Smartphone News

Monsoon Multimedia Announces HAVA TV Place-Shifting for the Nokia Internet Tablet
Apr 2, 2008 – Monsoon Multimedia has announced HAVA support for the Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets, and the upcoming Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition, allowing customers to view and control their home TV from anywhere in the world over WiMAX or WiFi.
News categories: Monsoon Multimedia, Broadband, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Smartphone, Tablet

SIDSA showcases its DVB-H Mobile TV solution at the Mobile World Congress
Feb 8, 2008 – SIDSA and ABERTIS TELECOM will jointly demonstrate DVB-H services at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 11th to 14th February.
News categories: SIDSA, Abertis Telecom, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Smartphone

Magnum Semiconductor launches new Multimedia-Rich Application Processor
Jan 7, 2008 – Magnum Semiconductor has announced the ZEVIO™ ZV1050 Multimedia Application Processor, the latest member of its ZEVIO line of System-on-Chip solutions for cost-effective and power sensitive applications in consumer entertainment and information applications.
News categories: Magnum Semiconductor, Automotive, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet

Sling Media to Demonstrate Award-Winning SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry at CES
Jan 4, 2008 – Sling Media has announced that for the first time the company will be showing their award-winning SlingPlayer Mobile software running on RIM BlackBerry® smartphones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 7th - 10th.
News categories: Sling Media, CES2025, Placeshifting, Smartphone, Streaming

Newport Media, RMI and Softronix Combine to Offer Price-Performance Advantages for MobileTV Providers
Sep 8, 2007 – Raza Microelectronics®, Inc. (RMI) has announced that Mobile TV focused companies Newport Media and Softronix Corporation, have been added to the most complete MIPS-Based™ eco-system, the RMI® Partner Alliance (RPA).
News categories: RMI Corp, Newport Media, Softronix, Digital TV, DTMB, IBCShow, ISDB-T, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Tablet

Content Mangement Specification Gets Debut at IBC
Sep 7, 2007 – The publication of the latest revision to DVB BlueBook A094 - Content Protection & Copy Management (DVB-CPCM) in August, along with the first ever public demonstration of aspects of DVB-CPCM at this year's IBC, signals a second major milestone in the work of the DVB on a specification for persistent protection of commercial content in consumer digital products and home networks.
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Cidana and Siano Debut Cutting-edge Platform for Mobile DVB-T
Sep 3, 2007 – Cidana has partnered with Siano Mobile Silicon to develop advanced mobile digital TV solutions that enable users around the world to enjoy DVB-T on mobile handheld platforms such as PDAs, Smartphones, etc.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, Cidana, Digital TV, IBCShow, Media Player, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smartphone, Software, Tablet, Terrestrial

Broadcom and Verizon Wireless Announce Broad-based Strategic Alliance
Jul 19, 2007 – Broadcom and Verizon Communications have announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance involving new mobile device chipsets and other products, including Bluetooth® and wireless LAN solutions, optical network solutions, Multimedia over Coaxial Cable (MoCA) devices, GPS location technology, and DSL and fiber network components including set-top boxes.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Broadcom, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Licensing, Mobile, Patent, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smartphone, USA

CyberLink and Marvell Show DVB-T on a PDA Phone
Jun 7, 2007 – CyberLink (5203.TW) has partnered with Marvell® to demonstrate CyberLink's DVB-T solution on PDA phones at Computex 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Smartphone, Terrestrial