Friends, here’s a review of 2013! There have been the usual hits and misses, globally, while in India, the electronics and semiconductor industries really need to do a lot more! Enjoy, and here’s wishing everyone a Very Happy and Prosperous 2014! Be safe and stay safe!! DEC. 2013 What does it take to create SiliconContinue reading “Round-up 2013: Best of semiconductors, electronics and solar”
Category Archives: mobile phones
CSSPs — custom to catalog solutions from Quicklogic
QuickLogic is a Silicon Valley-based fabless semiconductor company. It is an innovator of CSSPs or customer-specific standard products. It is focused on high-growth mobile markets such as consumer, enterprise and mobile enterprise. Speaking at the ongoing 13th Global Electronics Summit in Santa Cruz, USA, Andy Pease president and CEO, QuickLogic, said it does all the drivers that actually needContinue reading “CSSPs — custom to catalog solutions from Quicklogic”
Succeeding with enterprise mobility
It has been proclaimed that today’s connected world demands relationships, not just eyeballs, at the Mobile World Congress 2012. There have been messages such as ‘If you pepper consumers with stuff they are not interested in, you will get vigilante consumers who will shut you out’. And, the ‘connected consumer value proposition is not beingContinue reading “Succeeding with enterprise mobility”
Nominum launches world’s first purpose-built suite of DNS-based solutions for mobile operators
Late last month, Nominum launched the world’s first purpose-built suite of DNS-based solutions for mobile operators at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona Spain. Doug Miller, GM, Mobile Solutions, Nominum, said that Nominum has been in the mobile space for many years now. The news at MWC was to announce the new Nominum MobileContinue reading “Nominum launches world’s first purpose-built suite of DNS-based solutions for mobile operators”
LG intros Optimus Sol E730 smartphone in India
LG has introduced the Optimus Sol E730 smartphone in India. Packed with loads of features the phone runs on the Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), and uses a Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor. It supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, as well as HSDPA 900/2100 MHz. Measuring a sleek 122.5×62.5×9.8mm, it weighs about 110g. The ultra AMOLED capacitive touchscreen supports 256K colors. The panel is 480 xContinue reading “LG intros Optimus Sol E730 smartphone in India”
Wireless leads in global semicon spends!
Interesting, but not surprising! Wireless is now leading in the global semiconductor spends!! I was having a chat with a Frost & Sullivan executive this morning, and he mentioned telecom. Of course, that’s the key driver!! According to IHS iSuppli, wireless has now displaced computers as the top semiconductor spending area for OEMs in 2011.Continue reading “Wireless leads in global semicon spends!”
SonicWALL on securing mobile devices!
Welcome to the new year, everyone! 🙂 Thanks to Dixita at MutualPR, I had a conversation with Shubhomoy Biswas, country director, SonicWALL India, regarding securing mobile devices. First, users have come to expect secured access “anytime, anywhere”, whether over 2G or 3G networks or Wi-Fi, for both personal and business tasks. What is SonicWALL’s takeContinue reading “SonicWALL on securing mobile devices!”
LogMeIn resolving IT challenges due to enterprise mobility!
LogMeIn Inc., a provider of cloud services for data and devices, recently opened an office in Bangalore, India. Thanks to Mamata Sampath, I had a brief discussion with Anil Sharma, sales director, LogMeIn, India. LogMeIn provides cloud-based remote access, support and collaboration solutions to quickly, simply and securely connect millions of Internet-enabled devices across the globeContinue reading “LogMeIn resolving IT challenges due to enterprise mobility!”
M/H can truly deliver ‘real TV’ experience!
Siano Mobile Silicon, based in Israel, is going strong in mobile digital TV space. Thanks to Rachel Glaser, of Ruderfinn, Israel, I managed an exclusive with Ronen Jashek, co-founder and VP Marketing, Siano Mobile Silicon. First, let’s understand what the US standard for mobile digital TV — ATSC-M/H (Advanced Television Systems Committee – Mobile/Handheld)— all about! JashekContinue reading “M/H can truly deliver ‘real TV’ experience!”
Lava Mobiles launches classy S12 smartphone!
Lava Mobiles has introduced the classy S12 smartphone. The phone’s smooth curvature and slim arc back gives it an easy palm-fit. It is only 1.3cm thick and has a matte leather finish. The S12 runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and works on quad GSM band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz. The S12 supports 3G, HSDPA 7.2Continue reading “Lava Mobiles launches classy S12 smartphone!”
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