All items tagged with smartphones (111)
Listen Celebrates 20 years of Innovation With Free Audio Test Software
December 31, 2015 by Special Content

Listen Celebrates 20 years of Innovation With Free Audio Test Software

Listen Inc announced its 20th year as a leading provider of audio test and measurement systems. Two decades of innovation and steady growth have made Listen’s flagship product, SoundCheck, an industry-standard audio test system in the consumer electronics industry. The company is commemorating the occasion with updated branding, a new website, and a free SoundCheck demo software offer!
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Braven Fuse, Wireless Bluetooth Audio Mixer Now Available
December 14, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Braven Fuse, Wireless Bluetooth Audio Mixer Now Available

“Djing” over wireless Bluetooth might not be the next big thing for clubbing… yet. But California-based Bluetooth specialist Braven is already creating the foundation for that to change with its Braven Fuse, a wireless audio mixer that transforms a pair of smartphones into a DJ set, by fusing multiple audio streams to create custom tracks.
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Texas Instruments Introduces New TAS2555 Smart Amp with Integrated Speaker Protection
December 8, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Texas Instruments Introduces New TAS2555 Smart Amp with Integrated Speaker Protection

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a low-power smart amplifier that allows designers to develop next-generation smartphones, tablets, portable audio docks or Bluetooth speakers with industry-leading audio quality at peak volumes while maximizing battery efficiency. The TAS2555 audio amplifier with integrated speaker protection uses back electromotive force and low power of 5.7 W to produce bigger sound from small devices.
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Get audioXpress November 2015 While It’s Hot!
October 7, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Get audioXpress November 2015 While It’s Hot!

Do you want to know how good audio from smartphones actually is? Would you like to know which sound measurement apps are available for smartphones? Or would you prefer to build The PhaseBuster, a unique way to manipulate the phase between stereo channels? Or would you prefer to build a headphone hybrid amplifier? All that and much more can be found in audioXpress November 2015, available online.
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Tektronix Keithley 2281S Is First to Emulate Battery Performance from Full Charge to Total Discharge
October 6, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Tektronix Keithley 2281S Is First to Emulate Battery Performance from Full Charge to Total Discharge

Tektronix unveiled its innovative Keithley 2281S Battery Simulator/precision DC Power supply to shorten design and test cycles for mobile devices. The new battery simulator from Tektronix uses a battery model that includes state of charge, amp-hour capacity, equivalent series resistance, and open circuit voltage.
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ZUK Z1 Smartphone Uses High-Performance ams Noise Cancellation Chip for USB Type-C Earbuds
October 6, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

ZUK Z1 Smartphone Uses High-Performance ams Noise Cancellation Chip for USB Type-C Earbuds

Lenovo’s new subsidiary, ZUK, is using ams’ Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) analog speaker driver for the earbuds of its new Z1 smartphone. This is also the first ANC headset in the world to feature the new USB Type-C connector rather than the traditional 3.5mm audio jack. The fully-integrated ams device offers noise cancellation with very low power consumption, making it ideal for headsets, headphones and ear pieces.
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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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