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Nokia Demo Their Explore and Share Super Speedy Wireless Transfer Device

by Jay Garrett on February 28, 2010

Nokia are working on a super swift wireless data transfer technology that they’ve dubbed: Explore and Share.

Nok’s Helsinki branch of their Research Center took the concept for an outing at a Nokia Store where Jyri Hämäläinen presents an impressive show and tell.

In the video he walks you through a live example of how it can be used, including wirelessly transferring a Bruce Springsteen album onto a phone in less than 10 seconds.

As Jyri explains, it could be used to fill a device you’ve just bought with stacks of apps, tunes, and the likes within minutes of purchasing your new Nok.

Explore and Share is based on new radio technology and as you’ll see in the vid the system comes in two parts – the ‘writer’ which you place your mobile on and a touchscreen monitor where you make all your choices.

The neat thing is that the writer will automatically recognise which device has been plonked on it and will offer a customised selection for you based on the handsets capabilities and possibly your previous purchases.

Watch and marvel at the 10 second album transfer:

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VIA Brings Worlds First USB 3.0 Hub Controller – VL810

by Jay Garrett on January 5, 2010

USB 3.0 is pretty-much here and will probably been more in evidence at CES.

Thankfully the Taiwan-based PC accessory maker VIA has prepped its snappily named VIA VL810 SuperSpeed Hub Controller – this is the world’s first USB 3.0 hub controller.

It can handle data transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s and features one upstream and four downstream ports.

The VL810 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 but with slower transfer rates obviously.

The five ports support Hi-Speed (480Mbps), Full-Speed (12Mbps) and Low-Speed (1.5Mbps) data traffic.

VIA states that the new controller is ideal for those users who need to backup HDDs or shift HD video files from one device to the other quick smart.

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Stone Age Cranberry DVD will Last Another 1,000 Years – DiamonDisc

November 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ok – so this is actually new tech and not something from when flint knapping was actually a life-or-death skill to have.
There’s a new company going by the name of Cranberry who is selling a DVD made from high-tech stone (yes, stone) that will store data for up to 1,000 years.
That obviously dampens the [...]

PQI Cool Drive – USB Stick That Will Also Cojoin Your Computers

June 25, 2009 Click to read more →
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The PQI Cool Drive U360 looks pretty much like any other USB drive but it holds a neat trick up its sleeve – oh yes!
The tricksy USB stick can also be used to transfer data between two computers, with its built in software and mini USB port.
El Neato – huh?
Shove one end of the USB into [...]

BBC iPlayer – Just How Much Data is Sent? Answers Found Here

May 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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The bane of ISP’s in the UK - BBC’s iPlayer has been a huge success.
Want to know how much data is sent out?
Well, iPlayer boss Anthony Rose has revealed some of the numbers in an interview with CNet UK’s Crave, and states:
“I think that at the moment, just for streaming, iPlayer uses about 60Gbps of bandwidth (that’s about [...]

Samsung STORY Station – Stores and Secures Your Stuff

April 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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Samsung have just announced the STORY Station external hard drive.
I must admmit – when I saw the name I thought that Sammy were releasing an eBook
The STORY Station has a 3.5 inch HDD for backing up your information, USB 2.0 interface and Auto Backup, SafetyKey and SecretZone functions will give you an optimum [...]

Fujitsu Labs Hope To Make Portable Data More Secure – Or Delete it

April 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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We’ve all read how clumsy government officials, tax departments and our very own security departments are when it comes to data.
Bank employees have left laptops full of account details, names and addresses of various high rollers have been found in coffee shops and the list goes on – and these are just the ones we [...]

Bluetooth 3.0 On Its Way Soon

April 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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Phonescoop have indeed got themselves a Bluetooth 3.0 scoop as there’s no mention about this over at the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.
Apparently the Bluetooth 3.0 specification is just about “ready for prime time”.
Reportedly, the new spec will feature “dramatically increased speeds, allowing for the transfer of large video files, music collections and photo libraries wirelessly [...]

EU Directive Makes ISP’s Store Your Web Habits

April 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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Can you smell that?
That’s the distinct whiff of 1984 in the air.
A new EU directive means that from today all Internet service providers are required to keep data on your user habits and usage.
It states that all ISPs in the Union have to, by law, keep records for a year of online communications.
Thankfully, your emails and Internet phone calls will [...]

Elecom’s MicroSD Reading Nubbings

February 24, 2009 Click to read more →

This natty little MicroSD USB reader is all about size.
Or rather, lack thereof.
You see Elecom has taken advantage of the storage format’s diminutive size to ensure that the only thing poking out of your computer is a colourful nubbin.
The MR-SMC03 USB hole-cap than any kind of media reader.
Just take the lid of the thing and [...]

Toshiba Transfer Jet – High Speed Near Field Data Transfer

January 9, 2009 Click to read more →

If you were at CES last year or was reading a classy Gadgety News site like this one then the words ’Transfer Jet’ will be familiar.
If not, well Transfer Jet allows ridiculously swift data transfers without wires, and can be activated simply by moving two gadgets close together.
It’s Toshiba’s turn to take over from where Sony left off.  Tosh says [...]

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and Wireless Big at CES 2009

December 30, 2008 Click to read more →

Better, stronger, faster and wireless.
The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) will be pumping up two standards at CES 2009.
Despite setbacks such as Wireless USB developer WiQuest shutting down the USB TechZone will be showcasing the latest and greatest in cordless USB.
That’s all very interesting but it’s the USB 3.0 standard that I’m more impressed by.
The SuperSpeed [...]

Twitter Pipes

December 26, 2008 Click to read more →

I’ve just found this really groovy application which will show the global spread of 100 of your Twitter followers.
Ok, so only 100 will be picked up but Twitter Pipes is still in Beta and I think it’s a useful tool
All you have to do is enter your Twitter Username and Password and then [...]

Kingston 64gig USB Stick – DataTraveler150 64G

November 21, 2008 Click to read more →

Kingston, the renowned memory maker have just pushed their DataTraveler line a bit further and released the Kingston DataTraveler 150 USB 64GB.
Why bother with a portable hard drive when you could just drop this in your pocket, bag or even attach it to your keys? 
The only downside I can see is that you’re probably more likely to leave [...]

Pioneer Blu-Ray – Pioneering 16 Layer 400GB Discs

July 7, 2008 Click to read more →

Pioneer Japan have announced that they’ve developed a 16 layer Blu-Ray disc which can hold 400GB of data!
The capacity of each layer is 25GB and, using the disc manufacturing technology usually employed for DVD’s, 16 layers are laminated on to the disc.
So they’re half-way there then - as the necessary tech for the reader has yet to be perfected.
Further details and technical [...]