Other partners on the device include British telecom company Vodaphone and Japanese consumer electronics-maker Sharp.
FORBES: Microsoft Targets Social Teens With New 'Kin' Phones
SEIPI, the Philippines' electronics-industry association, the country retains a critical mass in the chip-making business.
ECONOMIST: Relocating factories to China is not always a good idea
But these established giants face competition at the electronics-systems end of defence contracts.
ECONOMIST: America's defence companies are turning dual-purpose
Yeah, we get it, flexible electronics -- sans application -- are about as exciting as the circuitry under your keyboard.
ENGADGET: Another flexible circuit project emerges, carbon nanotubes to blame
They can be made at room temperature, unlike a silicon chip, and paper is a lot less pricey than electronics-grade silicon.
Between 1976 and 1980 aerospace and electronics-related employment jumped by a third.
It does this with power electronics--semiconductors similar to the ones in computers.
Ireland's Guggenheim Grotto creates an electronics-infused brand of folk music, blending programmed beats and acoustic instruments with point-on harmonies and honest, observational lyrics.
RadioShack has been in a terrible funk because its stores--close and convenient for most Americans looking for a trusted name in consumer electronics--have increasingly seemed irrelevant due to big-box retailers.
At the nexus of the consumer electronics-technology convergence sits Cisco, which makes many of the routers, switches, and other Internet protocol networking products that carry Internet content to the home.
On Friday, Samsung Electronics - the world's biggest maker of mobile phones - reported record profits in the three months to September, led by strong sales of its Galaxy range of smartphones.
But just because 2005 is gone and done doesn't mean we can't take a moment to look back and reflect upon all the best gadgets and consumer electronics-related accomplishments (and blunders) of the year.
And while her debut will be at the Samsung World Championship, she seems to have chosen Sony as her multimillion dollar consumer-electronics endorsement, rather than hometown Korean electronics-maker Samsung Electronics --one of Sony's main competitors.
Mr. Issa lives with distant, better-off relatives, does occasional electronics-repair work and gets a little money from an older brother, who after a 12-year job hunt, finally found work as an electrical engineer earlier this year.
We still don't feel like consumers are rushing out to buy those portable but quirky UMPCs (well, an unnamed Engadget editor actually did rush out to buy one -- and returned it shortly thereafter), but it seems like the form factor is here to stay anyway, and now Korean manufacturer Daewoo Lucoms -- a spin-off of Daewoo Electronics -- has released its own version called the Solo M1.
As the world s second-biggest electronics manufacturer-for-hire, they ve seen them all: smartphones, storage hardware, networking switches.
The FAA commissioned an industry group to study the issue of in-flight electronics use -- the team, which includes representatives from Amazon, Boeing, the CEA, FCC, and others, will announce the results of its study by July 31st.
"Best Buy is certainly the blue-chip of the consumer electronics big-box players, " says Stacey Widlitz, senior equity analyst at SG Cowen, The company recently expanded northward, opening eight new Best Buy stores early this year in Ontario, Canada.
During their monthly consulting sessions in the early 1970s, Peter Drucker and Mort Mandel, the then-CEO of electronics and auto-parts distributor Premier Industrial Corp.
FORBES: Do You Really Hire Only 'A' Players? Indispensable Advice From a Self-Made Billionaire
Cell chips will also be ideal for use inside consumer-electronics devices such as digital video-recorders and high-definition televisions.
Their working model is a shoebox-sized package of electronics and liquid-filled tubes, with a silicon chip at its core.
ECONOMIST: Nanopores may lead the way to a new generation of sequencing
The Consumer Electronics Show--usually the technology industry's biggest party--promises to be a subdued affair in Las Vegas this week.
It unveiled its first wearable electronics product -- a similar jacket aimed at snowboarders -- in conjunction with designer sportswear label O'Neill in January.
The group also held their first Consumer Electronics Association-endorsed press conference.
Employees involved in Hitachi Consumer Electronics flat-panel TV business, including Hitachi CM, we plan to take advantage of new business and in and out of the Hitachi Group Hitachi Consumer Electronics.
But the electronics industry--which was fairly quiet when the broadcast flag was initially devised--might be more vocal the next time around, says Cindy Cohn, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group.
Back in the '90s, two companies from the opposite ends of the consumer electronics world -- giant Sony with its eMarker and startup Xenote with its iTag -- tried launching key fob devices that would identify songs on the radio, but neither got off the ground.
The US is one of the last places to not allow transmitting electronics in-flight. (And only recently the FAA is coming under pressure by the airlines themselves so they can turn a higher profit with these additional systems) But it has been happening for awhile now with the other authorities, ie- EASA, CAAS, so on.
FORBES: Ready For Take-off? FAA Considering Rule Change On Personal Electronic Devices
应用推荐