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Smartphone

Kado raises $1.2m to launch wall chargers

Plastic NFC tag to communicate with smartphones

Tile Slim Bluetooth tracker with enhanced connectivity

Nine axis motion sensor comes in ‘smallest package’

Technological turbulence

SENtral-A2 speeds development of sensor fusion algorithms

Toshiba announces three MCUs optimised for USB devices

Researchers create 10 times faster zinc-based thin-film transistor

Smartphone and tablet revenues exceed consumer electronics sales

ARM launches A12 core to address mid range smartphone requirements

Envelope tracking could displace gallium arsenide from handset applications

RFMD to power devices for ‘top tier’ smartphone manufacturer