07-25-2003, 05:30 AM
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Nikon Digital SLR Camera... With 802.11b!
Here's more fuel on the fire regarding the "competition" between Bluetooth and WiFi. I've been saying all along that they don't really compete; they're designed for different markets. However, Nikon saw fit to throw that opinion to the wind, and has released a camera (a very high-end one, mind you) that can have an optional 802.11b attachment at the bottom, which can upload pictures whenever you want via FTP.
I think this is overkill; for all this effort, you could have integrated a Bluetooth chip into the camera itself, and this thing eats up about 20% of the battery in "normal usage" scenarios. On the other hand, 802.11b's pervasiveness might make it possible one day to walk into a Starbucks and upload your pictures. Choices, choices... 
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07-25-2003, 05:57 AM
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07-25-2003, 05:58 AM
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Intellectual
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Originally Posted by achille
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8O I've never seen this camera before. When did it first come out?
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07-25-2003, 06:22 AM
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802.11 all the way! Why is the attachment so huge??? My Socket WiFi card is probably 1/10 the size of that monster.
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07-25-2003, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Abba Zabba
8O I've never seen this camera before. When did it first come out?
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A few months ago, if I remember correctly.
--janak
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07-25-2003, 06:33 AM
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:drool:
Wow!!! I want the camera...
Mabuhay! ~ Carlo
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07-25-2003, 06:37 AM
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Re: Nikon Digital SLR Camera... With 802.11b!
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
<snip> On the other hand, 802.11b's pervasiveness might make it possible one day to walk into a Starbucks and upload your pictures. Choices, choices... |
Not quite. Mobile connections are more present than 802.11b. And more present than Starbucks.
Think of it like: "if I want to use Starbucks, I have to buy tokens/time from X. To use Liquidate across the road I have buy from Y, to use in Europe I have to buy from Z". Or think like "I have a mobile phone with roaming activated. I can use anywhere in the world with coverage".
I'd go for the second one. Of course how one uses the mobile connection (802.11b or Bluetooth or magnetic field) is another story :wink:
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07-25-2003, 06:48 AM
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Re: Nikon Digital SLR Camera... With 802.11b!
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Originally Posted by freitasm
Not quite. Mobile connections are more present than 802.11b. And more present than Starbucks.
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Absolutely true. And yet, I don't even want to think of uploading super-high-res digital images over GPRS or even 1xRTT... 8O
--janak
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07-25-2003, 06:54 AM
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On a high end camera where each file is multiple MB, bluetooth would be ineffective due its slow speed. I read somewhere that the bluetooth max bandwidth is 96kB/s. I cannot image a photography professional being so hampered. 802.11 makes perfect sense and perhaps the large size of this attachment includes an auxillary batter.
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07-25-2003, 06:59 AM
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Which is why a WiFi card may make more sense than BlueTooth connecting to a phone.
The bandwidth is higher (Mb's not K's) and you usually pay per minutes of usage (phones usually per kilobyte up/downloaded), so a WiFi card should be both quicker and cheaper.
That is... if you can find a hotspot...
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