While the economic environment continues to be challenging, 2009 will be an exciting and critical year in the evolution of mobile technology. As service providers seek to combine new Internet applications and services with new business models, the handset designers will face the challenge of increasing performance, function, and flexibility without sacrificing cost, size or battery life. Please join Texas Instruments and In-Stat as we examine the technical aspects in the evolution of mobile technology through a six-part webinars series.

The first webinar focused on the greatest mobile design challenge – Designing for high-performance and all-day battery life.

The topics discussed were the following:

• The primary constraints on battery-life
• Managing power through hardware and software controls
• The tradeoffs between operating at lower or higher frequencies
• The delicate balance of silicon integration vs. segmentation

The webinar was hosted by Jim McGregor, the Chief Technology Strategist of In-Stat’s Mobile Internet Group. With over 20 years experience in the high-tech industry, Jim brings a wealth of experience and a vision for the future of the mobile market. Joining Jim was Steve Jahnke, Chief Architect for TI’s OMAP platform and a member of TI’s Group Technical Staff and Doug Phillips, product line manager in TI’s Portable Consumer Analog business. The webinar includes a question and answer session with webinar participants.

Future webinars in the series will include:

• Part 1: Design Challenges for Longer Battery Life - Download Replay Now
• Part 2: Design Challenges of Supporting Multiple Connectivity Technologies - Download Replay Now
• Part 3: The Evolution of Mobile Processing Architectures - Download Replay Now
• Part 4: Breaking Down Challenges in Open Source - Tricks of the Trade - Download Replay Now
• Part 5: The Impact of the Cloud on Mobile Devices - Download Replay Now
• Part 6: A New Paradigm in Mobile User Interfaces - Download Replay Now

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insight from key experts and technology leaders shaping the future of mobile electronics, receive market data and insights from In-Stat industry and consumer research, and join the discussion on the most dynamic segment of the electronics market.

Registration for the webinar series is available at http://events.variview.net/clients/ti/20090128. Registration also provides participants access to presentation materials and a blog featuring any questions that are not addressed during the live event. Participants also have access to other blogs and webinars, including the highly attended four-part series on Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) at http://www.instat.com/promos/08/event_mid4.asp.