Bluetooth

Broadcom's Industry-Leading Bluetooth Silicon and Software Achieve Bluetooth 2.1 Qualification

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:45:41 +0000

First Bluetooth Provider to Combine Bluetooth Version 2.1 Features with Other Advanced Technologies that Enhance the Performance, Set-Up, Use and Security of Bluetooth Devices

IRVINE, Calif., Aug 01, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its popular Bluetooth® silicon and software are the first solutions to be qualified for the new Bluetooth Version 2.1 specification, as determined by the Bluetooth Qualification Board (BQB). By supporting the recently-ratified standard, the Broadcom® BCM2046 Bluetooth transceiver simplifies the set-up of mobile phones and other Bluetooth products, while improving the overall user experience with longer battery life and stronger security. The BCM2046 is now the only Bluetooth Version 2.1 solution that supports enhanced data rate (EDR) technology and offers a high-performance Class 1 radio. » read more »

Broadcom Joins S60 Community to Deliver Complete Solutions for the World's Most Popular Mobile Open OS

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:40:52 +0000

New Relationship Enables Broadcom to Target Over 50 Million New Devices per Year With 3G Cellular Processors, Mobile, Application Processors, Low Power W-Fi®, Bluetooth® and GPS Solutions

IRVINE, Calif., July 25, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it has joined S60 Product Creation Community. As a member of this development group, Broadcom will be provided with access to software, technology and S60 ecosystem resources for developing advanced smartphones based on S60 software. S60 smartphone software is developed by Nokia and licensed to industry-leading terminal manufacturers. » read more »

Sony Ericsson Stereo Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-DS980

admin — Wed, 09 May 2007 13:08:18 +0000

Sony Ericsson makes listening to music and taking calls a quality experience with the launch of the Stereo Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-DS980, announced today. This stylish accessory delivers wireless music and calls with superior sound performance, even in noisy environments. This is achieved through advances in design, ergonomics and audio:

* Digital noise cancellation/echo reduction to reduce background noise
* Bluetooth™ 2.0 to deliver better quality voice calls
* A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) for high quality sound when listening to music
* A hidden OLED display delivers a seamless design effect, much brighter than a conventional LCD display.

“As more and more people choose to store their digital music on their mobile phone, it becomes increasingly practical to use a Bluetooth™ stereo headset that can deliver quality audio,” explains Jacob Sten, Head of Accessories Business Unit at Sony Ericsson. “This latest headset manages to do this within a compact, stylish design that you will want to be seen wearing. It is so convenient that your phone need never leave your pocket.” » read more »

New Nokia Phones: Nokia 2630 and Nokia 2760

admin — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:16:24 +0000

New Nokia 2630 and Nokia 2760 deliver imaging and Bluetooth technology to the entry market

Building upon its belief that entry level handsets can be both attractive and affordable, Nokia today introduced two new handsets to its portfolio - the Nokia 2630 and Nokia 2760.

In addition to a stylish design, each model also offers easy-to-use cameras and Bluetooth technology, enabling customers to take their entertainment with them wherever they go.

Nokia 2760

"The progressively stylish design of the Nokia 2630 and Nokia 2760 phones offer a striking visual and tactile impact, but also incorporate a feature set designed to enhance the total user experience," said Soren Petersen, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia. "And by including a camera and Bluetooth technology, we are enabling entry consumers to share their experiences on the go."

Nokia 2630 » read more »

CSR boosts multimedia Bluetooth offering with virtual surround sound

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:56:06 +0000

CSR announced it has added Sonaptic’s SoundStage Virtual Surround System to its BlueCore5-Multimedia Bluetooth technology to provide users with an improved hi-fi stereo audio experience. Mobile Bluetooth products will now be able to benefit from a richer and more engrossing stereo audio performance.

Sonaptic uses advanced psychoacoustic processing in its software that creates virtual speakers to ‘place‘ the user right in the middle of the sound. This virtual surround experience can be delivered on standard Bluetooth audio devices running BlueCore5-Mulitimedia, and requires an exceptionally low memory and uses very little processing power making it ideal for battery powered mobile devices.
Due to a high performance 24-bit 64 MIPS on-chip DSP, CSR’s BlueCore5-Multimedia platform is the only Bluetooth platform available which can support a variety of third-party audio enhancement algorithms. In addition, BlueCore5-Multimedia provides superior sound quality with a best-in-class signal to noise ratio of -95dB. » read more »

Kyocera Wireless Enables Complete Mobile Control For Any Portable Music Device With Bluetooth Music Gateway

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:28:09 +0000

New Compact Accessory Provides Unique Audio Technology, Making Music Portability for Music Phones and MP3 Players Easy for the Home and Office

Kyocera Wireless Corp. has announced the Kyocera Bluetooth® Music Gateway for enhanced mobile music portability to entertainment systems. This compact and easy-to-use universal accessory uses Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology to free digital audio files from personal music players such as cell phones and MP3 players, enabling a wirelessly-controlled full room experience over home and office stereos* or Bluetooth-enabled headsets. » read more »

Jabra Debuts Convertible Bluetooth Stereo Headset Available At Verizon Wireless

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:12:29 +0000

The Jabra BT8010 Bluetooth Headset Creates a New Category for Wireless Mobile and Stereo Music Headsets

From the CTIA WIRELESS 2007® show, Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, and Jabra®, a leading brand of audio products for mobile consumers, contact centers and office professionals, today announced the ground-breaking Jabra BT8010 convertible Bluetooth® stereo headset with a personalized phonebook and caller ID. The multi-functional Jabra BT8010 will be sold as a standard headset but can be turned into a fully functional Bluetooth stereo headset for listening to music with the addition of a separately purchased stereo earpiece. » read more »

QSound Labs' stereo expansion technology now available on CSR's BlueCore5-Multimedia

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:56:53 +0000

CSR says it has boosted its multimedia Bluetooth technology with the addition of QSound Labs’ QXpander technology. QSound offers a powerful suite of audio enhancements for digital playback that provides a richer, more natural and immersive enhanced audio for CSR’s BlueCore3 and BlueCore5-Multimedia systems. Music transmitted over Bluetooth via CSR’s BlueCore technology now benefits from spatial stereo expansion through QSound’s QXpander audio algorithms. QSound will be demonstrating its technology on CSR’s BlueCore Multimedia systems this week at exhibition Stand 463-A at the CTIA Wireless 2007, in Orlando, Florida.

QXpander technology uses purpose-specific algorithms for maximum spatial impact on headphones and speakers. The three-dimensional spatial processing adds new depth to music playback by expanding the soundstage beyond the physical limitations of speaker locations; this expands the acoustic image outside of the user’s head when using headphones. The sophisticated enhancement algorithms are particularly effective on highly compressed audio content such as MP3 and SBC. » read more »

Amp'd Mobile and Motorola Announce the MOTO Q for Mobile Entertainment

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:07:36 +0000

Stunning display, stereo sound make this MOTO Q the ultimate device for experiencing Amp’d Mobile’s premium live TV, videos, music and original programs

MOTO Q

Amp'd Mobile, a pioneer of fully integrated mobile entertainment, today unveiled the MOTO Q, Amp’d Edition from Motorola, a MOTO Q designed for experiencing mobile entertainment.

The MOTO Q, Amp’d Edition from Motorola is aimed at today’s youth market who thrive on entertainment and social networking.

“With the increased acceptability of smart phones among consumers, the MOTO Q, Amp’d Edition provides our youth demographic an open platform approach to our unique entertainment experience,” said Peter Adderton, founder and chief executive officer of Amp’d Mobile. “Amp’d users will have access to 24 live TV channels, 55 video-on-demand channels, one million downloadable songs, stereo Bluetooth, 3D games and access to all online social networks, as well as any Windows Mobile application.” » read more »

Motorola and T-Mobile Launch the MOTORIZR Z3

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:34:51 +0000

Distinct phone slider design and compelling camera features lets customers slide, shoot and share images with those who matter most

MOTORIZR Z3

The stylish and uniquely crafted MOTORIZR Z3, the first GSM slider in the U.S., from Motorola, Inc., is available beginning today exclusively from T-Mobile USA, Inc. With premium communications and multimedia features, and a vibrant pearl blue with soft-touch finish, the MOTORIZR Z3 is sure to impress.

Picture-perfect, spontaneous moments won’t be missed or forgotten with the MOTORIZR in-hand. Featuring an integrated 2.0 megapixel camera with
8x zoom, high-intensity camera light, landscape view finder and dedicated external camera button, the phone gives people the experience and benefits of a functional digital camera, with the capability to shoot and share photos quickly. » read more »

Samsung Introduces The WEB 420 - Bluetooth® Headset Designed by Bang and Olufsen

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:35:19 +0000

With the launch of the newest Bluetooth® headsets, Samsung aggressively targets the mobile phone accessory market

Samsung Electronics showcased the high-class Bluetooth® Headset (WEP 420), designed by Bang & Olufsen, for the first time at CeBIT 2007 in Hanover , Germany.

WEP 420 headset designed by Bang & Olufsen

The latest Bluetooth® headsets are elegantly designed and have superb sound quality. At CeBIT 2007, Samsung's designated a special booth do showcase Bluetooth® headsets, including the new products WEP 420 and WEP 500.

To offer simplistic design and usability, the WEP 420's buttons are hidden behind a sliding cover. The special sliding cover blocks static to increase the overall sound quality of this exceptional headset. To enhance its value, the WEP 420 comes packaged with a uniquely designed charger cradle that may be used as an interior decoration item. » read more »

CSR adds embedded DSP virtual surround sound technology to BlueCore5-Multimedia

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:41:19 +0000

CSR has further expanded its portfolio of high quality third-party software for its BlueCore5-Multimedia platform. Phitek’s V3D and LFX™ technologies allow wireless headset manufacturers to combine industry leading Bluetooth technology with high quality virtual surround sound and psychoacoustic bass enhancement. CSR’s choice to port Phitek’s advanced software to BlueCore5-Multimedia provides CSR’s customers with access to optimum performance for wireless headset applications, enabling manufacturers to develop high quality Bluetooth headsets.

Phitek will be demonstrating its technology on CSR’s BlueCore5-Multimedia systems this week at exhibition stand B55463-A in Hall 3 at CeBIT 2007, in Hannover, Germany. » read more »

Bluetooth

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:49:18 +0000

Bluetooth

Technology that enables data connections between electronic devices such as desktop computers, wireless phones, electronic organizers and printers in the 2.4 GHz range. Bluetooth would replace cable or infrared connections for such devices. Bluetooth depends on mobile devices equipped with a chip for sending and receiving information. (Cingular)

Bluetooth is a low-power radio technology developed to replace the cables and wires currently used to link or connect electronic devices such as personal computers, printers, and a wide variety of handheld devices including mobile phones. Because it uses radio-wave connectivity, a Bluetooth-enabled device has a constant, established connection to whatever browser it uses. This saves the user the trouble of logging on to check for emails or news updates, for example. » read more »

Broadcom's Bluetooth Technology Selected by ASUSTeK for New PDA Phone Designs

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:20:39 +0000

Broadcom's BluetoothÂ® Technology Selected by ASUSTeK for New PDA Phone Designs

Industry-Leading Bluetooth for WindowsÂ® (BTW) Software Enables Advanced Features for Optimizing the Users' PDA Experience

BARCELONA, Spain, 3GSM World Congress, Feb 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its advanced BluetoothÂ® silicon and software technology has been adopted by ASUSTek Computer Inc. in several new connected PDA products including the recently launched P535 Tribandâ„¢ PDA GPS and 3G P735 PDA phones. ASUSTek (ASUS), one of the world's leading total solution providers for computers, communications and consumer electronics products, selected Broadcom's single-chip BCM2045 Bluetooth transceiver, coupled with BroadcomÂ® Bluetooth for WindowsÂ® PocketPC Phone Edition (BTW-PPC/PE) software to enable the cutting-edge features for their P535 and P735 PDA phones with GPS functionality. » read more »

Broadcom's Bluetooth Technology Enables Advanced Multimedia Features in New TCL Communications Multimedia Handset

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:19:03 +0000

Broadcom's BluetoothÂ® Technology Enables Advanced Multimedia Features in New TCL Communications Multimedia Handset

Leading-Edge Phone Provides Advanced Multimedia Functionality and High-Quality Audio Streaming to Wireless Headsets

BARCELONA, Spain, 3GSM World Congress, Feb 13, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its industry-leading BluetoothÂ® silicon and software technology have been selected by TCL Communications to enable advanced wireless multimedia features, such as music streaming, in a number of new phones. TCL Communications, a leading telephone manufacturer in China, selected Broadcom's single-chip BCM2045 Bluetooth transceiver with enhanced data rate (EDR) technology and BroadcomÂ® Bluetooth Embedded (BTE) mobile software, for its recently announced multimedia handset, which is being made available as the Alcatel OT-C825. » read more »

Lenovo Adopts Broadcom CellAirity Platform for Multimedia GPRS Handset With Stereo Bluetooth Technology

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:18:16 +0000

Lenovo Adopts BroadcomÂ® CellAirityâ„¢ Platform for Multimedia GPRS Handset With Stereo BluetoothÂ® Technology

Broadcom's Complete GPRS Baseband, Software Design Platform and Bluetooth Technology Provides Top Chinese Phone Maker With Advanced Features, Faster Time-to-Market and Improved Affordability

BARCELONA, Spain, 3GSM World Congress, Feb 13, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its BroadcomÂ® CellAirityâ„¢ platform for mobile phone designs has been adopted by Lenovo for its recently introduced P768 multimedia GPRS handset. The Lenovo P768 leverages Broadcom's field proven silicon, a complete software suite and development and test tools, which helped Lenovo deliver the thin, innovative bar phone to the market quickly. As the leading phone maker in China, Lenovo's adoption of the CellAirity platform provides a tremendous market opportunity for Broadcom. » read more »