CSR Technology Enables Simplicity and Performance for Nokia's New Bluetooth Headset.CAMBRIDGE, England -- CSR plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. ): --Ref: EMD EMD Electromechanical dissociation, see there 1044 --Photo ref: PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) A standard for secure e-mail on the Internet. It supports encryption, digital signatures and digital certificates as well as both private and public key methods. Not widely used, work on PEM later evolved into S/MIME. See MIME. 4585 --To download: http://www.csr.com/images/hires/pem4585.jpg CSR plc today announced that the new Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-200, available now, contains CSR's BlueCore3-Audio Flash (BlueCore3-AF), providing the headset with a fully compliant Bluetooth v1.2 specification for voice communications. The stylish Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH 200, the first Handsfree Profile, HFP HFP Healthy Families Program HFP Honda Factory Performance HFP Hexafluoropropylene (Shipboard Fire Fighting Agent) HFP Hostile Fire Pay HFP Hepatic Function Panel HFP Hexafluoro-2-Propanol HFP Hands Free Protocol 1.5, headset, is part of Nokia's recently launched line of high-end wireless headsets with CSR's BlueCore technology for Bluetooth at the core. CSR's leading interoperability pre-testing and support reassures users that the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-200 can be paired with any Bluetooth enabled mobile handset. Weighing just 14g with dimensions of 49 x 22 x 21 mm, the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-200 achieves a talk time of 5 hours 30 mins and standby time of an impressive 150 hours. The headset's simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple design offers individual button control for power, call answering, volume, and mute functions. The Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-200 also supports the voice recognition function of compatible mobile handsets. CSR's BlueCore3-Audio Flash is a cost-effective and compact single-chip radio and baseband IC designed for Bluetooth devices that require an on-chip mono CODEC and 6Mbits of embedded Flash memory. When combined with CSR's Bluetooth software stack, BlueCore3-AF provides designers with a fully compliant Bluetooth v1.2 solution for voice. External components are further reduced thanks to an on-chip 1.8V regulator, and a charger for lithium batteries. BlueCore3-AF also supports HFP1.5 as well as incorporating auto-calibration and built-in self-test (BIST BIST - Built-in Self Test ) routines to simplify development, type approval and production tests. Razvan Olosu, Vice President, Enhancements, Nokia, said, "The Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-200 enhances everyday mobility by combining the highest quality Bluetooth technology with simple and functional design. CSR's BlueCore3-AF allowed us to design a headset that achieves the highest level of connectivity and interoperability without sacrificing its compact design. We were able to concentrate on the style and form of the headset with the confidence of knowing that CSR's technology produces the simplicity and performance expected from all of Nokia's products." Gordon Petrie, VP, Sales Europe for CSR commented, "The use of BlueCore3-AF in the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-200 further demonstrates CSR's commitment to providing designers with complete wireless offerings that minimise the amount of external components required for production. CSR will continue to work towards alleviating design, time, and price constraints involved in wireless device production, enabling manufacturers to add more value to their product offerings and concentrate on differentiation." About CSR CSR plc is the leading global provider of Bluetooth technology and has developed expertise in other single-chip wireless communication standards such as Wi-Fi (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11). CSR offers developed hardware/software solutions for Bluetooth based around BlueCore, a fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller. CSR has now launched its fifth generation BlueCore suite and is in volume manufacture of its fourth generation BlueCore devices. BlueCore4 supports the Enhanced Data Rate (EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) An acronym occasionally used to reflect an advancement in transmission or transfer speed. For example, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR provides a dramatic increase in speed over the previous version. See Bluetooth. ) standard, which was ratified at the end of 2004. BlueCore4 remains the only EDR silicon to be shipping in volume today. In November 2004 CSR launched UniFi, the first single chip 802.11a/b/g embedded solution specifically targeting the mobile phone and consumer electronics markets. BlueCore features in over 50 per cent of all Bluetooth devices shipped and over 60 per cent of all qualified Bluetooth enabled products and modules listed on the Bluetooth website with industry leaders including Nokia, Dell, Panasonic, Sharp, Motorola, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Apple, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Toshiba, RIM and Sony using BlueCore devices in their range of Bluetooth products. In March 2005, CSR acquired Clarity Technologies Inc., for its Clear Voice Capture (CVC See CSC. ) technology that enhances the audio performance of any voice-based product or system. Applications for CVC include wireless headsets, handsets and automotive hands free systems. In August 2005, CSR completed the acquisition of UbiNetics' software business, providing a strong R&D team to accelerate its existing software development in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and UWB (Ultra-WideBand) A wireless technology that uses less power and provides higher speed than 802.11 Wi-Fi networks or first-generation Bluetooth products. UWB is expected to provide wireless video transmission for home theater systems, cable TV, auto safety and . The UbiNetics team gives CSR the capacity to extend its offering to mobile handset customers. CSR has its headquarters and offices in Cambridge, UK, and offices in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, India, France, Denmark, Sweden and both Texas and Detroit in the USA. More information can be found at www.csr.com and the partner web site www.btdesigner.com More information about Bluetooth technology can be found on the SIG web site at www.bluetooth.com |
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