USB And Flash Memory Technology Offer Enormous Improvements In Gadgets

There are a lot of new technologies that have made gadgets incredibly more versatile in the past few years. One of the is the USB connection. USB technology allows gadgets to be connected to an increasing variety of devices for greater versatility and functionality. Essentially, USB technology started out as just a way to connect computers to their peripherals. Printers and scanners could suddenly be connected to computers using the USB connection that took up much less space than the older parallel port and cable technology. Then, as digital cameras became more common, USB cables served as a good way to connect them to computers in order to transfer over digital photos. Then the implementation of plug and play protocols with Windows XP and other similar operating systems eliminated the need to install drivers before taking advantage of most USB devices. This particular advancement opened up various electronic companies to the idea that more gadgets could take advantage of USB technology. There are a lot of new technologies that have made gadgets incredibly more versatile in the past few years. One of the is the USB connection. USB technology allows gadgets to be connected to an increasing variety of devices for greater versatility and functionality. Essentially, USB technology started out as just a way to connect computers to their peripherals. Printers and scanners could suddenly be connected to computers using the USB connection that took up much less space than the older parallel port and cable technology. Then, as digital cameras became more common, USB cables served as a good way to connect them to computers in order to transfer over digital photos. Then the implementation of plug and play protocols with Windows XP and other similar operating systems eliminated the need to install drivers before taking advantage of most USB devices. This particular advancement opened up various electronic companies to the idea that more gadgets could take advantage of USB technology.

Now we have a large choice of gadgets that take advantage of USB technology to connect with computers and even home entertainment devices. One example of this is the portable media device. Portable media devices can display video and digital still photos, play audio, and in many cases even be used to play video games. Most of them download video from computers that have in turn downloaded it from the Internet, but some of these gadgets can download video from digital video recorders. This is tremendously beneficial when it comes to getting a variety of video to play on these things!

Of course there are plenty of other gadgets that use USB technology. They include MP3 players, digital audio recorders, and video game controllers. Even more traditional things have made the move to USB connections. Like many mice are connected to computers using USB connections. These can be wireless mice that send their signals to the computer through a wireless receiver that plugs into the computer's USB port or a variety of wired mice. Plus, since power can be sent over a USB connection, there are more options for things like heated mice and mice that glow in a variety of colors. There are even some battery chargers that take advantage of USB technology.

Another handy new technology that goes into gadgets is flash memory. In fact, flash memory is often used along with USB connections in a variety of gadgets like digital cameras, thumb drives, MP3 players, and even some portable media devices. In addition to all of these types of gadgets, flash memory is even finding its way into laptop computers. Flash memory is especially attractive for use on laptop computers because of the fact that its more energy efficient that hard drives and more resistant to shock. Another advantage that flash memory has is that its faster than hard drive technology, and in some cases it's built into hard drives along with conventional technology to improve access speeds. It still has the disadvantages of being more expensive than hard drive technology and not quite as reliable.

One of the fascinating things about technologies like flash memory and USB connections is that they're still relatively new. Which means that we can expect to see more ingenious uses developed for them in the future.