Archive for September 25th, 2009

Busy LG passed three new monitors through the FCC today, the W1954SE, L1754SM and L1742PK.  These part numbers refer to 17” versions of these LCDs, but 19” model numbers are on the FCC application as well.

There’s not a whole lot to see here, but it does appear that LG is beefing up its LCD monitor product line, perhaps for the holidays.

Huawei, a Chinese manufacturer of mobile telephony equipment, passed the U3205 through the FCC today.  Label-only photos aren’t much to look at, but they reveal a wide smartphone design and support for what looks like MicroSD.

According to the Test Report, this device will run on HSDPA, UMTS, GPRS, GSM and EDGE networks.  Bluetooth is also supported.

Huawei tends to sell its products in the US on an OEM basis, so if the U3205 shows up in the states it will most likely bear carrier branding.  And, hopefully the carrier that picks up this phone will come to their senses and get rid of the green back.

Cisco passed their AP541N access point through the FCC today.  Designed for small businesses, this devices gives you 802.11 a/b/g/n.  The AP541N rocks a Broadcom BCM4342 transceiver.

This incredible device passed through the FCC today.  The HomeSafe 639S is a security system that can actually detect motion through walls, to prevent unwanted individuals from entering a room.

According to the manual, this device uses a microwave detection system that can detect motion within a 7 meter, 150 degree area.  The suggested use for the 639S is to put it near a door, so any potential intruders will be detected before they enter.

The 639S can alert users of an intruder with either a bark or chime.  It also comes with a remote control for wireless arming/disarming.

Bird, a Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones, passed their S160 mobile through the FCC today.  The device offers a pretty basic feature set – really the only interesting feature is “biorhythm”, which allows you to “look up the cyclic curve of intelligence, physical strength and sprit in different periods according to the birthday.”

The Viliv S7 is already available online, but it looks like Viliv is making some improvements to the platform.  Today, the FCC approved Viliv’s request to add HSDPA to the S7.

It’s never bad to see 3G on a device, particularly on an innovative tablet netbook like the S7.

Motorola is hitting the baby monitor market hard.  The MBP15 pictured above is the company’s third baby monitor that has been passed through the FCC this week.

The MBP15 is a slight upgrade over the MBP10, which we posted on yesterday.  This device gives you temperature monitoring, a clock, sound alerts and lullaby/nightlight functions.

With three products already approved by the FCC, it seems like Motorola is ready to take on the baby monitor market by storm.

Thuraya, a satellite phone manufacturer based in the United Arab Emirates, passed their XT satellite phone through the FCC today.  The company bills the XT as the “world’s toughest satellite phone", with level 4 waterproofing, level 5 dust protection, and level 3 impact protection.

The device is incredibly compact for a satellite phone.  It also features GPS-based location tracking – a cool feature if you’re in a remote location – along with your standard messaging and contact management features.

Thuraya sells primarily to Europe and Africa, but the FCC application for the XT suggests we may be seeing this device in the US soon.

Nokia passed a CDMA phone called the RM-583 through the FCC today.  The label-only submission only shows the back of the device, so there’s not a lot to go on here.  Based on the Test Report, this is a basic phone without Bluetooth or WiFi.

I guess a desktop phone with CDMA makes sense.  For example, if you’re on a construction site without a landline but in need of a desktop phone, then the ZTE WP822R is the answer. 

In any case, Chinese telephony manufacturer ZTE passed the WP822R through the FCC today.  The device has basic desktop phone features like three way calling, call forwarding, call waiting and even a world clock and calculator.  And since this phone uses CDMA, you can send TXT messages with it as well.

The WP822R relies on a Qualcomm baseband processor.  No word yet on availability or pricing, but this device seems like it will make its way to the US sometime.