| Sony BM10 Bluetooth Music Receiver now available to stream your tunes Sep 11th 2013, 03:46, by Juan Carlos Torres Continuing its series of wireless media devices, Sony has just made available its Bluetooth-powered BM10 music receiver. Sporting a design identical to that of the Sony IM10 wireless display announced last week, the BM10 focuses more on spreading your music to more areas than your smartphone or tablet speakers can reach. 
With almost the same dimensions as the IM10, standing at 75.5 mm x 70 mm x 19 mm and weighing 103.5 grams, the BM10 is definitely not a looker, designed to attach to your HiFi sound system via RCA connectors and work quietly in the background. The appearance of the BM10 is definitely plain and simple, with nothing on the little black box except a connect key and a four-color LED at the front, an NFC marker at the top, and a micro USB port for power and RCA ports at the rear. Pairing with your smart devices is made easier using NFC, but phones and tablets without NFC can still connect with the BM10 music receiver via the usual Bluetooth pairing procedure. The BM10 utilizes Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and aptX enhancements to deliver high-quality audio. The music receiver is able to pair with up to 8 devices and has a working distance of 100 meters for smartphones that support Bluetooth Class 1 and 50 meters for those that don’t.   Unlike the IM10, the BM10 Bluetooth Music Receiver is already available for purchase for 49.99 GBP or around $79. Like the IM10, however, the BM10 comes in only one color option: black. SOURCE: Sony |  | Intel Quark chips touted to power future smartwatches and pills Sep 11th 2013, 03:12, by Juan Carlos Torres Technology that is significantly smaller but not weaker is something that Intel has in mind when it unveiled the Intel Quark, the latest product of its research and development. The ultra small and ultra low-power microchip is set to be the driving force behind the future of wearable devices as well as ingestible medical tools. 
There is no question that smartwatches are in vogue these days. Samsung has just unveiled its Galaxy Gear smartwatch, while Google and Apple are rumored to be working on their own stab at the device category. But as with any device that is shrinking in size, there is always the problem of components that are small enough to fit and yet still have enough power to deliver the “smart” in the device. Intel says it has just the solution with its Intel Quark microchip. Compared to its current Intel Atom chips, which power a number of low-power or low-cost mobile devices these days, the Quark is 10 times smaller, but also 10 times more powerful. This opens up the possibilities of using the chips not only in wearable devices but in ingestible electronics as well that could be used for biomedical purposes. Intel will start producing the Quark chips later this year and would be made available by 2014. Intel won’t be bringing the chip to market, intending instead to offer the technology to its partners to enable them to develop their own devices around the Quark chip. VIA: SlashGear | | Motorola Moto X shipping rate reaches 100,000 per week Sep 11th 2013, 02:43, by Juan Carlos Torres Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside has shared some rather interesting numbers, revealing that its manufacturing facility near Dallas, Texas has been shipping out 100,000 Motorola Moto X smartphones weekly. This could be a positive sign for the company as it tries to go head to head with rivals Apple and Samsung. 
It has been barely more than a month since Motorola unveiled its flagship, so 100,000 units a week still comes below an impressive 1 million figure. Still, the company is banking on its “made-in-the-USA” slogan and customization options, allowing users to choose the design of their Moto X, to boost the device’s popularity and sales beyond the current numbers. The Moto X is definitely not lacking in interesting features, which you can read about in our review here. That comes at a price, costing Motorola almost three times more in labor costs than they would have paid for if the phones were manufactured in China just like most smartphones. However, the company is able to offset this by making the phones in the US, reducing logistics and shipping costs, as well as providing faster delivery, sometimes reaching buyers in just four days. There is one caveat to this seemingly impressive number, though. Motorola declined to comment how many of those shipped units have actually already been sold to consumers, or how many are custom-made orders versus standard design models sold through carriers. We’ll just have to give Motorola the benefit of the doubt when it says that customized Moto X orders represent a substantial amount and that they are selling the phones at a profit. SOURCE: Reuters | | Deutsche Telekom Galaxy S III-based SiMKo 3 gets German government nod Sep 11th 2013, 02:07, by Juan Carlos Torres German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has just revealed that their latest high-security phone, the SiMKo 3, has just been given a thumbs up by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). And one of the first customers of such a device that focuses on protecting mobile communication might be the German government itself. 
SiMKo 3 is a smartphone based on the Samsung Galaxy S III and includes a new, lightweight L4 high-security microkernel that enables the phone to practically run two operating systems seamlessly. Once the phone boots up, the SiMKo kernel quickly takes control of the phone and runs a secure and restricted environment that protects sensitive work-related data. But a simple swipe of the screen switches the user to the regular Android system for more personal uses. Data on the two systems are not mixed to ensure tightened security and integrity. The SiMKo 3 phone was just approved by the German BSI and given a security level of VS-NfD or classified information for business use only. Although it is the lowest security level, it will enable the phone to be used in federal government offices as well as businesses who provide smartphones to allow employees to access company data from anywhere. Deutsche Telekom is in the process of developing additional security features such as encrypted phone calls based on VoIP technology, implementing the government’s Secure Multi-Network Voice Communication standard, and remote wiping of confidential data in case of loss or theft of the device. Deutsche Telekom is selling the SiMKo 3 smartphone for 1,700 euros, roughly $2,255, with a two-year contract. The company is also already working on an LTE-capable variant as well as other SiMKo-powered devices such as tablets and laptops. VIA: the::unwired | |
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