[Novalug] OT: ok it's Microsoft, but it's great eye candy..

gregory pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Wed May 30 16:02:03 EDT 2007


On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:55:29PM -0400, David Zakar wrote:
> Come on, how can you say the "put camera on surface, dump photos, move them
> to the PDA" thing wasn't at least a little bit new and impressive? It's not
> so much the concept (you can use Bluetooth with some setup), but seeing the
> implementation in action is awesome.

I guess but I have used Apples since the 70s. The reason that is
important is I am use to connecting something and it working. Today I
can't lay the camera on a table, but I connect or place memory card in
the printer and it asks me if I want to download the photos. Same
concept but I use a mouse or if touch screen, I can do that. I can't
pick them all spread out. That said I usually have > 100 photos by the
time I download so the option they give isn't practical for me.

I will give them some creds for wrapping it all together. 

I am waiting to see who will deliver for an affordable price first.
 
> IIRC, the data passing is using wireless USB with some sort of PnP discovery
> protocol ("Windows Rally"). As far as I know, it's multi-platform, and
> should be coming out this year. I suppose they could use Bluetooth, too,
> though.

Another protocol, yippee! I can't recall all the protocols for doing
this sorta things. There was a tla that was X.20ish that was going to
be the rage, 4+ years ago and I never heard anymore. 
 
> Anyways, I'll certainly be interested in seeing one of these in action in
> person - good thing there's a Sheraton _and_ a T-Mobile store within close
> walking distance of my apartment. :)
> 
> -David Zakar
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gregory pryzby [mailto:greg@pryzby.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:48 PM
> To: Joel Fouse
> Cc: Northern Virginia Linux User's Group
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] OT: ok it's Microsoft, but it's great eye candy..
> 
> I watched the 3 demos and they were cool, but nothing that 'blew me away'. I
> didn't see anything that I said, "Wow, that is a new and great idea". It
> integrated what we have and got rid of the crappy interface for something
> more intuitive and I assume it BlueTooth (or
> similar) for the data passing.
> 
> Cool, but I would not pay a premium for it.
> 
> Nevermind, trust my CC in a Windows device :)
> 
> (yea, I know it is stored by others on a windows, but I don't want to think
> about that!)
> 

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