hanghai-based Chipnuts Technology (www.chipnuts.com) has developed a chip for mobile phones that lets users play video karaoke. The C626 multimedia chip is optimised for low power consumption and provides the advanced MPEG-4 format for video and audio playback and recording.

The chip's proprietary MiniMTV feature enables mobile karaoke in addition to playing MP3 files in the background and supporting capture and review of pictures on the mobile phone. The feature enables the chip to compact karaoke images from a 42-inch TV monitor to the screen of the mobile phone.... more