Sony CyberShot TX300V Wireless Charging Camera

Now that digital cameras are slowly adding wireless connectivity as another novel feature for newer models, it would only be a short time before it becomes a common feature among all camera models. But what might come next with all this wireless business in digital cameras? For the new Sony CyberShot TX300V Digital Camera, it’s the inductive charging feature.

The new Sony CyberShot TX300V Digital Camera is being introduced as probably the very first Sony digital camera to feature wireless charging. It comes with a Multi-Cradle dock that makes use of TransferJet technology. This allows users of the point and shoot camera to transfer images and charge the camera wirelessly via inductive charging. The dock is powered via USB making it convenient to connect to a PC or a laptop.

Features wise, the Sony CyberShot TX300V Wireless Charging Camera comes with an 18.2MP CMOS sensor, Full HD shooting capabilities for both still images and video as well as Geotagging support. This wireless charging digital camera is expected to come out sometime in March. Unfortunately it will only be available in the Japanese market. It is expected to cost around 50,000 Japanese Yen or around US$409.

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Upcoming Sony smartphones to support the Russian GLONASS

Sony has announced that their newly announced Xperia smartphones, the Xperia S and Xperia Ion, will come equipped with the GLONASS satellite navigation system built-in. What’s more, they have also revealed that some of their previous smartphones on sale right now have had GLONASS support built-in since launch. These other handsets include the Xperia arc, Xperia arc S, Xperia ray, Xperia neo, Xperia pro, Xperia PLAY, Xperia active and Live with Walkman.

In case you weren’t aware of it, GLONASS is to Russia what GPS is to America. Most of the phones have just GPS on-board, which restricts them to 31 satellites but having both, GPS as well as GLONASS on-board, you have access to 24 additional satellites, which not only speeds up lock-on time but also ensures you get a lock-on in trickier places, such as when you’re surrounded by tall buildings.

Sony is not the only company to have GLONASS along with GPS built-into their phones. Apple, Nokia, Samsung and Motorola too have a few models that include this functionality. Hopefully, more phones will include this feature in future.

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