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WIRELESS INFRASTUCTURE 17 used in YouTube), broadcast video (MPEG-2) and video conferencing (H.263). The “living room revolution” is changing the very nature of mobile handset requirements, said Eero Kaikkonen, On2 Technologies’ executive vice president and chief marketing ofﬁcer. Opera Software (Oslo, Norway) showed off Opera Mobile 9.5 at the show — a full native browser. Some experts believe it could provide a browsing experience to rival, or surpass, that of Apple’s iPhone. Unlike the company’s Opera Mini, which uses a remote server to pre-process Web pages before sending them to a phone in order to put the Internet on any device, Opera Mobile 9.5 makes a point of bringing an “iPhone experience to any feature phones and/or smart phones,” noted a company spokesperson. This will allow users to interact with content exactly as they do on their PC, she added. Android unveiled Several technology suppliers including ARM, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm and NXP unveiled here their own versions of Google’s Android mobile phone platform. Android–based phones today are either working prototypes or on the drawing board. They are still in a “pre-integration phase,” noted Steve Mollenkoph, senior vice president, product management, cellular products group, at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. The prototype handsets were able to demonstrate a number of multimedia applications — including full-blown web browsing – running on a Linux kernel. The point of the Android Platform is to “offer an application framework,” so that OEMs can develop a range of Android platform-based phones “without having to start from scratch” on software for their every handset, explained Bob Morris, director of platform solutions, mobile computing at ARM. Dominant handset vendors such as Nokia, a trend-setter like Apple with its iPhone, or operating system vendors such as Microsoft or Symbian can build their own application and service “eco-system” through their own developers’ community. In contrast, Google’s Android platform promises a level playing ﬁeld to a number of handset OEMs, by offering alternatives to those promoted by dominant handset vendors such as Nokia. And there’s an alliance to promote that position. The philosophy of the Open Handset Alliance is to “offer multiple handset vendors access to the Android platform through the support of open source activities,” said Avner Goren, worldwide director of strategic marketing, for TI’s wireless terminals business unit. The OHA allows OEMs to build phones using the common platform, by constantly adding and enhancing features, he explained. The OHA goes much deeper into “implementation deﬁnitions,” said TI’s Goren. “The Android platform consists of a full software stack starting from Linux kernel and all the way up to applications.” Richard Doherty, principal of market watcher Envisioneering (Seaford, N.Y.), sees the Android platform as Google’s effort “to smoke out eager, talented software developers in hope of exploring limits of software enhancements for both server and clients.” Noting that Apple is releasing its iPhone software development kit, Doherty said, “The thing to watch now is how many talented ‘delegates’ — software developers — Apple and Google pick up in this race.” • Lower cost than you're paying now (much lower call for a quote!) • Faster delivery (samples shipped from Fox the next day; production quantities in days, not weeks!) • 1 picosecond phase jitter (10X better than programmables!) • 3.3V and 2.5V versions available now • Custom frequencies from 0.75MHz to 1.350GHz (the exact frequency you need, without a premium and without delay) • 7 x 5 mm and 5 x 3.2 mm available now; 3.2 x 2.5 mm ceramic packages coming soon (very soon!) • Choice of XOs and VCXOs • Internal serial ID with comprehensive traceability • And a lot more!!! Like we said XpressO changes everything. Details await you on our web site! Once again Fox Rocks! We’re On Your Frequency. Fox Electronics EMEA +44.1767.312632 e-mail: foxonline.com/email.htm Microwave Engineering Europe Upcoming features and article focus April 2008: Test & Measurement Military & Aerospace ▲ May 2008: Wireless Networks GPS & Satellite w w w. f o x o n l i n e . c o m June 2008: Antennas Radar July 2008: CAD/EDA CMOS in RF Applications This article has been reprinted courtesy of EE Times. The author, Junko Yoshida is the Editor-inChief. For daily news visit www.mwee.com Microwave Engineering ● March 2008 ● www.mwee.com 016_017_MWEE.indd 17 20/02/08 11:57:08 http://www.foxonline.com http://foxonline.com/email.htm http://www.foxonline.com http://www.mwee.com http://www.mwee.com

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Microwave Engineering Europe - March 2008 News Contents Comment Wireless Infrastructure: A Direct Conversion I/Q Demodulatordrives Favorable Basestation Cost-performance Metrics Wireless Infrastructure: Mobile World Set to Reshape the Internet RF Amplifiers: Latest Advances in RF Amplifiers Include a CMOS PA Operating at 77 GHz and Significant Advances in PAs for WiMAX and Broadband Applications Many Applications Still Require Unique Performance Benefits of BeO ACE Automated Circuit Extraction Returns to Real Design by Exploring Design Alternatives and Changes in Seconds Exceeding the Standard for Wireless Sensor Networks Products Calendar

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