Mobile phone accessories - Releasing the full potential of smartphones

Smartphones are fast becoming the mobile hub of our connected lives with the ability to enrich, enhance, and safeguard almost everything that we do. From sports & fitness, through entertainment and home automation, to healthcare and security – smartphones have the ability to support all kinds of 'smart' applications through the addition of simple wireless peripherals that typically need to be small, light-weight, reliable, and cost-effective.

Nordic Semiconductor's ultra low power (ULP) wireless solutions support brand new types of mobile phone peripherals by offering:

• Ultra low power consumption – Up to years of battery life running from a single coin cell
• Small size – The combination of compact packaging options and support for tiny coin cell batteries supports the smallest wireless designs from watches down to key tags/fobs
• Seamless mobile phone connectivity – Via built-in ANT/ANT+ or Bluetooth low energy connectivity

Smartphones provide an attractive platform for sports and fitness peripherals, combining entertainment with data logging, data visualization, Internet connectivity, and social networking in one device.

Nordic Semiconductor's ANT/ANT+ and Bluetooth low energy product lines include products ideally suited to sports & fitness sensors for mobile phones. Learn more about sports & fitness sensor solutions.

Smartphones provide an attractive platform for healthcare accessories by providing data logging, data visualization, and Internet connectivity.

Nordic Semiconductor's ANT/ANT+ and Bluetooth low energy product lines include products ideally suited to healthcare-related accessories for cell phones. Learn more about healthcare solutions.

The Nordic μBlue™ Series of Bluetooth low energy ICs feature the industry's lowest power consumption and support a wide range of mobile phone peripherals including:

• Proximity tags
• Connected watches
• Remote controls