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1 June 2009

 

Skyworks secures Samsung design wins for over 10 multimode handset platforms

Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, which manufactures linear products, power amplifiers, front-end modules and radio solutions for handset and infrastructure equipment, says that mobile phone maker Samsung is using its EDGE front-end solutions to power a variety of new handsets including the S5230 mobile phone, which is one of several new full touch-screen offerings recently launched in European markets. In addition, Skyworks is supporting the Samsung S3310, an ultra-thin quad-band GSM/EDGE candy bar mobile phone capable of global roaming.

Samsung is enhancing its position as a leading player in the hugely popular touch-screen mobile market, says Liam K. Griffin, Skyworks’ senior VP of sales & marketing. “We look forward to further strengthening our partnership with Samsung as they add to their portfolio of innovative platforms that combine all essential multimedia functionality into a single device.”

Measuring just 11.9mm, the S5230 has a 3-inch auto-rotating touch screen containing Samsung’s patented TouchWiz user interface. The handset also contains a QWERTY keyboard, and comes with a built-in 3.0 megapixel (MP) camera that can record quarter video graphics array (QVGA) resolution video at 15 frames per second. The phone also supports domain names search engine for better sound quality.

With just a 2.1 inch thin-film transistor (TFT) display, the S3310 contains QVGA resolution with 16 million colors. The 2.0 MP camera provides up to 30 frames per second of video recording capabilities.

Additional features include an MP3 player and FM tuner with radio data system (RDS), Bluetooth 2.1 and universal serial bus (USB) 2.0 connectivity, 30 megabytes of internal memory, and a slot for microSDHC memory cards up to 8 gigabytes.

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