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As a pioneer in consumer electronics (CE), Sony has no choice but to continuously come up with their gadgets to ensure their position in the digital world. Later this year, Sony will be launching their latest smartphone and a device that looks like a tablet.

Users can enjoy PlayStation games on the smartphone, while the tablet device will combine a netbook, e-reader and PlayStation Portable, according to industry analysts. The device is intended to compete with Apple iPad and an expected storm of similar devices from other digital gadget manufacturers. Both products are expected to hit the market this year, but the retail price is yet to be announced.

In another development, Sony has announced it’s digital download service called Qriocity as a rival to iTunes. TV shows, movies and other entertainment media will be available for download. These new devices are designed to work with the service.

We’ll just need to wait for these gadgets to be released before we could justify whether this device is a real threat to Apple’s iPad.

The iPhone craze is not yet over. In fact, Apple fans’ attention is now drawn to the anticipated release of iPhone 4G. Based on Apple’s prior designs of gadget facelift plus the hardware unveiled in the iPad, we have listed some of things that we can expect from the iPhone 4G, which is believe to be launched sometime in coming summer.

A New Processor

Apple will likely to change their processor, and its new A4 chip could be installed into their next generation iPhone. The 1GHz processor for iPad will likely be clocked down to around 600MHz to suit the ample use of a phone. Since iPhone is not as multitasking as the iPad, it will be overkilled to use such processor for a phone. Besides, power consumption will be an issue if they continue using a faster processor for the phone, which will just kill users’ interest.

Redesigned Aluminum Body

Since the creation of iPods, Apple’s next design is actually quite predictable. The iPhone 3G embodied the total design change while keeping the hardware specification almost unchanged. A year later, the 3Gs were introduced, with a minor upgrade in performance with its faster CPU and graphics processor. The 4G’s new processor will be used to get it slimmer and sleeker design.

OLED Screen

A lot of manufacturers has embraced to OLED technology for their mobile gadgets display. OLED is just perfect for iPhone 4G’s display. Although the current OLEDs can be a bit difficult to view in direct sunlight, Samsung has came up with the first display with its latest Super AM-OLED screen that are 25% brighter and will be the final solution for daylight use. Samsung has been a main supplier for Apple in the past few years and may be interested to introduced their latest display technology on iPhone 4G.

The 3D technology is not just a hype. And if you think the technology is just for TV, think again. The latest 3D projectors from Acer is a mind blowing innovation which give an eye-trickery deep 3D view.

The projectors combines DLP chips and high refresh rates to ensure that they can give a real 3D experience. DLP or Digital Light Processing is a technology used in TVs as well as video projectors that uses tiny mirros which flips and moves to reflect the light out onto a screen.

Acer’s entry level 3D projector, X1261 comes with composite and S-video with similar video specs with the high-end H5360 featuring 720p high definition (HD) and HDMI with 120Hz refresh rate, making both projectors ‘3D Ready’.

But to be able to watch 3D movies, you will need an extra device – NVIDIA 3-D Vision, a 3-in-1 3D tool which combines spectacles, a computer and a compatible graphics card. The actual 3D processing is done by this hardware and syncs with the projector in order to send the right image to the right eye.

However, without the trick by the projectors, you won’t be able to enjoy the 3D watching experience. The projectors flip the tiny mirrors fast and accurately enough to keep up with the shutter glasses that make sure your eyes are seeing different things.

You will no longer need to go from one computer to another just to share your files or worry if you still have enough space to share your files with the next generation of Flash Drive from Infinitec.

The infinite memory called IUM is the future of flash drive that will hit the market soon. It features an unlimited file sharing that allows you to share your entire hard disks or any kind of storages that you computer can access. You can keep adding storage till infinity, you will never run out of space.

The IUM gives you a peace of mind with its security feature. In case your IUM drive is stolen, you will loose nothing as the IUM doesn’t save anything into itself. Your data won’t be compromised as it never actually leaves your computer.

It also supports all types of files and formats regardless of the extension names. What you need to do is to mark the files for sharing using the accompanied software and your files will appear on the IUM.

You can also enjoy the benefit of streaming as your computer never leave your computer. You can stream music, movies and photos directly to your HDTV, Blu-ray or DVD Player. All you need is a USB port and you can immediately start sharing the content.

As the world is embracing to High Definition (HD), the IUM gives you the ability to stream your movies in full HD to give you a new entertainment experience.

What’s more, it is compatible with any Operating System (OS); Windows, Linux or Mac OS. The plug-and-play feature of the IUM is recognized by all OS so you don’t have limitation to share your files.

The IUM is expected to be released somewhere this July in US, Europe, Canada and Middle East at a price tag of $129. However, the price may differ from country to country.

When the digital camera strikes the photography world, the thing that becomes primary concern of photographers is photos storage. During its early years, digital camera can support up to few Gigabytes of memory cards. Only new generation cameras may support up to over 10GB storage cards.

Digital Photo Storage is one of the solution to safekeep your photos. Nikon is one of the pioneer in this device and has came up with Coolwalker MSV-01 which allows temporary storage of data from memory cards. Their 30GB device gives professional photographers ample temporary storage from memory card to this device and resume shooting without the need to copy the photos to computer immediately.

Recently Sanho, the well-known designer of technology products has introduced their HyperDrive Album. The device has the similar concept with Nikon Coolwalker except with a bigger sizes from 160GB to 640GB. Its 4.8-inces screen allows users to preview the photos at a resolution up to 800×480. It supports multiple file formats and reported to be the only storage device that supports RAW images decoding and displaying up to pixel level.

With mammoth size of storage space, it is critical to have fast transfer speeds, thus Sanho gives users a transfer speed of up to 32MB per second with a USB connection with CF UDMA 300x and SD class 10.

And for those who regularly travel with this device, you can easily enable the security password to prevent unathorized access. Besides, a wide range of tools are also included to check on the hard drive health status as well as to verify the data backup integrity.

Powered with lithium-ion battery which is capable to transfer up to 200GB of photo files before it needs to be recharged, it gives a total portability not only for urban photographers, but also for those outdoor/wildlife photographers.

The price starts at $350 for 160GB while the 640GB at $599. Check out your nearby digital gadgets store soon!.