Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Battery

Batteries Need Charging More Often to Cope with Smartphone Power Demands

Studying the battery budget in cellphones, Strategy Analytics' latest report reveals that improvements in component power consumption and battery chemistry will not be sufficient to offset the growth in feature penetration and application usage. This report predicts that web browsing, navigation and social networking will see the biggest increase, growing from a combined 9% of the battery budget in 2008 to 30% by 2014.  more

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Eight Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2009 and 2010

Gartner says that it has identified eight mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2010, impacting short-term mobile strategies and policies.  more

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Alcatel-Lucent launches new location-based mobile platform

Alcatel-Lucent has shown off a location based mobile advertising platform - with the catchy name of the 5130 Geographic Messaging Services Platform (GMSP). The company says that the 5130 GMSP leverages unique Bell Labs innovations to increase the accuracy and timeliness of location-based services. The platform overcomes two of the key challenges in the delivery of such services by using sophisticated techniques to reduce the capacity demands on mobile networks and the consumption of battery life in mobile devices.  more

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Qualcomm Launches Single HSPA+ Chipset

Qualcomm has introduced a new single-chip solution, the QSC6295 which leverages 45 nanometer CMOS process technology and combines rich multimedia, power-saving innovations and broadband data speeds. The chip offers support for downloads of up to 10.2 Mbps, uploads of up to 5.76 Mbps, along with integrated multimedia content and Bluetooth/FM/GPS. New innovations in power consumption enable up to a full day of talk time and more than a month of standby time.  more

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Qualcomm Shows Off Low-Power Consumption 3G Chipsets

Qualcomm has launched a new range of WCDMA chipsets which the company says will enable a dramatic reduction in the cost of WCDMA based mobile phones. The products, sampling now, also feature new power-saving features that will enable better performance and longer battery life, with standby time of more than 37 days.  more

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