Induction chargers like Palm’s Touchstone are great and all but they lack one significant feature long mastered by USB tethers: data transfer. That could soon change as Sony begins pushing out its first TransferJet LSI in hopes of obtaining broad industry adoption of this newest form of short-range wireless transmission technology. TransferJet, remember, allows for a theoretical 560Mbps (closer to 375Mbps in the real-world) wireless transfer at a distance of about 3 centimeters — a standard backed by big-hitting camera companies like Canon, Nikon, Samsung, Casio, Kodak, and Olympus and Japanese cellphone interests like NTT DoCoMo, Softbank Mobile, Toshiba, and Sony Ericsson. Just imagine yourself waving a TransferJet-equipped Sony Ericsson phone in front of your new Bravia TV and having all your photos and videos appear on the big screen and you’ve just seen the future. Individual samples are available now for ¥1,500 (about $17) in either PCI or SDIO-connector versions. Now head on past the break to see the tech in action from our CEATEC hands-on.
Continue reading Sony outs world’s first TransferJet chips for short-range wireless transfer
Sony outs world’s first TransferJet chips for short-range wireless transfer originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
Impress | 
Sony (Japanese) | Email this | Comments
FCC thinks ISPs should do a wiser job preventing fraud, theft
Robot navigates, reassembles truss structures
