Toshiba to unveil Bluetooth mobile storage device.EXTRACT: Toshiba Toshiba Corporation (株式会社東芝 Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba is set to launch a Bluetooth-equipped portable storage device. The Hopbit will offer 5GB of storage, enough for around 1000 MP3 audio tracks and 3000 digital images from a three-megapixel camera. The Bluetooth A wireless personal area network (WPAN) standard for short-range transmission of digital voice and data. Bluetooth is widely used for hands-free cellphone operation, including wireless headsets and connecting to Bluetooth-enabled automobiles that turn the car's audio system into a module will allow users to seamlessly transfer data from other devices such as handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. . More Info: www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_689676.html?menu =news.technology *** COMMENTARY: Based on a recent survey of big electronics retailers, it appears that any sort of Bluetooth-equipped storage device will have some catching up to do. WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network (802.11b)-based products--either for networking individual PCs or for setting up home wireless LANs--seem to have taken over a lot of shelf space. Furthermore, the traditional magneto-optical (MO) drive mass-storage market niche seems to be under assault from Firewire (IEE IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers IEE Independent Educational Evaluation IEE Initial Environmental Examination IEE Initial Environmental Evaluation IEE Idiopathic Eosinophilic Esophagitis IEE Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence IEE Interim Expendable Emitter 1394)-based devices. These are basically hard-drive enclosures into which data fanatics (aren't we all?) have stuffed a multigigabyte drive of their choice, and then connected to a PC or notebook via Firewire providing 450-Mbps transfers (for backups, etc.). No matter how great Bluetooth may be, it's still more expensive at retail here, and is not as simple as a good old-fashioned cable. |
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