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Wednesday February 16, 7:32 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: QUALCOMM Incorporated
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Announces Wireless
Internet Launchpad Suite To Accelerate Growth of Wireless
Applications
- First in Industry to Support Fully Integrated Next-Generation Multimedia, Connectivity, Position
Location, Advanced User Interface and Storage Technologies with CDMA Chipsets and System Software
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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer and world leader of Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced inauguration of the Company's Wireless Internet
Launchpad(TM) suite, targeted at enabling a broad range of new terminal products, applications and Internet services, including
advanced multimedia, connectivity, position location, user interface and removable storage functionality. QUALCOMM plans to
integrate these capabilities as tightly as possible into the Company's CDMA chipset and system software solutions to achieve the best
cost-performance as well as the earliest time-to-market for manufacturers designing new classes of e-commerce-, safety-,
convenience- and entertainment-enhanced mobile handsets.
``QUALCOMM continues to drive innovation in the wireless industry. The combination of the high performance of CDMA technology
and a wide array of advanced multimedia, position location and connectivity capabilities will significantly fuel overall industry growth
as it increases the number of possible uses for wireless terminals,' said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA
Technologies. ``The Wireless Internet Launchpad suite confirms QUALCOMM's commitment to keep pushing the boundaries. By
providing this tightly integrated technology suite, we will further allow our customers to enable rapid creation of exciting new
products.'
QUALCOMM's Wireless Internet Launchpad suite includes highly integrated chipset functions, system software and other add-on
software that will offer manufacturers advanced Internet functionality and multimedia features while eliminating the need for additional
components. The Wireless Internet Launchpad suite is divided into five functional categories:
Multimedia
-- Qsynth(TM) software for 16-polyphony, 128-instrument general Musical
Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) music generator
-- Compact Media Extension (CMX(TM)) software for MIDI, text and
graphics-based multimedia applications
-- Qtunes(TM) audio decoders, including support for Moving Pictures
Expert Group (MPEG) Layer-3 (MP3), enabling high-quality music
reproduction
-- Support for wireless VoIP-based group communications
-- QTV(TM) MPEG-4 streaming video decoder to enable viewing of
full-motion video
-- Still image decoders for display of graphic and still-video images
Connectivity
-- Bluetooth for wireless data and audio transfer between handset and
various peripherals and data devices
-- Universal Serial Bus (USB) for faster data transfers between wireless
phones and other data devices
-- PureVoice Mail(TM) for sending voice email attachments to desktop
computers and other devices
-- Internet Protocol (IP) stack support and Wireless Application Protocol
(WAP) browser interface for full Internet connectivity
Position Location
-- gpsOne(TM) and SnapTrack(TM) wireless-assisted Global Positioning
System (GPS) technology, offering the highest possible accuracy and
availability, both indoors and outdoors, to enable a new class of
mobile, position-dependent applications and services, such as E-911,
yellow pages, zone-based billing, navigation, local weather and
traffic information, asset tracking and more
User Interface
-- PureVoice(TM) speaker-dependent and speaker-independent Voice
Recognition (VR) with digit dialing, enabling voice commands for
dialing and activation of phone functions and features
-- PureVoice Recorder(TM) for voice memo and answering machine
capabilities
-- PureVoice Audio AGC(TM) (Automatic Gain Control) for better call
intelligibility, especially under noisy conditions
-- Subscriber Identity Module/Removable Universal Identity Module
(SIM/RUIM) card interface
-- Compatibility with third-party PDA operating systems
-- Digital CMOS Image (DCI) sensor for image capture
-- Color Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) driver to allow viewing of both
still and moving images in full color
Storage
-- Multimedia Card (MMC) interface, enabling addition of high-capacity
removable memory for storage of data such as electronic maps, music
and images, as well as for transfer of data to and from PCs and
consumer devices
-- Secure Digital (SD) Card interface, supporting implementation of
secure e-commerce services and copyright protection. The SD interface
is backward compatible with MMC Cards
These technologies and applications are either available or planned for integration into various upcoming chipset and system software
releases from QUALCOMM. A specific set of Wireless Internet Launchpad features will be incorporated selectively into each chipset
and software product, closely matching the specific functionality and cost-target objectives agreed upon in joint product planning with
manufacturers and wireless service operators worldwide. Wireless Internet Launchpad capabilities will continue to evolve with future
product definition. Today, the first generation of microbrowser- enabled mobile personal information management devices are
beginning to appear in the marketplace. Within the next few years, a stunning array of potential new wireless devices, applications and
services combining the Wireless Internet Launchpad suite and QUALCOMM's chipset and system software, may include: PDAs that
change functionality via rapid Internet downloads; intelligent wireless navigation devices that identify destinations, businesses, and
locations of friends, family and services; mobile music browsing, downloading and playback; short-range wireless Bluetooth
interconnections; mobile Internet chat rooms; up-to-the-minute local and international news, sports and financial information via
streaming video; location-specific information from area businesses; and wireless video-mail -- available anytime, anywhere. An almost
limitless variety of specialized and customized wireless applications, devices and services will be enabled with the Wireless Internet
Launchpad suite and QUALCOMM's chipset and system software integration.
``The last 20 years of mobile communications have created a very large, primarily voice-centric, worldwide market with
unprecedented growth,' said Johan Lodenius, senior vice president of marketing and product management for QUALCOMM CDMA
Technologies. ``There are still stunning growth opportunities in the near future when we consider the endless possibilities made
available by adding Internet connectivity, multimedia, position location and much more to the equation.'
SOURCE: QUALCOMM Incorporated |
