Infineon Technologies, Samsung Electronics, Trolltech and Emuzed intro first Linux UMTS/EDGE dual-mode smartphone reference design

Infineon Technologies (NYSE:IFX)(FWB:IFX), Samsung Electronics, Trolltech and Emuzed have announced the world's first UMTS/EDGE smartphone reference design based on the Linux operating system. The reference platform showcases many advanced 3G and multimedia services such as UMTS/EDGE dual mode voice calls, video calls and video streaming, high performance multimedia applications (H.264, MPEG-4, AAC+, MP3), ultra-fast Web browsing, stereo loudspeaker with 3D audio and Java-based 3D gaming.

The smartphone will be demonstrated at Infineon Technologies' and Samsung Electronics' booths, Hall 1 A19 and Hall 2 D57, respectively, at the 3GSM World Congress to be held Feb. 14th-17th in Cannes, France.

The hardware platform includes Samsung Electronics' S3C24A0 application processor and camera module, and Infineon's MP-U UMTS/EDGE modem platform. It is engineered for small form-factor designs and comes complete in a compact slider case.(Continue Reading)

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