Electronics: Newer, Faster, Better by Chris Robertson
When it comes to electronics, newer, faster, and better models of everything from computer processors to cellular phones appear at least every six months. The evolution of technology means manufacturers are incorporating more features and more power into virtually every type of consumer... If you want to use your camera at your child's soccer games, a digital camera that allows you to take short movies might be perfect for you. ... If you primarily use a camera on vacations or while traveling, the most important feature might be the weight of the camera.

Bluetooth Personal Area Networks by R Heavner
A personal area network, or PAN, is a collection of communication technology devices within the range of one person. When communication between these devices is wireless, the acronym becomes WPAN, or wireless personal area network. In reality, and for all practical purposes, most personal area... Probably the earliest and most common example of a Bluetooth personal area network is the use of a wireless headset and cellular phone. ... Data can easily be synchronized and transmitted wirelessly between PDA, personal computer and cellular phone.

Can Hard Drive Phones KILL THE iPod? by Daniel Dwase
A new wave of mobile phones equipped with tiny yet powerful hard disk drives is threatening to put an end to the meteoric rise of the iPod as the public's favourite portable digital music player. When you look at the typical consumer, there are three things that they may come back to their house... Which invites the question: would the need to transfer all this multimedia content deter users from storing so much on a phone?. ... If you can do 1Gbit/s, you could transfer the content of an entire 8GB hard drive in 64 seconds, which is not really too bad." Indeed, Samsung's new SGH-i310...

Flash Card: When Size Really Matters by Robert Thatcher
Few years back, we never really imagined how memory storage would evolve into flash cards we know today. It is ever harder to believe that the tiny rectangular piece of plastic could store thousands of pictures, hundreds of songs, and even movies. Remember few years ago when storing files could... We even amaze old folks when we remove in from of them those tiny card out from digital cameras, cellular phones, and computers. ... The benefits of flash cards could be seen more popularly on digital cameras where they can sit peacefully to the camera’s size.

A Brief Introduction To Bluetooth by Oliver Dvorak
Bluetooth was designed to allow low bandwidth wireless connections to become easy to use so even those who are new to wireless can use them. Version one.One of Bluetooth describes a low power, short range wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to send data at rates up to 720... No matter where you are in the world, you count on Bluetooth to work. ... Also known for its worldwide operation, Bluetooth radio operates in the 2.four GHz frequency band, which is license free and reachable to any type of radio system in the world.

Wireless USB Vs. Bluetooth: Battle Royale by Nathan Kartchner
As the release date for Wireless USB draws ever closer, discussion is heating up around the emerging standard. In particular, there has been a lot of debate concerning the pros and cons of Bluetooth versus Wireless USB. Both of these standards offer particular benefits as well as particular... This has made Bluetooth the technology of choice for cell phone manufacturers looking to pair wireless headsets to their phones. ... For example, using a Motorola Bluetooth headset has difficulty being connected with an LG cell phone.

The Future Arrives As Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Becomes Reality by Stan Allen
As the Consumer Electronics Show is kicking off 2005 in Las Vegas, one of the stars promises to be the emerging technology of Ultra-Wideband (UWB). UWB is wireless networking that is used for a multitude of electronic components and devices ranging from high definition TV, portable digital... In a recent test, an ultra-wideband transceiver yielded fantastic performance while operating in close proximity to an 802.11b network, a cordless phone, a microwave oven and a cellular/PCS phone. ... A digital camcorder or still camera can play back the pictures on your TV without a wire connection.

Embedded System Programming by Kirill Basikhin
Control and embedded system programming was first used in Apollo guidance computer to guide Apollo. Technological advancement brought the price of embedded system (ICs) lower making it possible to use them for commercial purpose. Today embedded systems are widely used in various devices... Systems that hosts this embedded systems are various industrial machines, automobiles, medical equipment, cameras, household appliances, and airplanes, vending machines, toys, cellular phone and PDA. ... Apart from the other devices embedded systems also range from portable devices such as MP3 players,...

Portable Mp4 Players by Samantha Clark
Human being has an unending and perpetual hunger to create more things for his own comfort. This leads him to bring world into his fist and simultaneously the way of looking at the things have also changed to a great extent. Portability has become the way of life in this modern era of style and... Especially when it comes to the world of modern electronics everything is getting smaller and smaller day-by-day - starting from the cellular phones to the hi-tech media players. ... * Some of the more hi-tech models make the device more important to the modern civilization with some more...

Flash Drive Mania by Brenda Fleen
All across the globe people are opting for technology that they could take along with them anywhere and everywhere. The trend even suggests that the more compact a device is, the better. Take a look at laptops and cellular phones, for example. Is it just me or are they getting smaller and... It can also protect date and keep files in sync with its innate software. ... It retails for as much as $79.99 but over at www.compuplus.com, it only costs $47.50. ... It has 22MB per second read and 15MB per second write capabilities, which I think isn't too shabby for such a small thing.