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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Mio Technology Selects CSR's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth ICs for its Pocket PC
Cambridge, UK – April 30, 2008 – CSR today announced that its UniFi Wi-Fi silicon and its BlueCore Bluetooth silicon have been selected for use in Mio’s PDA, the Mio P560. The P560 takes advantage of CSR’s UniFi, the industry’s highest throughput, lowest power and fastest embedded Wi-Fi technology, to allow for the easy sharing of large files. The P560 is also optimized for easy synchronization via CSR’s low-power Bluetooth silicon. CSR’s wireless technologies are behind this stylish, versatile and powerful pocket PC PDA device, which includes impressive software and GPS navigation capability.
CSR’s UniFi is a perfect solution for OEMs looking to integrate Wi-Fi functionality into mobile devices. UniFi has set the standard for coexistence with co-located Bluetooth radios and provides superior data rates and audio quality even when Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are operating simultaneously. CSR has also designed UniFi to have exceptionally good throughput on portable devices using the Microsoft WinCE or Windows Mobile operating systems. Dual onboard RISC microcontrollers and quadruple QoS packet queues reduce the load placed on the host processor making UniFi the highest performance embedded Wi-Fi solution on the market.
CSR’s BlueCore4-ROM is a single-chip Bluetooth and baseband device for voice and data communications. BlueCore4-ROM is extremely power efficient, requires minimal external components and is available in CSP or VFBGA packages. BlueCore4-ROM features Bluetooth v2.0+EDR of up to 3 Mbps, Piconet and Scatternet support, as well as the ability to handle extended SCO (eSCO) encoding. BlueCore4-ROM is also backwards-compatible with v1.1/1.2 devices. CSR helps OEMs bring products to market in the shortest time possible by supplying UniFi and BlueCore4-ROM with comprehensive development kits and developer support.
Using the embedded Wi-Fi supplied by CSR, Mio’s P560 is able to browse the web, receive data updates, access Outlook email and much more. The P560 can even be used as a navigation device due to its 20-channel GPS receiver. The P560 comes with Windows Mobile 6 including Outlook Mobile, Office Mobile and other Windows applications including a media player, and picture viewer for all your multimedia needs. With a crisp 3.5” color LCD display and slimline design the P560 is both attractive and designed to fit in a pocket.
“CSR is very happy to once again work with Mio on bringing our wireless technologies to its feature-rich products.” Neil MacMullen, Senior Vice President of CSR’s Wi-Fi Business Unit commented, “In the P560, Mio has managed to put together a very versatile device. It is an internet tablet, word processor, multimedia center and general-use handheld PC. Such a powerful device requires best-in-class connectivity that gives a strong user experience for the growing set of applications that need Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity”.
About CSR
CSR is the leading global provider of personal wireless technology and its product portfolio covers Bluetooth, GPS, FM and Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11). CSR offers developed hardware/software solutions, based around its silicon platforms, that incorporate fully integrated radio, baseband and microcontroller elements.
CSR’s customers include industry leaders such as Apple, Dell, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, RIM, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TomTom and Toshiba. CSR has its headquarters and offices in Cambridge, UK, and offices in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, India, France, Denmark, Sweden and both Dallas and Detroit in the USA.
More information can be found at www.csr.com
About Mio
Mio Technology Corporation develops and markets products which enable users to take advantage of the latest developments in mobile services. The company was established in May 2002 and now has operations in Taiwan, mainland China, Europe, North America, Australia Japan and South Korea. Mio Technology currently employees 1,200+ employees worldwide and sells and markets its products in over 47 countries and territories.
Mio offers a wide array of mobile navigation products, which today includes, car navigation systems, handheld navigation systems, GPS PDA phones and GPS PDAs, all designed to enable people to explore and discover the world around them. Mio Technology is among the world’s top three vendors of mobile devices with integrated GPS. Website: www.mio.com
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