Taiwan develops world's leading personal Internet device
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Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has successfully developed a world-leading personal Internet device (PID) that integrates the latest wireless and mobile communications technologies.
The device, unveiled Thursday by the institute, contains a chip embedded with a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) receiver and is equipped with an Android mobile operating system.
Thanks to the high bandwidth provided by WiMAX, the newly developed PID allows data transmission at a rate that is five times faster than 3G technology, and its definition is two to three times higher than that of DVD, according to Wu Cheng-wen, director of the ITRI's SoC Technology Center.
The applications of the device can include real-time reception of disaster information, mobile satellite news gathering, multimedia online entertainment, and Internet video phone communication, Wu said.
He predicted that in the future, smart phones that employ the WiMAX and Android technologies will give a strong boost to the mobile phone market.
The shipment of WiMAX mobile phones is likely to register less than 1 million units this year, but the number could soar to 27.01 million units by 2013, he said.
source: www.etaiwannews.com
