BluLightning to Make All Flash Cards Use mini-USB 3.0 Connector
Some day archaeologists from the future will look back on the mess of connectors and memory standards and laugh themselves out our their rocket boots. The recently proposed BluLightning standard aims to take us out of the comically dark ages and remove most of the variety of memory card types. Instead of dealing with the wide compact flash connectors and any variety of tiny SD, SDHC, SDXC, Memory Stick, Duo, Micro, etc., the BluLighting standard hopes that every large capacity memory card will opt for a mini USB 3.0 connector. This will happily make card readers obsolete due to the card being easily attached to a simple mini-USB 3.0 cable.
While the size and shape of the card may still offer a few variants the SuperSpeed bandwidth should be at least near term future-proof. While it also won't be able to compete with the tiniest of form factors it should at least offer a more suitable path for future developments. Let's hope manufacturers buy into this one and start designing to available and accepted interfaces instead of making up their own every time. Someone make sure Sony is paying attention. The BluLightning standard has only just been introduced as a concept but let's hope the light bulb flashes on and everyone gets behind this terribly obvious idea.
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Petite Nokia USB OTG Accessory Adds DVB TV Tuner to N8 Smartphone
If you own one of the top of the line Nokia cellular phones, Nokia has unwrapped a piece of gadget-candy that will let you get a little bit more out of it. The On-The-Go Mobile TV add-on cable plugs into Nokia's micro-USB port and brings you any available DVB-H signals available. This won't do you much good here in the states but the DVB digital TV broadcast standard is gaining a foothold in Asia and parts of Europe. DVB has seen tons of exposure in Korea and portable TV devices are quite commonplace. The tiny USB Mobile TV device is barely more than a cable in size, but has a 3.5mm headphone jack for TV sound. Once you are plugged in you can use the tiny controls on the connector to change the channel and turn the volume up and down. The price is also pretty tiny at roughly $50 as well as the DVB signal, where available, is freely broadcast into the air. If you happen to live in an area where you have access to DVB, the On-The-Go Mobile TV should be available for order by the end of the year.
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Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanners Get Amazing Anniversary Makeover
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, PFU Imaging Solutions is releasing a special edition of parent company Fujitsu's immensely popular ScanSnap Scanners. The USB powered, bulk document scanner has been lovingly draped in Urushi lacquer and gold accents. The new finish gives the ScanSnap S1500 and S1300 the look of antique Japanese woodwork. This lacquerware technique originated in PFU's home region in Japan centuries ago and they have imbued their pride in their history honoring and transcending their modern livelihood. The limited run of these refined scanners only blemish one aspect of their previous incarnations, the price. At up to $3,200, these will only likely make into the offices of their executives and as gifts to business partners instead of retail sales. If you share the love of either Fujitsu or computer components disguised as art, you may have to work very hard to get your hands on one. 10 of them will be given away in a lottery for anyone who buys one of the normal ScanSnap models or by entering at their website. That drawing will take place on November 10th. Anyone interesting in buying one of them direct will need to contact Fujitsu directly, in all likelihood these will only be made to order.
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