SiRF learned this lesson almost two years ago, and now Qualcomm's picking up on the same thing: WiFi-based positioning seems to work pretty damned well, all things considered. The company, which offers its gpsOne platform to handset manufacturers for integrating AGPS -- a now-standard feature on virtually every new phone -- has tied up with Skyhook Wireless to license its WiFi Positioning Sys...

Asus announced on Friday the P565, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional extraordinaire that comes with a blazing 800 MHz processor and a 2.8″ VGA touchscreen display. The black, leather-backed handset is targeted for the business folk and features its own Glide UI that is optimized for the touchscreen device. It also packs the SIRF Star

SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of GPS-powered location platforms, today announced it is working with Samsung to bring the power of GPS-enabled location services to GSM mobile phone subscribers in China

GlobalSat is known by many to be a producer of small-sized GPS receivers, like the BR-355, but this time they came up with a waterproof watch that can be useful for many people. The GH-625 GPS Watch has a built-in SiRF STAR III chipset, a built-in & high-capacity battery on the lithium-ion category that can be

Companies Qualcomm and SiRF recently signed an agreement to renounce claims on each other's patent portfolio. Kanwar Chadha, founder of SiRF Technology, both commented that the signing of the agreement: "We respect the intellectual property company Qualcomm" and added that "the signed agreement will help both companies to actively promote the device to support A-GPS, as well as related services an...

GPS based platforms vendor, SiRF Technology Holdings has announced a deal with Qualcomm and also received a review notice from the International Trade Commission (ITC) regarding its ongoing patent dispute with Broadcom.

­GPS based platforms vendor, SiRF Technology Holdings has announced a deal with Qualcomm and also received a review notice from the International Trade Commission (ITC) regarding its ongoing patent dispute with Broadcom.

Broadcom Corporation announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed an Initial Determination that SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. infringes three GPS-related patents held by Global Locate, Inc.

As the saying goes, you win some and you lose some. That sentiment may characterize Sirf Technology today.  On the bad news front, Broadcom says the International Trade Commission yesterday affirmed that Sirf Technology infringes on three GPS-related patents held by Global Locate, a Broadcom subsidiary. The ITC will now decide whether to impose remedies or ban the importation into the U....

The SiRFlinkIII single-chip solution combines a high-performance GPS RF front end and a complete Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR controller optimized for use with the SiRFatlas(TM) and SiRFprima(TM) multifunction SoC platforms