Motorola has selected Broadcom’s Blutonium single-chip Bluetooth transceiver solutions for several of its mobile phones. Bluetooth provides the ability to wirelessly connect to headsets, notebook PCs, PDAs and other devices. One of the first of Motorola’s handsets using Broadcom’s single-chip Bluetooth transceivers is a GSM/GPRS/UMTS phone that incorporates an MP3 player, and digital camera among other features.
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