 Re: NEWS: Sony Develops New Close Proximity Wireless Transfer Technology "TransferJet"
In message <gi8oo35ofecdjb4qq4audvs85ltbor8cka@4ax.com>, John Navas
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>"TransferJet is an extremely simple wireless technology which eliminates
>the need for complex setup and operation.
It's the next big thing, short-range high-speed wireless data transfer
in consumer electronics. You'll see quite a few manufacturers releasing
press blurbs like this over the next year or two. They're all going to
be vapourware, or at best locked-in proprietary designs (Sony
MemoryStick anyone?)
There's a working party currently trying to nail down a standard for
wireless USB connection, a high-speed data transfer system that can
reach about 3 metres or so between devices. This will replace Bluetooth
eventually for a lot of applications, being a lot faster and smarter too
wrt addressing, power consumption etc. Like existing USB it's really
meant for permanent or semi-permanent connections between devices
(computer --> keyboard, for example).
Another sort of new wireless app is the close-proximity data transfer
system of the sort that Sony has announced, where the devices are only a
few centimetres apart, and connection/disconnection is triggered by
proximity -- move the device close to its "partner" and they
automatically handshake to make the data connection (camera --> printer,
for example). This is further away than wireless USB and still in the
BetaMax-style proprietary stage of development. Take any press releases
about this particular sort of technology with a pinch of salt until you
see a real industry-wide standard being announced.
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