radio frequency coding are used by AT&T, Cingular and T-Mobile.
Hulton and Muller claims their technique allows an eavesdropper to record a cell phone conversation on GSM networks from miles away and decode it in about half an hour with about $1,000 in computer storage and processing equipment.
Hulton and Muller, director of applications for the high-performance computing company Pico, and researcher for mobile security firm CellCrypt, respectively, plan to make their decryption method free and public. However, in March they will start selling a faster version that can crack GSM encryption in just 30 seconds, charging between $200,000 and $500,000 for the premium version. | 
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PacketVideo (PV) recently demonstrated its new pocketable mobile broadcast receiver that turns WiFi-enabled cell phones and personal media players into mobile TVs.
PV’s mobile receiver device decodes a digital TV signal and repurposes it for use on the phone, sending it via a wireless signal, such as WiFi, to a playback device. The receiver ensures optimum rendering of the TV signal on the playback device, and provides secure access to premium channels. This allows mobile subscribers to upgrade to advanced mobile TV services without changing their current handset.
The mobile broadcast receiver will be available in versions for all major mobile broadcast standards, including TDtv, DVB-H and MediaFLO as well as for WiMAX.
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NEC recently announced a concept phone that may be coming to market soon. The concept cell phone, called "Flask" is powered by liquid fuel cell technology that can be seen through the cell phone's transparent casing. As power is drained from the cell phone the liquid fuel cells disappears. The Flask also features a touch-sensitive display.
According to NEC, the "flask maintains the convenience of regular mobile phones, enclosed ultra-high-density packaging technology and fuel cell technology to express functional beauty. This is another possibility for the future of design."
Traditional batteries may be coming to an end. Because of recent advances in fuel cell technology mobile devices such as laptops and mobile phones could run for days on a single charge. Fuel cell batteries are more like tiny chemical plants!
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Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received funding from Microsoft Research to develop a virtual speech therapist, accessible on a cell phone, to aid stroke survivors in Malaysia. The self-contained language rehabilitation program will use a computer-generated talking head that provides realistic speech and mimics the natural movements of lips, tongue, and jaw.
About 40,000 people suffer from stroke every year in Malaysia, and communication impairments are common among stroke survivors, said principal investigator Sri Kurniawan, an assistant professor of computer engineering at UCSC. As in many developing countries, however, access to speech therapy is limited. A shortage of speech therapists in Malaysia is one obstacle, and patients often have difficulty traveling to existing speech therapy centers.
Kurniawan has teamed up with Dominic Massaro, professor of psychology at UCSC, who has developed computer-assisted speech and language tutors that have been used to help autistic and hearing-impaired children.
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