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New CompactFlash 144-petabyte

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The membership organization CompactFlash Association, which is in charge of handling the standardized field of the CompactFlash (CF) mass storage devices, has brought in public and update with the 5.0 specification for this type of products with a clear upgrading: A bigger memory capacity that in real time could reach up to 144 petabytes. Although it will be very complicated, we consider CF cards with this capacity, the brand-new range of 48-bit addresses will let surmounting the limitations of the last specifications.

Shigeto Kanda, Canon spokesperson and CompactFlash Association president of the board, pointed out that “the greater capacity and loftier performance of CF cards enabled by the 48-bit addressing feature in the CF5.0 specification will further raise the economic value of DSLR cameras. The Video Performance Guarantee feature of the CF5.0 specification will help CF cards to enlarge into new markets such as high-speed film equipment like professional video camcorders.”

As was pointed out in the official announcement, the new benefits of the 5.0 specification are especially supported by the new range of 48-bit addresses, which lets surmounting the last limitation that brought about a maximal memory capacity of 137 Gigabytes for a CompactFlash card. Once again, it will be very complicated the production of 144-petabyte cards in the short term, but of course, the brand-new feature adds a margin of development to the industry.

In addition to the theoretical increase of the capacity, extra improvements for the ATA standard have been added together, as well as a better execution control and the so-called “Video Performance Guarantee Profiles”, which is a field where CompactFlash cards had lost ground with a different formats such as SDHC that is recently more best-selling among the DSLR (Digital-SLR) and digital video camera makers. It is a great deal to buy this new CF.

Mar
15
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The New Apple iPad

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Here comes the release of Apple’s brand-new tablet product, the iPad. Appearing similar to the iPod Touch / iPhones, it just differs in its size. Most apparently is its home button below, its touch screen display. This very significant button appears on the iPod Touch, iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS and now the iPad.

Design Specs

Display : 9.7 inch high-resolution LED-backlit with in-plane switching technology.
Weight and size (in diameter) : 1.5 pounds and 0.5 inch thin.
Connectivity features : Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G.
Battery Power : 10 Hours.

Sure, the new processor by Apple, the Apple A4, powers it.

Push aside all the other gadgets – phones, Smartphones, MP3 Players, PCs and digital cameras, here comes the modern age of Tablet PCs. No, they aren’t phones, but there aren’t any keyboards, touch screens instead. It is provided with processors as highly efficient as our normal PCs, yet even more movable than laptops or Netbooks.

Separate from its tech specs and sleek design, it has its effect on the economy too. For a single month’s income for Apple, $250 million was collected from sales, 70% of which is from the app developers – mostly private freelancers. Surprising? This shows a successful market and a new industry for freelance programmers to work on. Will it be like the revolutionary iPhone app store? Obviously.

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