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In-Vehicle Infotainment and Navigation: Part 2

In Part 1 of my post about in-vehicle infotainment and navigation, I talked about using Bluetooth for hands-free calling. While that feature is …more

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Presence – the New Location: Part 1

There’s a subtle change about to happen to our mobile devices and the way we interact with them.  Today everyone is excited about …more

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Presence – the New Location: Part 2

Bluetooth low energy brings a couple of big advantages to presence.  Today the only way to acquire location with any degree of accuracy …more

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In-Vehicle Infotainment & Navigation: Part 1

The world of in-vehicle infotainment and navigation is going through some interesting changes. Consumers rely increasingly on mobile devices in the world outside of the vehicle, such as mobile phones, mp3 players and portable gaming devices. It is increasingly expected that these device capabilities be integrated seamlessly- and even enhanced – when used inside vehicles. In the near future, consumers will even expect to be connect to the Internet while in the vehicle. It is imperative for infotainment and navigation designers to understand these trends and develop new solutions to meet these requirements….more

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In-Vehicle Infotainment & Navigation: Part 3

Wireless connectivity in today’s infotainment and navigation devices is mainly via Bluetooth but WiFi will some come into play. In Part 3 (final …more

communications

The Reality of LTE Networks:Part 1

During the past several months, I have spent a lot of time talking to LTE vendors, from chip level through infrastructure, network operators …more

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The Reality of LTE Networks: Part 2

LTE is the most complex wireless technology ever to be rolled out. There are many different variables that can be set on a …more

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NFC Android Displacement of Bar Coding another potential revolution

There has always been somewhat a tendency of healthcare to slowly embrace technology, but certainly this has not been the case in the …more

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Forget SatNav. It’s time for ReindeerNav.

Indoor location swaps the problem of scale around……more

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What’s the Value of ZigBee?

Today NXP announced that it is acquiring Jennic, the UK based RF design company that specialises in ZigBee chips and stacks.  That in …more