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Verizon Wireless Fivespotâ„¢: The Wi-fi Hot Spot in You

Moving around for a free Wi-Fi access? Skip the trouble—and the shame— by getting yourself the Verizon Wireless Fivespotâ„¢. This mobile 3G hotspot candy bar allows you to connect, access, and share not one but five of your Wi-Fi enabled gadgets to the internet. Yes, that’s 5! Whether it’s a tablet, a netbook, gaming device, or any other Wi-Fi ready item you want to hook on this first ever Global Readyâ„¢ 3G Mobile HotSpot stick, you can! In fact, you can get all of these hooked to the internet at the same time!

Getting excited? The world’s first Global Readyâ„¢ 3G Mobile HotSpot from Verizon is now ready to accommodate all CDMA 1xEV-DO Rev. A/Rev. 0: 800/1900 MHz, WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUPA: 850/1900/2100 MHz, and GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz compatible devices. Key features of the Verizon Fivespot are VPN support, One-click to power on/off, Instructive LED indicators, Small, stylish form factor measuring 3.92 x 2.11 x 0.55 inches, and 2.82 ounces. If your gadgets fall on any of these, then this candy bar HotSpot is for you. In less the time, you will be oozing with Wi-Fi accessibility that you can invite your friends and loved ones to share your Fivespot! Another good thing is that you can use the Fivespot here and abroad.

World’s Smallest Image Sensors, SOny’s Exmor goes Commercial

Sony’s “Exmor R” CMOS image sensors with back-illuminations are going to be sold to the public next year, one of these is going to be used on mobile phones. This move is expected to make photographic performance of devices where the Exmor sensors will be used dramatically improved. As of October 7 of this year, these innovations are rated to be the smallest and thinnest of all.

Sony’s announcement of commercialization of two of its highly acclaimed innovations came in October 7. The plans of commercialization is divided into four schedules, one in January, one in March, and the other two by April. The first to be in the market is the Type 1/2.8 16.41 effective megapixels back-illuminated CMOS image sensor “IMX081PQ” in January 2011. The next is the Type 1/2.8 16.41 effective megapixels*2 Lens module “IU081F” in Marxh 2011, and Types 1/3.2 8.13 effective megapixels back-illuminated CMOS image sensor “IMX105PQ” and Type 1/3.2 8.13 effective megapixels*2 Lens module “IU105F2″ in April.

The initial pricings for the four models of Sony’s Exmor will be 2,500 Japan Yen for the IMX081PQ, 12,000 Yen for IU081F, and 1,500 and 8,000 yen for IMX105PQ and IU105F2 respectively. These pricings are expected to fluctuate when these CMOS image enhancements come to market next year. The variation will greatly depend on how these items are accepted in the market. For sure, since its from the noted world-class manufacturer of entertainment gadgets and equipments Sony, these items must be good and thus the commercial success.

Panasonic MW-20: Digital Picture Frame and iPod Dock for the Minimalists

The Panasonic MW-20 arrived just in time for those who are starting to live on their own and those who are trying to get so much from their hard earned money. The innovative gadget from the world’s leader in entertainment products offers a sleek and compact picture slide and iPod dock in one cool mini appliance. Either put it on top of your bigger appliance or make a small table on one of the corners in your condo for it!

The small and light Panasonic MW-20 comes complete with what you need to enjoy a slide of your favorite photos while listening to your favorite songs via your iPod. It comes in a 9-inch display that has a 2 GB internal memory for the already included SD card to keep photos in. You can also choose to load pictures right from your iPhone! That way, you only dock your iPhone and the slide starts showing your pictures right from the memory of the phone.

You can also play music videos among other things in the frame as it has an internal stereo speaker. You only need to get some compatible devices together for the task and you are now about to turn your digital frame photo frame into a music video display! You can also use other different display patterns in the frame that sums to 15 kinds. If you are taking pics via Lumix, the MW-20 is compatible with that cam so straight use is possible.

Truly, the Panasonic MW-20 is one gadget you don’t wanna miss this year—and its coming just in time for the Christmas bonus!

NX10 Gets the 1.20 Firmware Update

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd announced that the NX10 finally gets a firmware upgrade that will make every shot the perfect picture. This upgrade is going to make the mirrorless camera compatible with the i-Function lens technology of the brand. All NX system lenses in the future will then be featuring this technology, making all common shooting controls easier and quicker.

The 1.20 firmware upgrade for NX10 that makes it compatible with the i-Function lens is not a short-term effect. It will benchmark the making of NX’s with i-Function lens technologies already embedded in the cam. The result will be convenient control of the camera lenses right at the lenses, making every shot quicker and customized as preferred. This capability will be available in the presence of a function soft button. A touch will activate common controls in shooting like the aperture, shutter speed, ISO and white balance while doing the shoot. A graphical cue displays on the screen and the all parameters will be shown on the screen. Rotating the manual lens will then change the values shown on the screen.

This firmware upgrade will be compatible to all other comprehensive and innovative camera lenses and accessories for the NX10. This will include the already available 20-50mm compact zoom lens and the 20mm wide angle Pancake lens. Both will be compatible to the firmware update since they are with the Updated Graphic User Interface (GUI) that actually supports the i-Function lens technology. There is also the GPS tracker that makes tagging on the photo easy. This will also make sorting of photos by location easy.

Sony Partners with Global HID for the First Global Laptop Reader

Sony and Global HID finally comes together to minimize the requirements in development and speed up manufacturing schedules of all PC makers. The result of the strategic partnership is the Global Laptop Reader, an embedded contactless card reader. This reader will be able to read Sony’s FeliCaâ„¢, HID’s Global iCLASS®, NFC, and all other laptop technologies in the industry. This great innovation is expected to be out in the market by the end of this year.

The Global Laptop is going to be a hit as there is more than 315 million Felica cards users around the world plus another 67 million mobile phones that are Felica compatible. All of these are used to pay, access, member, interact, and advertise globally. There are also a decent number of Felica reading remote controls worldwide. Nokia, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, on the other hand, back up the Near Field Communication (NFC). Those, plus the HID Global iClass will surely make Sony’s and HID Global’s contactless card reader a big hit.

With the availability of the embedded contactless smart card reader from Sony, the world’s leader in electronics and entertainment, and HID Global, the world’s most trusted source for identity solutions, all laptop users will surely be a lot easier to use and access. In fact, this joint partnership will benefit more laptop manufacturers in speeding their production and also in marketing their products.

If you are planning to get a laptop by the end of the year, consider yourself lucky as you will be among those who will first enjoy the innovation.