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Location-Based Technology Keeps Getting Better 

Sep 3, 2009, By Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

The Multiple Range Estimation Location (MREL) system from the Andrews Solutions division of CommScope improves location-based technologies, exploiting features in newer digital signaling protocols to produce location results in areas that U-TDOA cannot. ...

Prepare for the Mobile Broadband Tidal Wave 

Sep 3, 2009, By Jonathan Morgan, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Starent Networks

As mobile communications grow, the industry will see three major disruptions—the rise of mobile broadband, consumer-friendly billing plans, and multimedia device usability—that will change mobile operator business models. ...

Smart Phones Surge In An Otherwise Weak Market 

Aug 27, 2009, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

While overall handset sales are down for 2009, the smart-phone segment is seeing an increase driven by hot new models from Apple and BlackBerry with plenty of consumer-friendly features and third-party apps....

Win Tickets To The FITC Mobile Conference, Sept. 13-14 

Aug 20, 2009

Mobile Dev & Design and FITC are giving away tickets to FITC Mobile, scheduled for Sept. 13-14 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada. Open to developers and programmers of mobile content the conference will cover the technical side of development as well as marketing and finance....

What We’ve Got Here Is… Failure To Communicate 

Aug 13, 2009, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor-in-Chief

With more ways than ever to communicate, are we saying anything that’s worthwhile?...

Choose The Right Mobile Display Technology To Reduce The Power Gap 

Aug 13, 2009, Jim Cathey, Vice President of Business Development, Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Inc.

The growing difference between power supplies and power demand requires a new approach to displays in mobile devices, including new energy sources as well as emissive displays and reflective technology. ...

LTE: Next-Generation Test Challenges 

Aug 5, 2009, Phil Medd, Product Manager, Aeroflex Test Solutions

LTE test presents demanding requirements, making it necessary to break design down into sub-systems and build a test plan that allows each part of the design to be characterized. Thorough testing at each integration stage is essential before testing the complete device....

Multi-Touch All-Point Touchscreens: The Future of User Interface Design 

Jul 23, 2009, By Chitiz Mathema, Cypress Semiconductor

When it comes to touchscreens, why limit device makers to one or two points at a time? That’s the concept of multi-touch all-point, the ability to handle more than two fingers, which brings touchscreens to the next level of reliable usability across a broader set of feature-rich applications....

Use DPI To Increase Mobile Subscriber ARPU Despite Flat-Rate Plans 

Jul 15, 2009, By Todd Mersch, Senior Product Line Manager, Continuous Computing

While driving greater adoption and utilization, flat-rate plans have effectively capped the opportunity to increase average revenue per user (ARPU) via data services‹that is, unless operators find a way to do something different. Next-generation networks provide the basis for driving down the cost-per-bit while delivering vastly increased data rates, and today¹s solutions need to leverage deep packet inspection (DPI) to provide new services to the consumer....

Can Your Cell Phone Give You Cancer? 

Jul 9, 2009, By Louis E. Frenzel, Editor-in-Chief

A report by the National Institute for Science, Law, and Public Policy suggests that prolonged exposure to cell phones and other wireless equipment can be harmful to human beings. ...

MEMS Microphones Enhance Audio System Quality And Reliability 

Jul 9, 2009, By Todd Borkowski, Marketing Manager, Micromachined Products Division, Analog Devices Inc.

MEMS microphones solve the power, cost, and complexity issues that typical electret condenser microphones present in most audio subsystems in today’s consumer and communications devices....

In An Evolving Market, Femtocell Manufacturers Need To Stay Flexible  

Jun 25, 2009, Ebrahim Bushehri, CEO, Lime Microsystems

In the fast-moving wireless market, femtocell makers need to develop new products to stay competitive. Yet developing new ICs for new standards or frequencies could take typically two to three years, from conception to volume production. Programmable silicon designed specifically for femtocells may fill the gap....

New Solutions Put Wireless To The Test 

Jun 11, 2009, By Robin Irwin, Agilent Technologies

With wireless technology finding its way into all sorts of devices and commercial applications, test engineers are increasingly demanding complete RF test solutions oriented around particular chipset vendors. Test equipment vendors have been quick to react to this demand by collaborating with manufacturing test engineers and silicon vendors to make it easier and quicker for test engineers to design and test wireless devices and products. ...

Herd Your Widgets To Bring The Cool Factor To The Masses 

Jun 11, 2009, By Jacob Guedalia, Founder, President, and COO, iSkoot Inc.

While one widget is good and two widgets are better, a phone full of widgets represents a serious design challenge for software developers, handset manufacturers, and mobile carriers alike. With more and more widgets demanding access to the same limited pool of handset resources, something always has to give. ...

IEEE SECON 2009 Set To Open In Rome 

Jun 4, 2009, MD&D News Staff

The Sixth Annual IEEE Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON) will be held June 22-26 at the Centro Congressi Cavour in Rome, Italy. ...

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