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Intel’s Thunderbolt Data Transfer Technology

Thunderbolt is Intel’s new IO port/ data transfer technology with a speed of 10 Gbps which allows you to transfer full length HD movie in less than 30 seconds or can make a backup of MP3 which is playable continously about 8760 h in just ten minutes. This technology was first introduced during 2009 named Light Peak. It was designed to transmit data through thin glass cables as it is based on fiber optics.

The ports speed is based on Intel’s PCI Express since the port is powered by a controller chip which unites PCI Express and existing Display port protocols for transmitting data and video in both ways through a single cable. This data transfer technology is going to be first available on newly released Apple’s MacBook Pro Laptops which uses a mini display port jack which is compatible with all other existing display ports and adapters.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA PLAY Preview

XPERIA PLAY is a fully featured multimedia smartphone with Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) Operating System. The dimensions of the phone are 119 * 62 * 16 mm, it has LED – backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16 million colors, 480 * 854 pixels resolution, multi-touch, scratch resistant display of 4 inches in size, and weighs 175 g.

The camera is of 5 MP autofocus LED flash, touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, secondary camera and  WVGA for video recording. The processor is of 1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon, the internal memory is of 400 MB, 380 MB RAM, 8 GB microSD extendable upto 32 GB. It has stereo speakers with 3.5 mm audio jack.

The other features of the phone are Touch sensitive gaming controls, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Proximity sensor, Timescape UI, Multi-touch input method, GPRS, GPS, EDGE, 802.11 b/g/n WLAN, DLNA, Bluetooth v2.1 with Advanced Audio distribution Profile (A2DP), Motion and Gesture Gaming, MP3 and MP4 player, Google search, Gmail, Google Talk, Youtube, Maps, Document viewer and editor, Flash Lite, voice commands, messaging through SMS, MMS, Email, Push, IM, Digital Compass, and etc., It comes in two colors white and black. The battery is of 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery with talk time power of 7 h and stand-by power of 400 h

XPERIA PLAY Specifications :

OS : Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Processor : 1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon

Dimensions : 119 * 62 * 16 mm

Display : LED – backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16 million colors, 480 * 854 pixels resolution, multi-touch, scratch resistant display of 4 inches in size

Weight : 175 g

Camera : 5 MP autofocus LED flash, touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, secondary camera and  WVGA for video recording

Memory : 400 MB, 380 MB RAM, 8 GB microSD extendable upto 32 GB

Stereo speakers with 3.5 mm audio jack

Touch sensitive gaming controls

Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

Proximity sensor

Timescape UI

Multi-touch input method

GPRS

GPS

EDGE

802.11 b/g/n WLAN, DLNA

Bluetooth v2.1 with Advanced Audio distribution Profile (A2DP)

Motion and Gesture Gaming

MP3 and MP4 player

Google search

Gmail

Google Talk

Youtube

Maps

Document viewer and editor

Flash Lite

voice commands

messaging through SMS, MMS, Email, Push, IM

Digital Compass

Battery : 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery with talk time power of 7 h and stand-by power of 400 h

Colors : white, black

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Adobe launches Flash 10.2 with enhanced performance

Adobe releases Flash 10.2 with Stage Video technology where it allows websites to take full advantage over hardware acceleration for the entire video pipeline, and also uses less processing power there by increasing the performance ie., it can play high quality video with low power. It is found to be 34 times more efficient. The player can play video with 1080p HD while the CPU usage only being 1 – 15 % on any Mac and Windows computers. Though these benefits of the player might not be visible now it would be only experienced as soon as the websites upgrade their video players.

The other features of Flash 10.2 are that we can switch to full-screen video with one click with dual-monitors setup so the user can watch video on one screen and do other tasks on another, text-readability is enhanced using sub-pixel text and support for GPU is made available through IE9. The download for the player is available at Adobe website for Windows, Linux and Mac computers and will be soon available for mobile phones and tablets.