Ford has lowered the price for SYNC by $100, making their hands-free, voice-activated connectivity system more affordable. Ford SYNC is a factory-installed, fully integrated in-vehicle communications and entertainment system that allows users to make hands-free telephone calls and control music and other functions using voice commands. Ford says their new pricing strategy makes SYNC the [...]
Two months after Apple joined the board of the Bluetooth special interest group, the company launched the first truly mainstream Bluetooth 4.0 devices yesterday, with the new Macbook Air & Mac Mini. Apple may have fast-tracked Bluetooth 4.0′s adoption so that the forthcoming iPhone 5 can use this technology with at least one Apple product, [...]
At Telematics 2011 Conference in Detroit this week, projects that put 4G LTE on the road included hands-free connectivity, GPS systems and roadside assistance. With over 90 expert telematics speakers, it’s the largest show yet, and runs June 8-9, 2011. OnStar, a subsidiary of GM, was launched in 1996. OnStar’s basic subscription (starting at $20/mo), [...]
Qualcomm’s Atheros division has introduced a tri-band Wi-Fi chipset, that integrates the 60GHz band for multi-gigabit performance, with a seamless handoff to 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi. The Atheros AR9004TB is expected to support the 802.11ad standard, though it’s far from finalized. Atheros and Wilocity demonstrated the AR9004TB tri-band Wi-Fi solution in Taipei, in conjunction with [...]
At Google I/O yesterday, Google announced the next version of Android, called Ice Cream Sandwich, due in the fourth quarter. But this week it released Android 3.1, an update to Honeycomb, designed for tablets. This enhancement lets Android tablets connect to USB devices, while Android@Home transform an Android device into a home automation controller. Engadget’s [...]
BlueRadios and Stonestreet One together have introduced a self-contained Bluetooth 4.0 dual mode low energy module which utilizes a Texas Instruments base band chip, antenna, radio, microcontroller, and fully-integrated Bluetopia software stack. A single mode nano ampere network module with the TI processor was also introduced. Both low energy modules require no external supporting components [...]
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