Wisair announces SDIO Wireless USB solution for mobile devices
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Fabless semiconductor company, Wisair, has announced a new SDIO Wireless USB solution designed to enable vendors to embed Wireless USB technology in portable and handheld electronic devices.
The design enables module vendors to implement small form-factor, low-power modules based on the Wisair WSR601 low-power single chip. The modules will be used by OEMs to integrate [...]
Hawking announces compact USB 802.11n adapter
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Hawking Technology has announced the HWUN1A, a compact USB WiFi adapter with upgradable hi-gain antennas.
The device can boost range fourfold and can also boost throughput up to N-spec levels.
The Hi-Gain antennas make the device ideal for use in an area with a lot of interference, and can be removed and upgraded to Hi-Gain Indoor/Outdoor [...]
3UK knocks £30 off price of USB modem
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3UK is cutting the price of its USB modems from £100 to £69.99 for its Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband customers.
The company is introducing the new retail price for the dongles this week, making it the only mobile operator to offer such a deal.
The current Pay As You Go price plan gives [...]
Smartone-Vodafone announces 14.4Mbps HSDPA USB Stick
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Hong Kong-based Smartone-Vodafone is advertising its latest deployment upgrade to 14.4Mbit/s - the theoretical maximum throughput for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) remains the same at 2Mbps.
This speed has been achieved with Vodafone’s USB Stick, a thumbdrive-sized WAN modem which is an upgrade to the pebble-like USB Modem in [...]
Staccato announces Ripcord1 WUSB Development Kit
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Staccato Communications, a Certified Wireless USB supplier, has launched the Ripcord1 Development Kit (DVK), designed to enable next generation solutions.
Staccato Communications aims to offer a choice of wireless connectivity solutions to customers, capable of delivering high data rate, minimal cost and prolonged battery life connectivity.
The Ripcord1 DVK reduces design complexity and ensures fast [...]
Murata develops compact USB 2.0 resonator
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Electronics innovator, Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd, has announced a series of ceramic resonators, with built-in load capacitors to reduce component count.
The low-profile CSTCE-XT series resonators are designed to save space in USB 2.0 controller IC driver circuits.
They form part of the company’s Ceralock range, and measure just 3.2mm x 1.3mm x 1mm. [...]
TerraTec releases Cinergy T USB XXS tuner
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TerraTec has released the Cinergy T USB XXS, a DVB-T tuner which provides digital TV via a computer for just £29.99.
Users simply plug the stick into a USB port on the computer, and install the TerraTec Home Cinema software, in order to watch TV through their PC.
The tuner comes with an antenna, remote [...]
Ultra releases SpaceStation USB hub
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Ultra has announced its latest USB hub - the SpaceStation - which provides up to 12 GB of storage in an innovative design.
The credit card sized device can be plugged into a computer to act as a hub for USB devices.
It also comes with 6 USB flash drives, which slot into it. Each [...]
Huawei adds mobile TV tuner to USB Pebble modem
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Huawei has upgraded its USB pebble HSDPA modem with the addition of a digital TV tuner.
The company traditionally manufactures connectivity kits for European carriers, including Vodafone, and the USB combo marks a move into new categories.
The USB pebble modem, known as the E510, has a top download speed of up to 7.2Mb/s and [...]
LG readies 8GB mini retractable USB drive
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LG is preparing to launch an 8GB version of its Mini Retractable USB Flash drive.
The slim drive features a retractable connector, which eliminates the need for a USB cable.
There is also no need for an easy to lose protective cap - the USB connector emerges from the end of the case, and [...]
Buffalo launches 500 GB portable USB Drive
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Buffalo Technology has launched its latest MiniStation TurboUSB in the US, a 500-GB portable storage device which connects to a computer via a USB port.
The drive is ideal for people who want to transport data-intensive media such as photos. It allows business people to take high-definition videos and presentations to meetings, wherever their location. [...]
Plug It releases ‘world’s smallest’ USB adapter
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Plug It, a Hong Kong-based producer of electronic accessories, has released the Plug It USB adapter, which it claims is the world’s smallest USB charging and data cable.
The company specialises in innovative and useful solutions with a unique design, and the USB adapter is small enough to be carried on a key chain.
It [...]
Sierra Wireless introduces compact USB modem
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Sierra Wireless has announced the Compass 597 USB modem, the smallest of its USB modem product line. The company also claims it is the smallest USB modem stick currently available.
The modem, which will be commercially available in the second quarter of this year, combines high-speed mobile broadband access to EV-DO Revision A networks with a [...]
Huawei Technologies provides mobile TV with USB data card
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Huawei Technologies launched a portable USB data card, the E510, at the CeBIT annual trade show for information and telecommunications technology, in Germany.
The slim, high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) stick allows PC and laptop users to access mobile television and broadband while on the move.
According to Huawei Technologies, the device is the first [...]
Pressure sensitive USB mat from ComputerProx
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ComputerProx Corp has launched a pressure sensitive mat which plugs into the USB port of a computer, no custom drivers are required.
ProxMat uses ComputerProx’s KIT (Keyboard Interface Technology) which allows the mat to send commands via the USB interface directly to the computer. KIT essentially turns the ProxMat into a preprogrammed USB keyboard.
For [...]
WiQuest announces new wireless USB reference design
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WiQuest Communications, Inc. has announced a new Wireless USB Device Embedded Card reference design which allows equipment manufacturers to build Wireless USB solutions with minimal cost and risk.
When used in conjuction with WiQuest’s Wireless USB Adapter, Wireless USB Mini Card or Half Mini Card on the host side, the Device Embedded Card hardware and [...]
Microsoft plans USB StartKey for Windows
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Microsoft is developing a new product known as ‘StartKey’. The product will work on USB sticks and flash-storage devices such as SD memory cards, allowing Windows users to carry their Windows and Windows Live settings with them.
The company is developing the devices for both developed and emerging markets, and expects to launch a beta version [...]