Audio company HARMAN has agreed a new partnership to develop an exclusive range of wireless consumer audio products for the Nokia Lumia range. The new devices will be co-branded with Harman’s JBL brand.
The first product, which is officially known as the JBL PlayUp Portable Wireless Speaker for Nokia, was revealed at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
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Beats founders to take control of audio business again
Last year HTC Corporation announced a partnership and investment deal with Beats Electronics, the company behind ‘Beats by Dr. Dre’ audio products.
It’s now selling some of its stake back to the founding members of Beats, which will give the founders around 75% ownership while HTC will be left with approximately 25%.
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Last November Adobe Systems announced a restructure that would see the business stop developing its Flash multimedia player for mobile browsers. Instead, it would increase its investment in HTML5 and would work to help developers enable video playback within apps.
It’s now confirmed that the forthcoming ‘Jelly Bean’ version 4.1 update of the Android OS will not have a certified Flash player.
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At last week’s GSMA Mobile World Congress we talked to a couple of companies involved with improving sound quality on mobile phones. This special programme includes contributions from Robin Dyer of Dolby and Philip Vanhoutte of Plantronics.
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