Texas Instruments today announced that it will acquire National Semiconductor for about US$6.5 billion. The deal will make TI the third largest semiconductor maker in the world. “This acquisition is about strength and growth,” said Rich Templeton, TI’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. “National has an excellent development team, and its products combined with our own can offer customers […]
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Sony confirms Android tablet to be released by end of summer?
Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has apparently confirmed that Sony will release an Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet by the end of the summer. The revelation apparently came at the same event where Stringer also hinted at the presence of Sony camera in the upcoming iPhone 5. A separate report by Japanese site AV Watch suggests that the mysterious tablet could […]
Bell and Virgin Mobile Canada launch HTC Incredible S
Both Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile Canada (owned by Bell) today launched the HTC Incredible S. HTC Incredible S specifications: Processor: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Operating system: Google Android 2.2 Connectivity: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE / tri-band (900/AWS/2100MHz) HSPA Other connectivity: GPS, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, DLNA Display: 4-inch WVGA Super LCD touchscreen Memory: 768MB RAM Storage: 1.1GB onboard / microSD cards […]
Half of new Canadian wireless subscribers to sign up with new players in 2011?
New players in the Canadian wireless space (including Mobilicity, Public Mobile, Videotron, WIND Mobile) are gaining an ever increasing share of new subscribers, according to a new report by the Convergence Consulting Group. It estimates that about 30 percent of new subscribers opted for one of the new players over the three incumbents (Bell, Rogers, TELUS) in 2010. That share […]
HTC Flyer tablet to get Android 3.0 update
Here is an interesting development: HTC confirmed via Twitter that its upcoming HTC Flyer tablet will be upgradeable to Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). We will be offering a Honeycomb upgrade when it’s made available. No timelines for the availability of the update were provided. It remains to be seen if the HTC Evo View 4G, a Flyer variant headed to Sprint, […]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo headed to Canada
A third Sony Ericsson smartphone appears to be headed to Canada sometime soon. The Xperia neo, first announced at MWC 2011, has now appeared on the Sony Ericsson Canada site. Sony Ericsson Xperia neo specifications: Processor: 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Operating system: Google Android 2.3 Cellular connectivity: GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA Other connectivity: A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DLNA Display: 3.7-inch FWVGA (854 […]
Apple iPhone 5 to come with 8MP Sony camera?
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg, Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer may have inadvertently revealed that the upcoming iPhone 5 will come with an 8MP camera supplied by Sony. He raised the irony of Sony supplying camera components for Apple devices. It “always puzzles me,” he said. “Why would I make Apple the best camera?” While […]
802.16m WiMAX standard approved by IEEE
The IEEE Standards Association yesterday announced the approval of the IEEE 802.16m standard, the next generation of WiMAX. It will offer “the performance improvements necessary to support future advanced services and applications for next generation broadband mobile communications,” including download speeds up to 300Mbps. A globally relevant standard, IEEE 802.16m incorporates innovative communications technologies such as multi-user MIMO, multicarrier operation, […]