CSR chip puts Bluetooth into latest Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC

Compaq's latest iPAQ handheld device is Bluetooth-enabled by CSR's BlueCore chip. CSR 's BlueCore chips offer lowest-cost and smallest footprint making CSR market leaders in the field.

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CSR chip puts Bluetooth into latest Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC

Cambridge, UK - 27 February, 2002 - CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) announced today that its BlueCoreTM01 is providing the Bluetooth link in Compaqs latest iPAQ Pocket PC model H3870. With its small footprint, CSRs BlueCore has enabled Compaq to retain its signature streamline design for extreme portability, whilst permiting easy wireless connection to other devices with integrated Bluetooth capabilities such as mobile phones, printers, PCs and other PDAs.

The iPAQ Pocket PC H3870 runs on Microsofts Pocket PC 2002 operating system and offers a 65,000 colour TFT screen and increased battery life. The low-power capabilities of CSRs BlueCore technology helps minimise power consumption when using Bluetooth, essential for a portable battery-operated device.

Glenn Collinson, co-founder and marketing director of CSR commented, Compaq has selected CSR BlueCore technology for a variety of its iPAQ Pocket PC products with Bluetooth capabilities. We are happy to be a part of this development," Collinson continued, Compaq has the foresight to see wireless connectivity of handheld devices as paramount to their future success, and with the growth in the Bluetooth market expected to continue through 2002, we expect their use in both the home and office to soar."

This application of CSRs BlueCore technology in our latest iPAQ Pocket PC model further demonstrates the benefits of our partnership as well as our companys commitment to Bluetooth," said Cindy Box, Compaqs Director of Marketing for iPAQ Mobile Solutions. Wireless connectivity to other devices is essential for Pocket PCs. CSR provides us with the technology to bring wireless Bluetooth links with low power and in a small form factor."

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About CSR
CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) specialises in providing single-chip radio devices to the global market for short-range wireless communications, including Bluetooth. The companys mission is to create the most highly integrated radio devices available, fabricated using standard CMOS technology, to provide its customers with the lowest cost of ownership of high quality digital radio.

CSR was the first company in the world to offer a true single-chip Bluetooth solution with BlueCore, a fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller. In Q4 2001
CSR released BlueCore2, its second generation family, and offer developed hardware/software bundles for each of the fastest growing Bluetooth applications markets. Users can combine the chips with the CSR Bluetooth software stack to provide a fully compliant solution for data and voice communications or, used with an upper layer host software stack, CSR is able to offer a complete Bluetooth end-to-end solution.

CSR has a growing list of major international companies including Sony, Compaq, IBM, Fujitsu, LG, ALPS, TDK, 3Com, Mitsumi, Siemens and Motorola, who have already used CSRs BlueCore in the development of a range of Bluetooth products. In fact, up to the end of 2001, 70% of available pre-qualified modules, as listed on the qualified products page of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) web site, feature BlueCore01 and it is in 60% of all qualified Bluetooth v 1.1 enabled end product designs.

CSR is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Richardson, Texas; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore and Aalborg, Denmark.

More information about CSR can be found on the web site at www.csr.com

About Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a technology specification for low-cost, short-range radio links between mobile PCs, mobile phones and other portable devices. The Bluetooth specification defines, for the first time, a radio standard that allows mobile phones, hand-held computers and PCs to communicate wirelessly without manual user intervention. Bluetooth is lower in cost and power consumption than alternative wireless standards.

More information about Bluetooth can be found on the SIG web site
at www.bluetooth.com.