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Motorola Sholes Leaked Pics
Dec 3rd
It feels like rumors about the Motorola Sholes have been around forever, but the mysterious Android-based slate looks to be finally emerging from the geeky shadows. Mobile01 have acquired some images of the device, though not a full shot, together with some specifications: apparently the Sholes will have a 3.7-inch 854 x 480 touchscreen (just like the DROID) together with an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with Xenon flash and – in a first for an Android smartphone – an HDMI output.
That HDMI port will apparently be used to output 720p HD video (or perhaps even higher). There’ll also be a 3.5mm headphone jack while, under the hood, a TI OMAP 3430 Cortex A8 processor potentially clocking in at 800MHz should keep things running smoothly. There’s also multitouch support and Motorola’s Crystal Talk DSP system for voice calls, and while right now it’s running Android 2.0, the expectation is that it’ll get Android 2.1 by the time it launches.
Since it’s a slate rather than a slider like the DROID, the Sholes is tipped to be even thinner. Connectivity is apparently UMTS/HSPA – no word on bands – and we’d guess there’ll be WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS in there too. Given how impressive the DROID turned out to be, we’ve got high hopes for the Sholes.
Motorola buys BitBand
Nov 29th
Motorola buys CDN specialist BitBand
Motorola is buying BitBand, a VOD company that claims more than 60 commercial IPTV deployments worldwide.
Motorola did not say how much it is paying for the privately held company. Multiple news sources peg the price at $10 million to $15 million. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the half-dozen venture companies backing the company had sunk $18 million into it.
BitBand concentrates on content delivery networks (CDNs) and ensuring quality of experience (QoE) for both on-demand services and broadcast over IP networks . The company says its solutions are optimized for hybrid and distributed network architectures.
The acquisition is in keeping with previous Motorola acquisitions in the on-demand space such as Netopia in 2008 and Broadbus in 2006.
Motorola said BitBand will complement its on-demand product line, which includes the Adaptive Media Management framework for content management and high-performance streaming servers for centralized and edge-based on-demand networks. With the addition of BitBand’s products, Motorola said it can offer comprehensive on-demand solutions for customers worldwide, addressing a wide range of deployment scales, access networks, video formats and business models.
BitBand has focused largely on the international telco market. Among its customers are Tele2 (Holland), Fastweb (Italy) and Swyazinvest (Russia).
