It’s hard not to respect good detective work, so we have to give kudos to the good folks at Chipworks for putting a long-lived iPhone mystery to rest. The iPhone 4 has been applauded for its dual-mic noise cancellation , but nobody knew who actually built the voice processor responsible for this “magic and revolutionary” feature. Jobs and Co. white-labelled a certain chipset inside the iPhone 4 — it asked the manufacturer to scrub all branding off — so nobody could properly identify it. Was it made by Apple or a third party? Fast-forward nearly eleven months and it turns out the company responsible is none other than Audience, the same lovely folks behind the Nexus One’s renowned noise reduction . We’re unsure why this was kept under wraps for so long, but we can understand why Apple would want to remain quiet and keep this superb technology all to itself. A little sleuthing can go a long way, however, so follow the links below to learn how this mystery was unraveled. Continue reading Curtain lifts, Audience exposed as iPhone 4′s noise cancelling wizard Curtain lifts, Audience exposed as iPhone 4′s noise cancelling wizard originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 18 May 2011 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Google waxes poetic on Nexus One’s design in video series, new docks shown off
February 4th, 2010
jedwan Curious about the bright minds behind the OLED-wrapped, Android-powered Snapdragon in your pocket? Google’s just posted its first in a series of videos about the Nexus One’s magical journey from concept to production, and this particular episode calls in Mountain View’s own Erick Tseng alongside HTC project manager Tomasz Hasinski and Lloyd Watts of Audience, which provided the phones dual-mic noise reduction tech. Don’t expect too much depth here — the entire video’s only four minutes long — but after Erick talks about the Nexus One’s unprecedented fusion of bleeding-edge hardware and software design, we get to hear a little bit about HTC’s selection of soft-touch materials and a large display for the device and Audience’s involvement in improving voice quality before getting a super-brief glimpse at three docks. One of them is already available — the desktop dock — but the other two appear to be a standard desktop dock with an integrated spare battery charger and the nav-friendly car dock on the left and right, respectively. The video gives no clues when we might actually see these available for purchase — but since they’ve finally shown them off here, it can’t be long, right? Follow the break to check out episode one in full. Continue reading Google waxes poetic on Nexus One’s design in video series, new docks shown off Google waxes poetic on Nexus One’s design in video series, new docks shown off originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
Cell Phone Held for Ransom – WHO'S BLOG – Who's Your Audience
July 3rd, 2009
jedwan CP: I told him he stole my wife’s cell phone and I’m gettin it back! He told me that he needs $20 and when I asked him what for, he replied he needs it for his converter box. I told him, you need to talk to Obama about that, mate. …



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