February 4, 2013, Electronic Imaging Conference, Burlingame, CA—Vikas Ramachandra from Qualcomm explained the requirements for making HDR images with mobile devices. There is a great need for editing iHDR work, but tools like PhotoShop are too heavy for mobile devices. HDR techniques use multiple images with different exposures to accomplish the High Dynamic Range. the…
January, 2013, CES, Las Vegas—We talked with Qualcomm about the numerous new products at CES. All things communications and mobile were included in the large set of releases. Qualcomm Atheros, introduced StreamBoost technology for Wi-Fi routers and gateways. By intelligently managing a home’s broadband connection, StreamBoost gives each device and each application the bandwidth it…
March 2012, San Francisco, CA – At the Game Developer’s Conference in SF, a major focus was the rise in mobile gaming and mobile devices – both tablets and phones – as the fastest growing platform. These platforms are challenged by the power limitation imposed by the rechargeable battery for the device. The fixed and…
July 11, 2011, IMEC Technology Forum, San Francisco—Robert Gilmore, vp engineering at Qualcomm described the functions and capabilities of future smart phones. These phones have become the base platform for many functions outside of voice calls. Smart phones are now the biggest platform for communications in history. Through the ’60’s and ’70’s mainframes got to…
June 30, 2011 – Santa Clara, CA – At the Connections conference Qualcomm had discussed thier Skifta software product. This is the first DLNA certified software product for supporting personal media across multiple DLNA appliances using an Android 2.2 or higher, portable device (smartphone or tablet). Their new Skifta software is an app that turns…