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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:59 pm    Post subject: SiRF acquires Motorola's GPS chipset product lines Reply with quote

RFDesign writes:

"To further strengthen its position in the GPS market, SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc., leading provider of GPS-enabled location technology, announced that it has acquired Motorola, Inc.'s GPS chipset product lines. As part of the agreement, SiRF also has become a preferred GPS technology supplier to Motorola. "

The complete article is here
http://rfdesign.com/news/SiRF-acquires-Motorola-GPS/

Does this mean we will soon see SiRFstar III receivers in all Motorola phones?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Motorola and sirf are already tied togther. My motorola A1000 already has a sirf star 2 e/LP chipset in it, as did my motorola A920 before it, so I would have imagined that the next generation of motoral PDA phones would have had a sirf 3 chipsets, even if this deal had not have happened !!!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

> Does this mean we will soon see SiRFstar III receivers in all Motorola phones?

I severely doubt all phones. The gps chipset and antenna take up a lot of space and a huge amount of power. Most people would not want a GPS in their phone.

More likely, they will bring out one or two phones with this functionality for people who really need it on a daily basis.

Personally I like my phone to be very small and light so I can keep it on my belt permanently.

I'm gussing that this could easily make a phone 20-30% bigger (judging by the size of the phones that already exist which have gps)
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The introduction of AGPS has drastically reduced the size and power requirements. Take the new HP Messenger (iPAQ 6500) - if you don't read the manual you wouldn't know it has a GPS antenna.

The receiver doesn't need to be powered up permanently either since the TTFF is reduced by the AGPS
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