| |  Apple Time Capsule HDD/802.11n Backup System: Apple’s Time Capsule is a full Airport Extreme base station using 802.11n technology. It has one WAN and three LAN Ethernet ports, and also includes a 500GB hard drive for backup storage. Backup is provided for Time Machine Mac OS X Leopard computers via the wireless network, and for other computers (Mac or PC) via the Ethernet ports. The unit also has one USB port for connecting a shared printer, additional hard drive, or hub for other devices. The Time Capsule uses WiFi Protected Access (WPA/WPA-2) and 128-bit WEP encryption with built-in NAT firewall supporting NAT-PMP. It operates at frequencies of 2.4GHz and 5GHz. The unit also has a self-contained power supply and is also available with twice the hard-drive capacity (1.0 TB).
|  Sharp SH905i UMTS Phone: The Sharp SH905i Flip/Swivel mobile phone and terrestrial TV claims to be the first in the world to offer Dolby Mobile Technology to enhance the sound of music and live TV. For all viewing, the SH905i sports a 3-inch VGA AQUOS display (2k:1 claimed contrast ratio) utilizing Sharp’s proprietary vertical alignment technology called “Mobile Advanced Super View” to enable wide-angle viewing. Other features include “Touch Cruiser,” an interface similar to the touchpads on laptops, a Manga book reader, 3.2MP camera, IrSimple & IrSS for wireless transfer of photos to printers, HSDPA for high-speed data transfers (up to 3.6Mbps), music player, full Web browser, and Mobile Wallet (i.e., DCMX iD, DoCoMo’s mobile credit-card service). | |  Toshiba W56T CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev A Smartphone |  HTC Touch Cruise P3650 UMTS Windows Smartphone |  RIM Blackberry Curve 8320 Quad-band GSM/EDGE Phone |  Nokia N95-8GB UMTS Smartphone | |
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Executive summary |
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Block diagram |
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Detailed, high-resolution, color photos, external & internal hardware |
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Detailed step-by-step disassembly reverse-engineering process |
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Power measurements |
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Circuit board & packaging metrics |
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Complete electrical and mechanical BOM (Bill of Materials) |
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Die photos |
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PCB cross sections |
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System complexity and design benchmarking metrics |
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Manufacturing cost analyses |
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Description of most interesting electronic features and packaging concepts |
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following are headlines from current notes:
Competitive Alert - May 13, 2008
China’s MP3 Player Demand Drops
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Samsung Electronics Debuts Commercial TD-SCDMA Handset in China
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Rohm Develops IC That Requires No Standby Power
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DuPont and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Team Up to Manufacture Large OLED Panels
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Japanese Social Networking Service to Launch Music Service
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iPhone Comes to Central and South America
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MediaFLO Launches AT&T Mobile TV Service
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Qualcomm to Set Up mirasol Display Plant in Taiwan Component Technology - May 14, 2008
Sony Introduces Small Fuel-Cell Prototype
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Sony’s Camcorder to Use Nippon Steel’s Titanium Casing
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Rohm Introduces Wireless LAN Module with Code Verification Capability
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Renesas Offers New Microcontroller
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Hitachi Displays to Beef Up Small- to Medium-Sized LCD Production
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Magnachip Supplies DDI Chips for AM OLED Displays
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Hulif Introduces 9-Megapixel Digital Camera
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EPCOS AG Acquires NXP Semi’s RF MEMS Operation Wireless Technologies - May 12, 2008
Samsung Electronics Launches Mobile TV Phone in Europe
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Samsung Electronics Provides 3G Handsets to Beijing Olympic Committee
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LG Electronics Debuts Strategic QWERTY Phone
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LG Electronics to Roll Out Prada Phone in Japan
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KDDI’s Music Download Service Marks 200 Million Songs
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KDDI Offers Sony Ericsson’s Cyber-Shot Phone
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Chinese Handset Manufacturers Target High-End Market
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Qisda Lands ODM Order from Motorola
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