Galaxy Tab owners: inside your Android tablet is a secret message. But you’ll never find it on your own – it’s only 2.0 µm high. More »
Intel has agreed to buy Infineon Technologies’ Wireless Solutions business for around $US1.4 billion, as it positions itself to grab a chunk of the rapidly exploding smartphone market. More »
According to a Bloomberg report, Intel is closing in on a deal to acquire the wireless unit of Infineon AG. You know, the company responsible for the iPhone’s baseband chips since 1997. That’s one way to build a mobile presence. More »
How small does a GPS chip get in its 12th round of development? Look at the match stick.
AU: This story has been picked up from the US from local news site Channel News. And while Jesus rips the argument apart for “Telstra’s” claims, I’d like to say that I very much doubt that anybody in Telstra actually made those claims to start off with, considering they haven’t even announced that they will be carrying the iPhone. In any case, don’t expect the iPhone to support 42Mbps when it does launch down here.
A Telstra senior executive has apparently declared that “by Xmas (the iPhone) will be capable of 42Mbps, which will make it faster than a lot of broadband offerings and the fastest iPhone on any network in the world.” While Telstra’s network may reach that speed in 2009, his claim seems nothing but hot air and kangaroo dung, for a long list of reasons, starting with the iPhone’s alleged baseband chip—the Infineon’s S-GOLD3, which tops at 7.2Mbps.
