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Power Management in Mobile Devices
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Power Management in Mobile Devices

by Findlay Shearer
April 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
336 pages
13h 59m
English
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Introduction to Power Management in Portable Personal Devices
1.2.1 Cellular Phones
When the fi rst cellular handsets were shipped more than 20 years ago, no one could have
imagined all the components and technologies that would be squeezed into a handset 20
years later. Back then the DynaTAC 8000X handset from Motorola, fondly called the
“ Brick, ” was designed to carry on a voice call, and not much more than that. It weighed
2 pounds, offered half an hour talk time and cost almost $4,000.00 ( Figure 1.6 ).
Figure 1.6 : DynaTAC 8000X
Source : http://www.motorola.com
Today, there are some ultra low-cost handsets ...
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ISBN: 9780750679589