Texas Instruments and ANT+ Showcase First Commercially Available Smartphone with Native Connectivity to ANT+ Health/Fitness Devices at Mobile World Congress
/ contains 2x video / BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ANT Wireless ("ANT" www.thisisant.com), a division of Dynastream Innovations Inc., and Texas Instruments Incorporated today showcase the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ arc, the first commercially available smartphone to natively communicate with the ultra-low power (ULP) ANT+ network of health and fitness devices.
This ANT+ connectivity is enabled by TI's WiLink™ 6.0 triple-radio
single-chip solution, native in Sony Ericsson's Xperia™ arc as well as the
newly-announced Xperia™ neo and Xperia™ pro. The high-end Xperia™ smartphones
(including the Xperia™ X10 mini, Xperia™ X10 mini pro and Xperia™ X8) signify
the market’s first line of ANT+ enabled mobile handsets. These smartphones can
leverage the WiLink solution to link directly with the established ANT+
ecosystem of more than 14 million ULP health and fitness devices.
Daily
MWC demonstrations will incorporate ANT+ bike speed and bike cadence data
transmitting via the WiLink chip to the Xperia™ arc, and seamlessly to the cloud
with apps by Endomondo, Sportypal, and Wahoo Fitness. ANT+ Heart Rate and Blood
Pressure data will also be displayed on the Xperia™ arc.
"This
milestone and these MWC demonstrations represent major advancements to connect
consumers with mobile handsets and ANT+ ultra low power wireless sensor
devices," stated Eran Sandhaus, director of marketing, wireless
connectivity solutions, TI. "TI is committed to giving consumers an
incredibly simple and efficient way to collect and use fitness and health data.
We are proud to make that possible today through this collaboration with ANT
Wireless and Sony Ericsson."
"This advancement in smartphones and
the Xperia™ arc is playing an exciting role in the collection, tracking and
transfer of personal activities to designated providers," stated Simon Walker,
Head of Developer Ecosystem and Account Management, Sony Ericsson.
"Collectively, we provide the ubiquitous and fun solution consumers need to
easily make health and fitness a part of daily life."
The TI, ANT+ Cycling Challenge
Proving the
real-world application of the joint demonstration, attendees visiting TI's MWC
booth will have the opportunity to test their own cycling strength and speed by
participating in the TI, ANT+ Cycling Challenge. A racing bike mounted on
LeMond's Revolution indoor trainer is equipped with ANT+ sensors, giving
visitors the opportunity to compare 'best data' scores.
"Integrating
the best technologies with intuitive, practical products gives consumers access
to real-time, reliable feeds and long-term trend information anywhere, anytime,"
said Rod Morris, Director, ANT Wireless. "TI and Sony Ericsson are
really paving the way for an incredible offering of practical and valuable
consumer products."
Optimized for mobile devices, TI's WiLink 6.0
single-chip solution supports WLAN, ANT, Bluetooth® and FM radios. The WiLink
7.0 platform, the industry's first quad-radio single-chip solution, adds GPS to
the list. These solutions also enable direct ANT+ sensors to mobile phone
communication. ANT and TI recently released the CC2567, the first dual-mode
single-chip solution delivering ANT+ and Bluetooth® connectivity, and the
complementary ANT + Bluetooth Health and Fitness Aggregator Kit .
For more information on TI's ANT product portfolio, please visit:
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