LG Shows Off 'World's Smallest' Wireless Charger

BARCELONA — LG is definitely one of the most active companies at this year's Mobile World Congress, having already shown several new smartphones and announcing it has acquired webOS from HP. It seems LG doesn't plan to stop there, as it just announced the "world's smallest" wireless charging device.
The WCP-300 is a little black pad, just 6.9cm in diameter. It's compatible with a standard 5-pin micro-USB charger, and complies with the Qi standards of the Wireless Power Consortium.
As for the devices that support it, there are two available in the U.S. market: the LG Spectrum and the Nexus 4. The freshly showcased LG Optimus G Pro also supports this technology, but we don't know when it'll become available in the U.S.
Like all companies trying to push wireless charging tech to the market, LG hopes more and more upcoming smartphones will have built-in support for this tech. LG itself plans to introduce smartphones with "more advanced" wireless charging tech in the global market.
The WCP-300 will become available next week in South Korea for about $60; a global and U.S. rollout is pending.
LG has also demonstrated their wireless Ultra HD Transmission technology, which enables fast delivery of high-resolution multimedia content from smartphones to TVs.

By "Ultra HD" LG means 4K video content, and the entire technology works by using Wi-Fi, but LG would not go into specifics. LG also claims the tech uses "less than half" the power of other similar technologies, and it does that by reducing the strain on the CPU and other hardware resources.
Of course, 4K content is still hard to find, which means this tech is currently merely a reminder of how one day we could all enjoy the wonders of 4K video and stream it around our house to whatever device we like.
Images courtesy of LG
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Asus Claims the Title of World’s Smallest Wi-Fi Router

Amongst all of its Windows 8 PCs and tablet announcements at CES, Asus also quietly revealed what it's boasting as the world's smallest Wi-Fi router. And with a form factor only slightly larger than a well-equipped flash drive, the WL-330NUL Pocket Router is the perfect accessory for minimalist road warriors.
Weighing in at just 25 grams, the 802.11b/g/n router includes an ethernet port on one end for sharing a wired connection, and a USB cable on the other for stealing power from a computer. It can also be plugged into an outlet if you want to spare your laptop's battery. For ultra-thin notebooks lacking an ethernet port, the WL-330NUL doubles as a USB ethernet adapter too. As for pricing and availability, that's still to be announced.

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Technical Architech ( WLAN ) , 5-15 yrs Greater Noida,India

STE provides Connectivity devices & end to end software solutions covering WLAN/Bluetooth/FM/GPS technologies for all mobile platforms. Connectivity team in Greater Noida, India contributes across all segments such as R&D, Host Software development, Mobile Platform Integration & Customer Operations. The Connectivity Host Software & Platform Integration team is responsible for System Architecture design & development of Bluetooth/FM/WLAN protocol stack software, device drivers for ST-E Connectivity devices on multiple OS/mobile platforms. Additionally the team also handles Connectivity customers for the chipset spanning Bluetooth/FM/WLAN integration support, technical queries/troubleshooting
Job Description :
The incumbent is responsible for design/development/maintenance of WLAN drivers for ST-Ericsson's WLAN products on Linux/Android based platforms.



The job involves
- Developing a good understanding the overall SW architecture

- Deep understanding of WLAN protocol

- Design/Development of WLAN MAC features

- Deep understanding in low level drivers like SDIO and SPI

- Design/Development of embedded drivers on OS like Android, RTK, Nucleus, REX, WinMobile etc..

- Supporting customers for customer integration issues, development of new features, on-site and off-site support.

Technical Requirements:

- Expertise in C background is mandatory; experience in C++ is a plus

- Preferably 1-2 years experience in design/development of one or more connectivity protocol stacks (BT/FM/GPS/NFC/UWB/USB)

- atleast 2 years experience in Linux at Kernel level and in Linux OS in general or equivalent experience in RTOSes

- In-depth experience in one or more embedded Operating Systems - Linux/Android, RTK, OSE, REX, WinMobile etc..

- knowledge of one or more wireless standards like BT, FM, GPS, NFC, RFID, 802.11, UWB, USB, is a big plus

- Familiar with software engineering processes/practices and experience in handling customers






Rajesh Kumar Singh
rajesh-kumar.singh @Stericsson.com

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USB 3.0

The much awaited SuperSpeed USB is finally available embedded with some unique features of power management and high speed. It was firstly demonstrated by Intel at the Intel Developer Forum back in 2007 and its specifications were completed in November 2008. However there have been major advancements with respect to factors like data rate and compatibility.

Some key features that distinguish it from the conventional USB 2.0 are:

• It is provided with additional pins that enable higher speed upto 3 to 4 Gbps. USB 2.0 can never go higher than 480 Mbps.
• USB 2.0 provides 100mA while USB 3.0 provided 50% more i.e 150mA, curtailing the power consumption.
• All the sockets working with USB 2.0 can now be operated in the similar manner with USB 3.0, so there is a backward compatibility.
• Its uses a bidirectional data transfer while USB 3.0 used a half duplex arrangement where data only flow at a time in a specific direction.
• Hubs are not used for broadcast packet transmission.

USB 3.0 can be easily used with USB 2.0 compatible devices and features like high speed capability and efficient power management can be utilized for data transfer.

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