
Considering how governments are suddenly feeling that
tracking your every move, or at least
providing the means for someone else to, is such a
brilliant idea, it's no surprise to see the
Bluetooth masters at Cambridge-based CSR buy up NordNav and Cambridge Positioning Systems. The new mishmash of companies now has consolidation on the brain, as it's developing an all-in-one microchip that will sport both Bluetooth and GPS functionality on a single module. Additionally, the chip would reportedly "drain less power and be cheaper for handset makers than having two separate chips in their devices," as both technologies would have one processor doing the work, resulting in a more efficient process. The company's CEO claimed that its combo chips would cost manufacturers "an extra dollar per chip as opposed to around $5 to $10 for putting in a current
standalone GPS chip," and moreover, these devices are designed to be ultra-sensitive, giving it connection abilities indoors and in "deep urban areas" where current units fall short. Already being hit up by a few anonymous mobile producers, CSR plans to get these things shipping "during the first half of this year," and hopes to start turning a profit on them by 2008.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Daniel (PR) @ Jan 16th 2007 4:51AM
Already we are being tracked enough online and offline and now this, we have no control of this and it will keep happening and I guess its just the way teh world is changing.