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  • Pocket-lint Podcast #41

    Pocket-lint Podcast #41

    The death of books, cars that chat to each other and more... 23 May 2011 18:04 GMT

    Amazon has announced that Kindle ebooks have overtaken print rivals both sides of the Atlantic, while HMV has sold its Waterstone's book chain, so the Pocket-lint team talk about the future of books and wonder whether they'll go the same way as vinyl...

  • Cars of the future will talk to each other by 2014. Car and GPS, NXP, Interview, Features,  0

    Cars of the future will talk to each other by 2014

    FEATURE NXP develops car-to-car technology 18 May 2011 16:10 GMT

    By 2014 cars will be able to talk to each other in such a way that they can alert other cars on the road of impending traffic, accidents or merely that an ambulance is on its way.

    That’s the vision of NXP, a semiconductor company that...

  • TomTom Pay As You Drive

    Bad drivers beware - TomTom Pay As You Drive is ready to snitch on you

    Car black box tells all 17 May 2011 17:57 GMT

    TomTom is trialling a Pay As You Drive system that could mean drivers are penalised by insurance companies for driving recklessly.

    In a move that will either have you livid at the intrusion of your personal driving freedoms, or leaping for...

  • Web-connected lightbulbs light up the future. Home And Kitchen, Lighting, NXP, GreenChip 0

    Web-connected lightbulbs light up the future

    And could save you money 16 May 2011 16:29 GMT

    You may have read on Pocket-lint last week that Google wants to power your whole house, and everything in it, with its Project Tungsten, aka Android @ Home.

    And that reality could be a step closer as NXP Semiconductors has announced some web-connected...

  • Nexus S first of many NFC phones says NXP. Phones, NXP, Google, Android, Android 2.3, Samsung Nexus S, NFC, Chips,  0

    Nexus S first of many NFC phones says NXP

    EXCLUSIVE: Company behind tech says "aware of a number of projects" 6 December 2010 18:08 GMT

    NXP, the company that makes the Near Field Communication (NFC) chips for the new Samsung Nexus S, has told Pocket-lint that the Nexus S is the first of many NFC phones on the way. NXP is working with a number of phone manufacturers to bring the technology...

  • NXP announces industry standard NFC chip

    NXP announces industry standard NFC chip

    New contactless payment handsets due in Q3 11 May 2009 13:56 GMT

    Contactless payment with your mobile phone is a step closer to wider adoption as an industry development that sees a universal platform created for the technology, has now been announced.

    Philips' NXP has unveiled what it says is the world's...

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    BMW and NXP launch world's first multifunctional car key

    Contactless key as credit card 22 October 2008 13:29 GMT

    BMW and NXP Semiconductors, a Philips company, have unveiled a prototype of the world's first "multifunctional" car key.

    The prototype product features contactless payment, personalised access control, and advanced functionalities including...

  • Mobile phone users get DJ software. Phones, Mobile phone apps, NXP, MWC2008 0

    Mobile phone users get DJ software

    Also launch "one-click" video software as well 9 February 2008 22:59 GMT

    Mobile phone fans who enjoy listening to music on their mobile will get a new tool to help them create the ultimate party mix.

    Software maker NXP has created a new application, called LifeVibes MixDJ, that instead of simply playing songs...

  • Wireless USB to see 1.1 specification . Hardware, Wireless USB, HP, Microsoft, Intel, NEC, Wireless, Samsung, LSI, NXP, NFC 0

    Wireless USB to see 1.1 specification

    Will be finalised in 2008 1 October 2007 10:12 GMT

    The Wireless USB Promoter Group – including such companies as HP, Intel, LSI Corporation, Microsoft, NEC, NXP Semiconductors, and Samsung – have announced that they are developing the Wireless USB 1.1 Specification.

    Obviously building on...

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