14 DAY TRIAL // Option, one of the leading wireless technology companies, recently announced that it is supplying eMobile Japan with both the new GTM478 embedded wireless module and the GlobeTrotter EXPRESS 7.2.
Both products uniquely operate on the 1.7 GHz frequency band. The wireless module is incorporated into the "EM ONE", the next-generation mobile broadband device, designed to deliver a high-speed, always-on broadband environment as an alternative to a personal computer. The "EM ONE" is manufactured by Sharp, Japan's leading vendor in mobile device development. The products were unveiled last week by eMobile's Chairman and CEO Sachio Semmoto at the press conference in Tokyo announcing the launch of the HSDPA Mobile Data Service "EM Mobile Broadband" from March 31 2007.
"EM ONE" supports eMobile's HSDPA communications service with a maximum downlink speed of 3.6Mbps. "EM ONE" adopts Japan's first W-VGA under Windows Mobile 5.0 environment, and is also equipped with the industry's first 4.1 inch high definition liquid crystal large screen. Such a screen enables the user to view PC websites without horizontal scrolling. Furthermore, "EM ONE" is equipped with the same keyboard layout as a PC's, yet at just 18.9 mm thick, the device is one of the thinnest mobile terminals with a QWERTY keyboard in Japan.
The new GTM478 is a compact module with a board-to-board connector making it the ideal module for embedding into small mobile devices such as PDA's and mobile multimedia devices. It incorporates HSDPA, UMTS and EDGE, GPRS and GSM. It is designed to achieve peak HSDPA download speeds of 7.2 Mbps while backward compatibility ensures HSDPA connections can also be made at lower data rates of 3.6 Mbps and 1.8 Mbps with upload speeds to 384 Kbps. The GTM478 also supports both A-GPS and S-GPS.
The GlobeTrotter EXPRESS 7.2 Express Card, based on the PCI-standard, delivers true wireless broadband performance, while dual-antennae Advanced Receiver Technology sustains faster and more stable connections over wider coverage areas. For launches before availability of HSDPA 7.2 Mbps networks, the product can be provided with HSDPA 3.6Mbps and boosted to 7.2 Mbps via a simple firmware upgrade. In all cases, backward compatibility ensures HSDPA connections at lower data rates of 3.6 Mbps and 1.8 Mbps.