Entries tagged with “Jonas Bros.” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

During the  “Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009,” fans who create green screen videos at the Verizon/LG booth at Jonas Brothers shows, or those who create videos via their mobile phones can enter for a chance to play the ultimate kickball game, live and in person, against Nick, Joe and Kevin.

Kevin Jonas said, “…I mean, a kickball contest? How cool is that?”

Fans will be able to either jam with the Jonas Brothers or play kickball with them via a green screen video live at the concert venues, at home, or from their mobile phones. They can then enter their videos on http://VCASTLive.vzw.com, where V CAST Live members will vote on them. There will be five weekly winners based on the videos that receive the highest number of votes each week. The Jonas Brothers will select the grand prize winner from the five weekly winners.

Broadcom Corporation announced a new combination chip that integrates a complete BluetoothVersion 2.1 + enhanced data rate (EDR) baseband, radio and software, along with a high performance FM stereo radio transceiver, on a single piece of silicon. Extending Broadcom’s successful line of wireless combo chips, this next generation host controller interface (HCI) solution targeted for mobile devices adds FM transmit capabilities, enhanced voice and stereo audio processing, and industry-leading embedded software functionality. All of these advanced capabilities are delivered on a 65 nanometer (65 nm) chip that saves power and space.

NVIDIA Corporation ) introduced the Tegra family of processors, the world’s first single-chip computer capable of the rich high definition and internet experiences we’ve come to expect from our PCs, but on small pocket type devices. NVIDIA Tegra is a tiny computer-on-a-chip, smaller than a US dime (10-cent piece), designed from the ground up to enable the “visual PC experience” on a new generation of mobile computing devices while consuming the smallest amount of power. These chips will compete with the Intel’s Atom.

NVIDIA Tegra 650 also features:

• All-day media processing, for 130 hours audio, 30 hours HD video playback
• HD image processing for advanced digital still camera and HD camcorder functions
• Optimized hardware support for Web 2.0 applications for a true desktop-class internet experience
• Display support for 1080p HDMI, WSXGA+ LCD and CRT, and NTSC/PAL TV-Out
• Direct support for WiFi, disk drives, keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals
• A complete Board Support Package (BSP) to enable fast times to market for Windows Mobile-based designs

There have been several reports from interviews from  Intel's CEO Paul Otellini that Intel is planing to enter the mobile chip market again with a mobile version of it's low power Atom chip, code-named Pineview, in late 2009.

Steve Lhor at The New York Times wrote:

The low-cost Atom processor, Mr. Otellini said, is Intel's bid to supply the processing engines that will help vastly expand the reach of the Internet beyond personal computers. He noted "four big new markets for our products" that will total $10 billion over the next few years. The four, he said, were consumer electronics, cellphones, embedded controllers and low-cost computing.

ASOCS, the leading developer of wireless Multi-Communication processors and system solutions for handheld devices announced today the launch of the MP100, the world’s first wireless MultiComms processor capable of running up to three wireless air interfaces concurrently.

Customers using ASOCS’ single-chip MultiComm processor can reduce the bill of materials (BOM) by up to 50% and reduce power consumption by as much as 70%, whilst supporting wireless standards such as GSM/EDGE/GPRS, WiFi, HD Mobile Digital TV, and GPS. The software reconfigurable ModemX(TM) core in the MP100 further enables handheld device manufacturers, OEMs, and ODMs to move into the 4G era smoothly by developing software-based Super 3G, LTE, and Mobile WiMAX products today.