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Ericsson Announces QuadBand WCDMA/UMTS U380 Chip
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Posted by: bodeh6

Press Release

Well Ericsson announced a Quadband WCDMA HSPA chip that can do the following

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The U380 mobile platform is a one-chip solution combining an Ericsson HSPA modem with an OMAP3430 processor from Texas Instruments, capable of supporting all major third-party operating systems on the market. It offers world class multimedia performance with support for up to 12 Mega pixel camera, camcorder, Mobile TV (MBMS, DVB-H, ISDB-T, Unicast), and advanced 3D graphics. Connectivity solutions include WLAN 802.11, Bluetooth 2.1 and high speed USB. The U380 has a quad-band WCDMA radio with 7.2Mbps HSDPA broadband capabilities, a world class security solution as well as highly optimized power consumption.

It will be available the first half of 2009 so expect phones based on it some time around there.

Posted by: NuShrike

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Originally Posted by bodeh6

Press Release

Well Ericsson announced a Quadband WCDMA HSPA chip that can do the following

Maybe this will be a better alternative to the driverless Qualcomm chips.

Posted by: newtype2011

Unless Nokia gets its act together, I see SE making some serious moves with phones that have that beast inside -

Posted by: JP

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Originally Posted by newtype2011

Unless Nokia gets its act together, I see SE making some serious moves with phones that have that beast inside -

I hope Nokia uses it lol

Posted by: Dr Tran

Symbian already announced support for the OMAP3430.

But the big news here is the quadband 3G chip.

Posted by: ThorBlaze Dragon

Wirelessly posted (HP HX2495b and/or SE K790a: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 6.12))

I think Ericsson should go a lot further, to produce hybrid hex-band chip to ensure complete worldwide GSM/UMTS capability

Posted by: FidoFan

It seems there's two versions of this chip, one with 850/1700/1900/2100 and one with 900/1700/1900/2100. They should just have made one that was 850/900/1700/1900/2100. Maybe next year.