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New chips aimed at faster mobile phones
News OMAP combines, in the same chip, an ARM9 processor core running at 175MHz, a TI C55x DSP core running at 200MHz with memory and a host of peripherals, ranging from an LCD controller to flash memory. Although the TI's OMAP (Open Multimedia...
[February 19, 2001, 11:47]
Mobiles to get Dreamcast-like 3D video
News The company, a leader in wireless chips, said on Wednesday that it would license Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX core for use in its OMAP (Open Multimedia Applications Platform) family of application processors, which power Palm handheld...
[April 9, 2003, 16:38]
TI chips to slip into Palms
News Under the deal, Palm's upcoming wireless devices will use Texas Instruments' chips and its OMAP (Open Multimedia Application Platform) blueprint for wireless devices. Palm products that incorporate OMAP will be available within a year.
[December 18, 2001, 10:09]
Pocket Hack Master
Downloads Anton Tomov Software presents the fourth generation of Pocket Hack Master, winner of multiple prestigious awards and Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards Nominee in 4 sequential years now officially released with unique features and support for...
[January 17, 2003, 6:00]
Motorola prepares to battle XScale
News Late last year, Motorola lagged behind Texas Instruments' OMAP platform in getting a commitment from Palm to use Motorola processors in OS 5 products. Palm has now committed to OMAP, MX1 and Intel's XScale families of processors, but has only...
[July 1, 2002, 15:35]
HP Jornada 928 WDA review
Reviews First, HP has abandoned the near-ubiquitous Intel StrongARM CPU in favour of Texas Instruments’ OMAP 710 processor. The OMAP 710 incorporates a GSM/GPRS engine and an ARM-based processor to deliver an efficient integrated solution.
[July 26, 2002, 17:55]
Intel, Symbian team up on wireless devices
News On Tuesday, for instance, TI announced that it was opening development centers for software makers interested in porting applications to OMAP, a design that competes with PCA. So far, Nokia, Ericsson, Sony and Handspring, among others, have...
[August 22, 2001, 9:54]
TI chief: Keep it simple
News The latest OMAP chip, for example, combines an ARM9 processor core for running applications with a TI C55x-series DSP core for handling communications. The new chips are part of TI's Open Multimedia Applications Protocol (OMAP), which is for chips...
[May 1, 2001, 9:15]
Intel to ship portable demo in handheld push
News Rival Texas Instruments is promoting a similar architecture, the Open Multimedia Applications Platform (OMAP). Handspring, Sony, Nokia and Ericsson all have already signed on to support TI's OMAP architecture.
[January 31, 2001, 8:39]
Texas Instruments sheds 3,400 jobs
News TI's wireless division mainly produces digital signal processors (DSPs), Open Multimedia Application Platform (OMAP) application processors and connectivity products for handsets. According to TI, lower DSP revenue was the chief culprit for the...
[January 27, 2009, 15:06]
HP iPAQ Pocket PC h6340 review
Reviews Powered by a 168MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 1510 processor, the device has 64MB of ROM and RAM (55MB of which are user accessible). Equipped with Texas Instruments' 168MHz OMAP 1510 processor, the device was a bit sluggish with multiple applications...
[September 7, 2004, 10:15]
Palm’s new Tungstens: a first look review
Reviews The processor is a Texas Instruments OMAP running at 126MHz, and the Tungsten E’s display measures 320 by 320 pixels. VAT) uses a 126MHz TI OMAP processor and has a standard 320-by-320-pixel display with a Graffiti area beneath.
[October 1, 2003, 8:05]
Intel to unveil its "Internet on a chip"
News TI's equivalent chip is part of OMAP (Open Multimedia Applications Platform), which is an effort to build a set of hardware and software building blocks for the next generation of cell phones and handhelds.
[May 17, 2001, 8:39]
Linux set for central role in 3G devices
News Linux could soon be playing an important role in the third-generation handheld device market, following the announcement by Texas Instruments on Tuesday that its OMAP wireless architecture would support the open-source operating system.
[October 10, 2001, 16:16]
Linux heads for mobile phones
News Texas Instruments representative Dana Meyers said Friday that several manufacturers are working to develop wireless devices using a Linux version of OMAP, or Open Multimedia Applications Protocol. OMAP is used to build mobile phones.
[January 13, 2003, 8:55]
Kai's Moonphases (SMP)
Downloads Calculation of all 4 moonphases for the next 30 years.Moonphases: full moon, half moon, new moon, half moon Choose the year 30 years to choice: actual year +30 years set all moonphases of the year into calendar of Pocket Outlookwithout alarm...
[March 17, 2006, 6:00]
Kai's Auto Turn Off (SMP)
Downloads Turn Off your Smartphone at any time, every day.Setting: Turn Off Time: hour, minute at ones.Start-button Turn off every day, automaticallyComes with a Windows-like shutdown soundRuns not with a timer and run not in BackgroundSave battery lifeNew...
[February 11, 2004, 6:00]
Cold water poured on Intel's Symbian deal
News Bryce Johnstone, marketing manager for TI's OMAP platform, pointed out that his company's chips are used to power 28 out of the 31 Symbian smartphones currently on the market. Chipmaker Texas Instruments (TI) has played down the importance to the...
[October 5, 2004, 17:55]
Win an Orange SPV M600 with Sat Nav review
Reviews The processor powering all this functionality is Texas Instruments’ OMAP 850 running at 195MHz, with around 42MB of available on-board storage and an SD/MMC card slot for expansion. The Orange SPV M600 is a Windows Mobile 5.0 handheld incorporating...
[December 13, 2006, 4:34]
Palm Tungsten E review
Reviews The 7.9cm wide by 11.4cm deep by 1.2cm high device is powered by a zippy 126MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 311 ARM processor, has 32MB of internal memory (28.3MB of which is free for storage), and runs Palm OS 5.2.1.
[October 6, 2003, 16:45]
