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New Full Product Teardown Reports

PowerMat PMR-PT100A Charging Mat: Powermat “Wireless Charging” Receiver PMR-AIP1 couples the iPhone 3G smartphone to a Powermat charger, while also functioning as “skin” for the iPhone. The PMR-AIP1 allows access to iPhone external controls, and features a mini-USB pass-through that enables wired data transfer while the “skin” remains on the phone. A mini-USB to USB cable is included.

Nokia N900 UMTS Smart Phone: Nokia integrates their open-source Maemo 5 platform for the first time in a smartphone with the introduction of the N900. Although the N900’s predecessors, the N810 and N800, were strictly Internet tablets, the form factor remains mostly the same, with the reappearance of the resistive touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keypad (with expected size shrinks with each new release). However, the resemblances between the N900 and its forerunners end there, with the inclusion of phone capability over Quad-band GSM/EDGE and Tri-band W-CDMA/HSPA (900/1700/2100 MHz) networks. Other features include a 5MP camera with dual LED flash, autofocus, and up to 25fps video recording; VGA web camera; TV-Out (PAL/NTSC); A-GPS; WiFi 802.11b/g; Stereo Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR; and integrated FM transmitter.

New Chipography® Reports

HTC HD2 T8585 UMTS Smart Phone

Sony Ericsson Yari U100i UMTS Phone

Motorola Milestone A853 UMTS Smartphone

Samsung SCH-u450 Intensity Dual-band CDMA Phone

Each Product Teardown Report contains:
*	Executive summary
*	Block diagram
*	Detailed, high-resolution, color photos, external & internal hardware
*	Detailed step-by-step disassembly reverse-engineering process
*	Power measurements
*	Circuit board & packaging metrics
*	Complete electrical and mechanical BOM (Bill of Materials)
*	Die photos
*	PCB cross sections
*	System complexity and design benchmarking metrics
*	Manufacturing cost analyses
*	Description of most interesting electronic features and packaging concepts

following are headlines from current notes:

Competitive Alert - March 9, 2010
Samsung Electronics Rolls Out Handset for Young Females * Samsung Electronics and ARM Expand Collaboration in Mobile Graphics Processing for Consumer Products * ASUSTek Unveils eBook Reader * KDDI to Roll Out 12MP Camera Phone * Is Apple Venturing into Home Electronics? * Nokia to Debut Entry-Level Smartphone * Mitsubishi Electric and Others Jointly Began Licensing of Blu-ray Patents * Freescale Sues Three Japanese Manufacturers for Patent Infringement

Component Technology - March 1, 2010
MagnaChip to Produce Driver IC for AM OLED Display in Android Phone * Samsung Electronics to Produce Application Processor for iPad * Samsung and LG Display to Increase AMOLED Panel Production * Sony Discontinues Sales of OEL TV in Japan * Toray to Produce PET Film for LCD Panels in China * Aptina Announces High-Performance Image Sensor for Cell Phones * Texas Instruments Showcases Third-Generation Chipset for Micro Projectors * Infineon Asks ITC to Ban Import and Sale of Elpida’s DRAM in the U.S.

Wireless Technologies - March 4, 2010
Samsung Electronics to Supply Mobile WiMAX to Malaysia * KDDI’s New Phone Gives Parents Peace of Mind * Softbank Telecom Delivers 1,200 iPhones to Fast Retailing * Zappallas to Supply Mobile Content to China * WiMAX Available at Additional 67 JR East Japan Stations * Princeton Technology Commercializes Bluetooth Bracelet * Agilent Technologies to Hold Free LTE Seminar in Tokyo * Indian Wireless Subscriber Base Growing Rapidly

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