iPods and Cameras?
News.com reports on comments by Gary Johnson, CEO of PortalPlayer.
PortalPlayer is the company which makes chips for the iPod as well as other hard drive based music players. According to Johnson, we are likely to see music devices that will connect directly to cameras to download photos. They are also working on direct Printer connectivity as well.
True to form, Apple would not comment and Johnson would not comment whether or not Apple will be incorporating this feature into future iPods.... but is a sign of the general direction of upcoming technology.
Belkin, of course, already makes a media reader for the current iPods which allows this basic functionality.
PortalPlayer is the company which makes chips for the iPod as well as other hard drive based music players. According to Johnson, we are likely to see music devices that will connect directly to cameras to download photos. They are also working on direct Printer connectivity as well.
True to form, Apple would not comment and Johnson would not comment whether or not Apple will be incorporating this feature into future iPods.... but is a sign of the general direction of upcoming technology.
Belkin, of course, already makes a media reader for the current iPods which allows this basic functionality.
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91 months ago
wow so much new iPod news this is great! but i really dont have a use of something like this right now.
91 months ago
Maybe this time we will be able to view the photos imported off of a media reader, not just see the file names
91 months ago
Does iPod Photo allow for bi-directional copying of photos?
It is my understanding that (without a hack, at least), you can send music to an iPod, but not suck muysic from it into a Mac. Is this the case with photos?
One would think it would have to be bi-directional for this new functionality....
It is my understanding that (without a hack, at least), you can send music to an iPod, but not suck muysic from it into a Mac. Is this the case with photos?
One would think it would have to be bi-directional for this new functionality....
91 months ago
it would be nice to be able to go directly from your camera to iPod, sure would help boost the iPod Photo sales and larger capacity iPods, i know i would start saving for one then, now we just need Airtunes connectivity put into iPods and they will rock your socks off :D
91 months ago
A CF slot would be nice, but I don't see it.
Image Tank and a bunch of others have that market covered thoroughly.
Image Tank and a bunch of others have that market covered thoroughly.
91 months ago
Obviously its all coming together now:
iPod... PDA... Cell Phones... other small electronic devices... will one day merge into one super iPod.
iPod... PDA... Cell Phones... other small electronic devices... will one day merge into one super iPod.
91 months ago
Obviously its all coming together now:
iPod... PDA... Cell Phones... other small electronic devices... will one day merge into one super iPod.
And this is when the ipod craze will die.
91 months ago
A CF slot would be nice, but I don't see it.
Image Tank and a bunch of others have that market covered thoroughly.
USB port would be more ideal. There are just too many flash memory card standards out there: CF (3 variations: CF I, CF II, CF+), Memory Stick (3 variations: Standard, DUO, Pro DUO), SD (2 variations: SD, miniSD), MMC (3 variations: MMC, RS-MMS, DV-RS-MMC), SmartMedia (2 variations: SM, XD), and TransFlash. And I am sure I am forgetting something.
91 months ago
i think it will be useful in the future when most people find that they max out their memory cards. but at the moment at least form most of my friends (those who arent really into photography) they never fill their memory cards to max capacity anyway
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