ST-Ericsson L8580 3Ghz eQuad ARM Cortex-A9 SD-FOI processor launched

Posted by – February 26, 2013

ST-Ericsson launches their new 3GHz NovaThor L8580 processor based on the FD-SOI process technology, to minimize power consumption and increase the performance of the ARM Cortex-A9 processor. ST-Ericsson claims 50% lower power consumption, 35% faster CPU and a 20% faster GPU and multimedia accelerator. You can read more about the ST-Ericsson L8580 in the press release

and you can watch the official videos:

Touchpal sentence-based prediction keyboard app for Android

Posted by – February 26, 2013

Touchpal shows their Android keyboard app that uses sentence prediction features.

MWC13: Citrix Cloudplatorm for telecoms and enterprise

Posted by – February 26, 2013

Citrix shows some of their solutions for telecom carriers and enterprise. Including cloud, video, data and device management.

Nokia 720 launched for 249€

Posted by – February 26, 2013

Among Nokia’s new phone launches is this Nokia 720 phone targeted at 249€.

Nokia 520 launched for 139€

Posted by – February 26, 2013

Here’s probably the cheapest Windows Phone yet,to be launched for 139€.

Fujitsu Stylistic S01, smartphone for seniors

Posted by – February 26, 2013

Fujitsu releases their first Android smartphone for the European and US market, this Fujitsu Stylistic S01 is targeted for old people.

$99 Actions Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 10.1″ IPS tablet by Hott

Posted by – February 26, 2013

Hott is releasing an Actions ATM7029 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 10.1″ IPS tablet for $99 without memory. Include 16GB flash storage and it’ll for $114.

Maysun Actions Quad-core Tablets and MediaTek Quad-core Smartphones

Posted by – February 26, 2013

Maysun shows off their latest tablets and smartphones at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. They have an Actions ATM7029 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9, Allwinner A31 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 in tablets and the latest MediaTek quad-core and dual-core in smartphones.

Huawei Ascend P2 launched for 399€

Posted by – February 26, 2013

Huawei claims this to be the worlds fastest smartphone, using Huawei’s own HiSilicon 1.5Ghz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9, with CAT4 capable 150mbitps LTE modem, super slim and light design with a 2400mAh battery, new power management technologies that Huawei says provides 30% longer battery life. It runs Huawei’s Emotion UI.

Aptarism augmented reality systems

Posted by – February 23, 2013

Aptarism creates real-time augmented reality systems for theme parks, conferences, TV shows and cinema.

Thibault Brevet Grand-Central, arduino powered giant tweet printer at #lift13

Posted by – February 23, 2013

Graphic designer Thibault Brevet made this giant pen printer that writes out tweets. You can read more about it at http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670749/a-designer-turns-the-communal-message-board-into-oversized-art.

Wipro Chief Learning Officer Abhijit Bhaduri at #lift13

Posted by – February 23, 2013

Wipro is one of the worlds largest IT outsourcing companies out of India, they try to satisfy all and adapt to the evolution of IT for its 140 thousand employees.

Atracsys shows multi-touch UIs on large table PCs

Posted by – February 23, 2013

Atracsys provides large multi-touch table user interfaces and services to corporations in Switzerland.

Google Project Glass is seeking glass explorers

Posted by – February 20, 2013

You can apply to buy a $1500 Google Glass (US residents only, attend a special pick-up experience, in person, in New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles) at http://www.google.com/glass/start/how-to-get-one/

Using Google+ or Twitter, tell us what you would do if you had Glass, starting with the hashtag #ifihadglass.

Your application must be 50 words or less
You must include #ifihadglass in your application
You can include up to 5 photos with your application
You can include a short video (15 secs max)
Be sure to follow us on Google+ (+ProjectGlass) or Twitter (@projectglass) so that we can contact you directly
You must be at least 18 years old and live in the U.S. to apply
For more details, please see our full Terms and FAQ

Google Project Glass

Google Project Glass

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ST-Ericsson to showcase 3Ghz ARM Cortex-A9 smartphone at MWC

Posted by – February 20, 2013
Category: ST-Ericsson, MWC, Android

ST-Ericsson to showcase 3Ghz ARM Cortex-A9 smartphone with superfast up-clocked 600Mhz SGX544 GPU and integrated 150mbitps LTE on a single processor using STMicroelectronics’ 28nm FD-SOI process technology at MWC.

Read more at: http://www.stericsson.com/press_releases/L8580_demo.jsp

Check back for my extensive video coverage of all the huge MWC news here on http://ARMdevices.net from February 24-28th.

Arduino Due with ARM Cortex-M3 explained by Massimo Banzi, Co-founder of Arduino

Posted by – February 9, 2013

Possibly the biggest project in the world getting people involved with prototyping and developing hardware and software projects, Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino project. He is an Interaction Designer, Educator and Open Source Hardware advocate.

The Arduino Due is a microcontroller board based on the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU. It is the first Arduino board based on a 32-bit ARM core microcontroller. It has 54 digital input/output pins (of which 12 can be used as PWM outputs), 12 analog inputs, 4 UARTs (hardware serial ports), a 84 MHz clock, an USB OTG capable connection, 2 DAC (digital to analog), 2 TWI, a power jack, an SPI header, a JTAG header, a reset button and an erase button.

Konstantina Zoehrer, creating Startups in Greece during crisis

Posted by – February 9, 2013

Konstantina Zoehrer is a social innovation activist, as well as being cofounder of social enterprise Loft2work and initiator of Startup Live Athens. She focuses on how informal structures and communities contribute to the socioeconomic development of several, less privileged areas in Greece and how they could lead the country out of the current circumstances of crisis.

seedstarsworld.com worldwide startup competition, finals in Switzerland

Posted by – February 9, 2013

http://seedstarsworld.com organizes a new worldwide startup competition with finals to be held in Switzerland.

HEAD Geneva University of Art and Design students show tech art projects at #lift13

Posted by – February 8, 2013

Here are different technological art projects being shown off by the Art and Design students at the Geneva University HEAD (Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design Genève)

Coteries, social network apps based on interests at #lift13

Posted by – February 8, 2013

EPFL startup Coteries develops applications to create social networks based on interests like music, sports and quotes.