2010 Gadgets
As seen in MSM (Main Street Magazine)
A new year is coming, and with it is some hot new gadgets to celebrate in style.
May we suggest….
SH-B083 Blu-ray drive
Samsung Electronics has introduced its first internal multi-format Blu-ray drive in the electronic market: SH-B083. This Blu-ray disc drive is compatible with high-capacity discs of up to 25GB if they are single-layer discs, or up to 50GB if they are double-layer discs. And, of course, the drive can be used with personal computers (PCs).
There's no denying the sleek, sexy appearance of V12 Design's Canova laptop. Obviously, there are already top-notch, high-end laptops with touch screens, but dual screens that both feature touch technology are a new frontier in the world of cool gadgets.
V12 Designs is an Italian industrial design company founded and led by Valerio Cometti, who has reportedly been developing his dual LCD touchscreen laptop for almost four years now. The gadget will be characterized as a portable personal computer that will support multi-touch input, and according to early reports, will have a software keyboard that will appear on the screen.
4G Phones
Sprint made history in September of 2008 when the company became the first major U.S. carrier to launch a 4G wiMax network. By the end of 2009, the company will have expanded its coverage to twenty more U.S. cities, effectively making 4G phones the must-have item of 2010.
So, what's so great about 4G phones? They're capable of transmitting data at never-before seen speeds and are considered the next generation of phones. According to Sprint, their 4G network will deliver peak downlink speeds of more than 10Mbps and average downlink speeds of 3Pbps to 6Mbps, which is between three and five times faster than most 3G networks. To put it in different terms: 4G phones will be able to download an entire movie in about one minute.
Chances are, no matter who is your carrier, you'll be able to take advantage of 4G offerings. Verizon, for example, which has never been an IT company that takes competition laying down, will launch its new 4G mobile phone network in 2010, without gradually switching on the network city by city as Sprint is doing.
According to Tony Melone, Verizon Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Verizon will approach the new 4G network as an "overlay" as opposed to a "switchover," with much of the current 3G technology being reused for 4G.
Technically, new devices are necessary to make use of the 4G network, but Verizon will not force their customers to migrate. Given the awesome capabilities of 4G phones, chances are customers will switch over without much prodding.