Comments on: Nokia N8 has secret ANT/ANT+ chip?!

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By: Aschwin

Aschwin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:08:03 +0000

Any news on the ant+ chip and a nokia n8?
I like to know more about this item.
Note:
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LOAD CUSTOM CODE ON ANT CHIP AND MODULE SOLUTIONS; AN EXTERNAL MICRO-CONTROLLER IS REQUIRED TO RUN APPLICATION CODE with the exception of SensRcore on AT3

So if i understand it wright, the ant+ chip is programmed but triggerd by a mcu.
Both programs must be in the nokia n8.

By: Bluetooth and ANT+ Sensor Tech for Mobile Phones Today | Running Digital

Bluetooth and ANT+ Sensor Tech for Mobile Phones Today | Running Digital — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:32:52 +0000

[...] firmware, but I can’t find any news on when to anticipate this. The rumor mill has turned on speculation that Nokia’s current flagship N8 is ANT+ capable. Even if this can be confirmed, there aren’t any ANT+ compatible apps in the [...]

By: fneuf

fneuf — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:25:32 +0000

Some mistakes there. Let me precise :
1 – ANT+ is built upon the ANT protocol
2 – The TI chip does of course handle “both”

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:09:43 +0000

Suunto uses Ant (and NOT Ant+) protocol. The TI chipset is only Ant+. So Suunto is Not compatible but Garmin is.
Only the recent Sony Xperia models (exept the X10) and Motorola Droid has a comfirmed Ant+ chip inside and where the protocol is activated.

By: SGean

SGean — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:27:03 +0000

need a filter to filter out spamms like these.. =.=

By: В смартфоне Nokia N8 найден скрытый чип ANT/ANT+ | S-blog

В смартфоне Nokia N8 найден скрытый чип ANT/ANT+ | S-blog — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:24:30 +0000

[...] Но зато другой ресурс это рассмотрел (на сколько я понял пр переводе первоисточника), это были парни с блога http://www.blog-n8.fr и перевод практически с их ресурса, кроме того что еще сам нарыл в википедии и других не менее компетентных источниках (например myNokiaBlog). [...]

By: chrdenzel

chrdenzel — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:18:42 +0000

Why mass produce part of a capability – hidden or not – in a product who’s life cycle in this market will probably be 1.5-2 years and not have all the requisite other requirements in place to achieve operability – sensors, software etc. And as other have pointed out so well, Nokia does not seem to have the marketing brilliance to trumpet these technological achievements/products.

Functionality is great. But building currently non-functioning hardware in short product life cycles sounds cost ineffective.

By: fneuf

fneuf — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:40:09 +0000

And those new sources, leads to one fact : the trick might be in the whole Symbian^3 current range of smartphones !

By: fneuf

fneuf — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:24:06 +0000

In July Symbian’s own official blog stated it : http://blog.symbian.org/2010/07/22/texas-instruments-brings-first-wlan-package-to-the-symbian-community/

You might also have a look at the iSuppli BOM here : http://www.isuppli.com/PublishingImages/Press%20Releases/2010-10-13_Nokia_N8.BMP

The chip is in and is not a modular solution. I clearly believe its activation relies now either on a potential Nokia update or on coders/hackers.