Skyworks' GSM/GPRS System Solution Enables Mio's Feature-Rich Smartphones
"Skyworks has played an important role in helping us develop the revolutionary Mio 8390 smartphone," said Samuel Wang, general manager of Mobile Communications Product Business Unit, Mitac International Corporation, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for Mio Technology Corporation. "By providing all core GSM/GPRS handset functionality for the Mio 8390, Skyworks has helped simplify the product development process and allowed us to focus our attention on providing the world's most extensive suite of advanced smartphone features that help make the digital lifestyle a reality."
The 8390 platform relies on Skyworks' compact, power-efficient GSM/GPRS cellular system solution to provide all of the necessary hardware and software functionality for handset operation with advanced data and multimedia features. Mio's smartphone features a large 2.2-inch screen, built-in 300K-pixel digital camera with video-recording capability, 40-polyphonic ring tones, mobile email, advanced gaming, customizable interface skins, 16 megabytes of memory, plus built-in messaging software and web browsing.
"Mio has introduced one of the most exciting examples of the power and utility of advanced smartphone technology," said Gregory L. Waters, vice president of Cellular Systems at Skyworks. "The Mio 8390 is the first smartphone to be based on Skyworks' cellular system solution, and provides yet another example of how we are driving the next generation of advanced data-enabled handsets."
About Skyworks' GSM/GPRS Cellular System Solution
Skyworks pioneered the concept of developing complete semiconductor system solutions for cellular handset applications. This approach simplifies the design process and speeds time to market by providing all major ICs, a full operator-qualified, network-approved GSM/GPRS protocol stack, all necessary development tools and customer support for building a complete Internet-enabled platform.
About Mio Technology Corporation
Mio Technology was established in 2004, with headquarters in Taiwan and operations centers in China, the U.S., and Europe. Anticipating the emergence of M-Life (mobile lifestyle) and M-Commerce (mobile commerce) as key elements in lifestyles of the future, Mio has dedicated itself to the development of enabling devices. Its main focus is on manufacturing and marketing mobile communications devices under the Mio DigiWalker brand, such as smartphones, Pocket PCs, and handheld GPS navigation systems. For more information, please go to www.mio-tech.com
About Skyworks
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on RF and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications. The company provides front-end modules, RF subsystems and cellular systems to handset, WLAN and infrastructure customers.
Skyworks is headquartered in Woburn, Mass., with executive offices in Irvine, Calif. The company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and India. For more information please visit www.skyworksinc.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release includes "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include information relating to future results of Skyworks (including certain projections and business trends). Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "believes," "plans," "may," "will," "continue," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. All such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those projected, and may affect our future operating results, financial position and cash flows.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: global economic and market conditions, such as the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by the company's and its customers' products; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing products; the ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a rapidly changing technological environment; the ability to compete with products and prices in an intensely competitive industry; product obsolescence; losses or curtailments of purchases from key customers or the timing of customer inventory adjustments; the timing of new product introductions; the availability and extent of utilization of raw materials, critical manufacturing equipment and manufacturing capacity; pricing pressures and other competitive factors; changes in product mix; fluctuations in manufacturing yields; the ability to continue to grow and maintain an intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; labor relations of the company, its customers and suppliers; economic, social and political conditions in the countries in which Skyworks, its customers or its suppliers operate, including health and security risks, possible disruptions in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and the uncertainties of litigation, as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Note to editors: Skyworks is a trademark or registered trademark of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and in other countries. All other brands and names listed are trademarks of their respective companies.
CONTACT:
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Lisa Briggs (Media), 949-231-4553
lisa.briggs@skyworksinc.com
or
Thomas Schiller (Investors), 949-231-4700
SOURCE: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.