All items tagged with smartphones (115)
Kidz Gear Announces Bluetooth Wireless Headphones Designed For Kids
September 24, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Kidz Gear Announces Bluetooth Wireless Headphones Designed For Kids

Kidz Gear Bluetooth Stereo Headphones are for kids to use in school, at home or anywhere, providing the freedom from tangled and broken wires. Featuring Bluetooth 4.0 set-up with KidzSync Auto-Syncing Technology, the headphones can also be fitted with an omnidirectional boom microphone and work with smartphones, tablets, Kindles, Nooks and any computer.
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LabNation Compact Open Source USB Oscilloscope Supports Apple iPad, Android, Microsoft Windows and Linux
September 24, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

LabNation Compact Open Source USB Oscilloscope Supports Apple iPad, Android, Microsoft Windows and Linux

Belgian company LabNation announced the launch of its open source USB oscilloscope, SmartScope. The lightweight device supports all PC and mobile operating systems and is powered directly from the host’s USB interface making it ideal for many test and measurement applications far from the workbench.
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Parrot Introduces Zik 3 Bluetooth Headphones With Better Adaptive Noise Control and USB DAC
September 7, 2015 by Joao Martins

Parrot Introduces Zik 3 Bluetooth Headphones With Better Adaptive Noise Control and USB DAC

French wireless electronics specialist Parrot updated its Philippe Starck- designed Zik wireless headphones, introducing the third generation with new colors, an improved design, wireless charging, hi-fi quality in USB, and smart noise canceling. Strange is the fact that the Zik 3 still relies on Bluetooth 3.0.
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MIPI M-PHY v4.0 Specification Achieves a Peak Transmission Rate of Nearly 12 Gbps
August 24, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

MIPI M-PHY v4.0 Specification Achieves a Peak Transmission Rate of Nearly 12 Gbps

The MIPI Alliance announced an updated version of its MIPI M-PHY specification, a physical layer interface that supports chip-to-chip and multimedia protocols and applications. The new specification doubles throughput and allows data transport on longer channels to enable connectivity on more types of devices and mobile-influenced platforms, such as automotive systems.
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CEA’s Midyear Sales and Forecasts Report Projects New Tech to Drive CE Industry Growth in 2015
July 16, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

CEA’s Midyear Sales and Forecasts Report Projects New Tech to Drive CE Industry Growth in 2015

According to the latest industry report released by the Consumer Electronics Association, retail revenues for the consumer electronics industry are now projected to grow 2.4 percent in 2015 to reach $285 billion, led by 101 percent year-over-year growth in emerging product categories. Smartphones, tablets, TVs, laptops and notebooks add to record revenues.
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Prize for Fraunhofer IIS 3D Surround Audio Algorithms
June 9, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Prize for Fraunhofer IIS 3D Surround Audio Algorithms

The Fraunhofer IIS team responsible for the development and market launch of the Cingo and Symphoria immersive 3D audio algorithms and software solutions for digital audio playback has been awarded the 2015 Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize, awarded every year in recognition of outstanding scientific work.
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Diodes new Tiny Audio Class-D Amp Produces 1.9 W from 5V
June 2, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Diodes new Tiny Audio Class-D Amp Produces 1.9 W from 5V

Diodes introduced its new PAM8905 Class-D audio power amplifier with integrated boost converter and battery tracking AGC. This highly-integrated solution drives up to 1.9W (1% THD+N) into an 8 ohm speaker with 85% typical efficiency, helping to extend battery life when playing audio in smartphones, portable electronics and low-power speakers.
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IK Multimedia Introduces iKlip Grip Multifunctional Smartphone Stand
May 26, 2015 by Cristina Costa

IK Multimedia Introduces iKlip Grip Multifunctional Smartphone Stand

It’s a selfie-stick… it’s a tripod… it’s a stand… it’s a Grip! Italian company IK Multimedia continues to design clever solutions for the mobile age. With their new iKlip Grip multifunctional smartphone accessory, musicians, journalists and social media enthusiasts can capture perfect audio and video with their mobile device.
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Radial Trim-Two Passive Stereo Isolator Connects Laptops and Smartphones to Balanced Systems
March 18, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Radial Trim-Two Passive Stereo Isolator Connects Laptops and Smartphones to Balanced Systems

Radial Engineering just announced another one of those problem-solving boxes they are known for. The new Radial Trim-Two passive stereo isolator box was designed to play any sound files from the headphone output of any laptop, smartphone or tablet, connected to the the 3.5mm input on the Trim-Two, using the volume control to adjust the level and avoid distortion.
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Characterizing the Microspeaker Industry
March 11, 2015 by Mike Klasco

Characterizing the Microspeaker Industry

Microspeakers are manufactured predominantly in Asia. Many microspeaker manufacturers in Taiwan, Korea, and Hong Kong started in the 1970s with buzzer production, which included household appliances, automotive warnings, telephone ringers, and so forth. Mobile audio products have increased microspeaker consumption and stretched the microspeakers’ sound quality requirements.
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