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Bluetooth Smart profiles and adoption

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012

List of Bluetooth Smart profile and its adoption by January 2012

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Google Maps Indoor and Google Maps Floor Plan Generator

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Monday, January 23, 2012

Recently you can navigate with the new version Google Maps 6.0 in the building. Various airports and shopping centres in the U.S. have already been equipped. To navigate without GNSS signals (no GPS and Glonass) you need some radio beacons along the way. A mixture of natural radio beacons, such as GSM base stations and [...]

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US LTE operator has interferences with GPS frequency

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Monday, January 16, 2012

If you ever travel to US, then is makes maybe sense not to use the operator Lightsquared.
Their frequency range of the LTE operator is on the same band than the satellites of GPS. Worst case you cannot use the Google Maps any more. All the other services that use GPS will not [...]

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Demo App to accelerate development of Bluetooth Smart and ANT+ accessories for iPhone 4S

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Available today, the nRFready iOS Demo App sample application provides developers with an ideal starting point and ready-built design framework to accelerate development of ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy)  wireless connectivity apps and accessories for the iPhone 4S.
CES FORMAL DEMONSTRATIONS
WHEN: Wed 3-4pm Jan 11 & Thur 4.30-6.30pm Jan 12, 2012
WHERE: Las Vegas Hilton, [...]

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World’s first Bluetooth Smart advanced remote control for connected TVs and set-top boxes at CES

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Nordic Semiconductor is today demonstrating its upcoming nRFready μBlue Smart Remote reference design – the world’s first Bluetooth low energy/Smart advanced navigation remote for connected TVs and set-top boxes. Based on Nordic’s market leading μBlue nRF8001, this reference design is set to take remote controls for connected TVs to the next level [...]

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World’s first Bluetooth Smart mouse and keyboard combo at CES

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Nordic Semiconductor today demonstrates its upcoming mouse and keyboard combo reference design – the world’s first fully functional Bluetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy) wireless mouse and keyboard combo. The reference design is based on Nordic’s market-leading μBlue nRF8001 and is set to take Bluetooth computer peripherals to the next level by delivering [...]

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GSM / GPS tracking in the shoes?

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Monday, December 19, 2011

The whole world is constantly trying to publish the smallest GPS tracking device.
This morning a tracking device in the shoe was seen again. Apart from the fact that a shoe is a very inappropriate place for a GPS and GSM antenna, everyone needs more than one pair of shoes. In the bathtub I always pull [...]

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Erstausgabe Wireless Telegraph

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Monday, November 14, 2011

Vor wenigen Tagen wurde die Erstausgabe des Wireless Telegraph versendet. 37000 wurden gedruckt. Das Fachmagazin streicht über alle wichtigen Technologien wie z.B. NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy, GPS, Glonass, Galileo, ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, ANT+ aber auch ISM in Sub G und 2400 MHz. Selbst der neue Wifi N Standard in 2.4 GHz [...]

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First edition of Wireless Telegraph

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Monday, November 14, 2011

A few days ago the first edition of the Wireless Telegraph was published. 37 000 copies were printed. The magazine relates to all important technologies such as NFC, Bluetooth low energy, GPS, Glonass, Galileo, ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, ANT + but also ISM in Sub G and 2400 MHz. Even the new [...]

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MQTT M2M protocol supported by Facebook

By Harald Naumann - Last updated: Monday, October 10, 2011

Facebook supports a M2M protocol MQTT for instant-messaging capabilities
The MQTT protocol was developed 10 years ago and is still not well known. MQTT has been developed as a joint project between IBM and an Italian company called Eurotech. MQTT is branded by high bandwidth efficiency and supports a wide range of wireless applications. It has [...]

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