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Bluetooth technology in Motorola Q comes from Broadcom June 26, 2006 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. Solid Bluetooth technology is crucial in contemporary mobile phones, so it is good to know who is responsible for Bluetooth in Moto Q! * * * * * Broadcom Bluetooth Silicon and Software Extend Advanced Functionality into Motorola’s Windows-Based Mobile ‘Q’ Handset Industry’s Most Extensive Smartphone Functionality, Enabled by Broadcom, Moves Mobile Handsets to the Center of the Personal Area Network Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its Broadcom Bluetooth silicon and software for advanced wireless functionality is now integrated in Motorola’s innovative new Moto Q Smartphone. The Moto Q is the first major handset to ship with the smartphone edition of Broadcom’s Widcomm software, and for the first time, provides Windows-based mobile smartphone devices with industry leading Bluetooth functionality that was only previously available in desktop and notebook computers. Supporting the Windows Mobile 5.0 platform, Broadcom’s Bluetooth software and chip solutions enable the mobile handset to replace the PC as the center of a fully featured wireless personal area network (PAN). Device manufacturers continue to adopt Bluetooth as a key technology to connect electronic devices for personal wireless applications such as audio and video streaming, file transfer, synchronization, connection with wireless peripherals and remote control, among others. As smartphone handsets add increasingly advanced functions, Bluetooth is expected to play a more central role in the way users interface with these devices. Broadcom software is the most widely deployed Bluetooth software in products based on Microsoft Windows, and the new smartphone software platform extends that leadership into the mobile arena. Broadcom’s new software provides the richest portfolio of Bluetooth capabilities available for smartphone products, including unprecedented support for multimedia and PC remote control capabilities. “Motorola’s new Q phone offers the most advanced functionality available on a Microsoft-based smartphone which, combined with a cutting-edge design, makes it one of the most unique phones on the market,” said Scott Bibaud, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s Wireless Personal Area Networking Line of Business. “This is only the beginning as our partners continue to launch new products that take full advantage of our advanced Bluetooth software, providing features and functionality that no other Bluetooth provider can match.” Broadcom has integrated key Bluetooth chip and software technology in the new Moto Q phone handset that enables several new features to significantly increase the PC capabilities of the smartphone. For example, a user can wirelessly connect the Q phone to a PC and remotely control a PowerPoint presentation or use the phone as a peripheral input device. The phone can also be used to stream stereo music to wireless headsets, or to control Audio/Video (A/V) functions on a PC from across the room. Broadcom’s smartphone software stack provides support for the widest range of Bluetooth software “profiles” (applications) among available products, including the Bluetooth imaging profile (BIP) for advanced printing and personal area networking. Original source of this story is here. Credit: Henry Rael from Broadcom Corporation.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 1 Comment ]
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