02-12-2003, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Dime-sized Handset Radio System Unveiled
This is just amazing stuff. I really, really hope technology like this speeds universal integration of wireless communications into more and more devices, including a broader array of future-generation Pocket PC devices...
"A complete handset radio system that fits into a single, dime-sized package is available from Skyworks Solutions (Woburn, Mass.). The SKY74073 Single Package Radio (SPR) solution joins the radio circuitry needed for GSM/GPRS 900/1800 handsets into one compact package measuring one-third the size of solutions using discrete components."
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02-12-2003, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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WHoa that's wild. Not sure what the smallest was before this, but that's SMALL. It's half the size of the SIM for crying out loud. Which raises a question: could it somehow be incorporate into a SIM so that the overall size factor wouldn't have to be larger than a SIM?
TM
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02-12-2003, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Re: Dime-sized Handset Radio System Unveiled
This is nice, but I think the key will be software radios. With a software defined radio and a flexible computer (say, a PPC) running it, you could truely have a omni-device.
Cell phone? Sure... what type of service? Whatever type you want or need. Change providers? Cool... no need to change phones. Just download the needed info and set your radio to the correct settings.
It could also be a walkie talkie, a remote control, FM/AM radio, and anything else you wanted.
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02-12-2003, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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I agree with malcolm, the ultimate device would be something that could use any number of wireless technologies. Now I'm sure that is a good ways down the road, and I must say it is really amazing how much they can fit into such a small package these days.
Now we just need a tiny speaker and microphone, a quarter sized triangle and we could have ourselves a Comm Badge StarTrek style. :lol: Ok, so maybe not quite yet, but wouldn't it be cool? 8)
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02-12-2003, 06:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Re: Dime-sized Handset Radio System Unveiled
Err, honey, have you seen my new headset radio? I can't find it anywhere. It's about the size of a piece of belly lint. Oh, I think I stuck it in the candy machine instead of that square dime i usually carry... 
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02-12-2003, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Re: Dime-sized Handset Radio System Unveiled
I just don't want to work today:
I bet this radio weighs 45 pounds!
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02-12-2003, 07:12 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2002
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does smaller size means less power needed as well :?:
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02-12-2003, 07:22 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by vincentsiaw
does smaller size means less power needed as well :?:
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In general, I'd think that would be true... I can't imagine this tiny little chip requiring a whole lot of power at all.
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02-12-2003, 08:25 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 21
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Hope we can have a device with integrated everything :)
Hope we can soon have a device with integrated everything, integrated radio, GRPS, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and more !
How much will that cost? 
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02-13-2003, 01:52 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 90
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Re: Hope we can have a device with integrated everything :)
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Originally Posted by alex22
Hope we can soon have a device with integrated everything, integrated radio, GRPS, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and more !
How much will that cost? |
You saw the picture didn't you? Looks to me that it only costs a dime! :lol:
Robert
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