SigmaTel Sues Telechips for MP3 Technology Patent Infringement
Apr 6, 2006 Industry News
SigmaTel has filed a lawsuit against the Korean based semiconductor company, Telechips. This lawsuit alleges that Telechips is infringing three SigmaTel patents.
The company has been successful in protecting its intellectual property in the past and continues to amass ammunition for that fight,” said Ron Edgerton, CEO and president of SigmaTel. “SigmaTel used two patents against Actions and is using three different ones against Telechips. Two of the three patents in the Telechips lawsuit issued in February 2006, and these are just the tip of the iceberg. We anticipate having up to another 100 MP3 related patents issuing over the foreseeable future. These patents will cover the semiconductor content and system architecture of MP3 players and similar devices.
Could the resignation of Actions Semiconductor’s founder, Zhao Guang Min relates to lawsuit with SigmaTel?
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CeBIT 2006: iRiver Video
Mar 18, 2006 Industry News, iRiver
If you still unclear with new iRiver products, here is an interesting video for you. It is an interview session with iRiver spokesperson during the CeBIT 2006 to talk about their new G10, G20, V20 and W10. However, iRiver only show us some mock-ups for their new products. The company probably will bring the working models during the next WiMAX Forum in the States.
Alternatively, you may download the video through BitTorrent here (287MB)
[cebitvideo via GenerationMP3 ]
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CeBIT2006: iRiver W10
Mar 15, 2006 Industry News, PMP, iRiver
Is iRiver moving toward Wintel’s UMPC solution? The company has present its new iRiver W10 that powered by Microsoft’s Windows XP at CeBIT 2006. I don’t know how to categorize it, probably a handheld PC or sub-notebook.
The model shown on the exhibition is still a mock-up unit. The company only disclose some brief specification about it. It is expected to be released in this September or November. Don’t be shock, if you see its price tag at 1000€ when it is released.
iRiver W10
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MSI Solar-Powered MP3 Player
Mar 12, 2006 Industry News, MP3 Players, Others Players
MSI has shown off the first solar-powered MP3 player, MEGA PLAYER 540 at CeBIT 2006. It is actually consisted of 2 major components, which are a 4GB HDD-based MP3 player and a separate solar charger. The solar charger will take 24 hours to fully charge its lithium-ion battery for 10 hours of playback time.
MEGA PLAYER 540 is expected to be available in the market at the end of this year.
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Is this new iPod Video?
Feb 22, 2006 Apple, Industry News, MP3 Players
We heard a lot of rumors about Apple’s 6th Generation iPod with a 3.5″ touchscreen. Could it be the one shown in picture above? TechEBlog just received a snapshot that probably to be a prototype of the new iPod Video!
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