TransferJet is still solidly in the "fledgling" stage, but it looks as if a few big time industry players have faith that consumers have a desire -- nay, a need -- for short-range, high-speed sharing. Here at CEATEC in Japan, both Sony and Toshiba were on hand with independent TransferJet demonstrations, and while the actual protocol has been in place for awhile now, it's the supporting cast (read: hardware) that has remained elusive. Toshiba was utilizing a snazzy TG01 and Qosmio laptop in order to showcase just how quickly the two could share information over the air, while Sony had us believing that pretty much everything it'll make for the rest of eternity could support device-to-device sharing. Head on past the break for a peek at the demos, but try not to get your hopes up for seeing this stuff in shipping products anytime in the immediate future, okay?
Yeah. With the pairing process, the entry of pin codes, selecting the file, selecting the device you want to send it to, and accepting the file. You're right. Bluetooth is better than TransferJet. I mean, sticking the two devices together seems like an awful lot of work. :P
Not a bad tech, but a lilttle more range wouldnt hurt :S i like the fast transfer and how the little range still works good, but make it atleast 6 inches.
And yes, I realize this is much faster, but I imagine BT 4.0, or whatever they're gonna call it, will utilize wireless n speeds, so I would hope that they would just work on making an existing technology better instead of coming out with a completely new one.
You really don't get it do you ? .. TransferJet is unique because it assumes that if you have two devices that are 1.5 inches away from each other then there is implicit trust. Therefore you don't have to pair like BT or do lots of setup like WiFi.
Yea, but you gotta think that the next wifi is gonna be at least twice as fast as n, and that at least a draft will probably hit the market before this TransferJet.
And if you're gonna put 2 of your devices that close to each other, then chances are you've already connected both of them to your home network or to each other via BT. So if wifi and BT catch up in data transfer speeds by the time this thing is ready for implementation, then I don't see the need for it.
@seriousam7 .. this has NOTHING to do with speed and everything to do with trust. There are many situations where you have two random devices that you need to share files between without having to do the annoying BT pairing process. The video had quite a few suggestions already.
I would imagine the power usage could be much, much better than BT or Wifi because at 1.5 inches you can use an object detection sensor similar to the iPhone to detect when you need to switch TransferJet on/off.
Ah, I see. I finally watched the video lol. But I don't think I would like that very much, because of the _lack_ of security. I would hope there would be at least a pin number you have to type in, or something. And when you think of it that, way, again, it's nothing wifi cant do.
It is a walking information hole. If someone was using this for the "wrong" purposes it could be easy to just boost the signal of this in a crowded area and steal stored information on peoples phones...
Sam, you replied 4 times before you even watched the video. It's people like you who make stupid opinions and false conclusions based on zero facts. That screws everything up for everyone else.
You know what man, I read the entire post, and I mostly understood what the technology was before I posted. And as you can see, the video didn't change my opinion at all. I still think this is an unnecessary technology.
Dude come on, stop pickin' a fight and shut the fuck up. My opinion was, and still is, that companies should focus on improving existing technologies that have already caught on, instead of trying to introduce completely new ones that show no benefit or minimal or unneeded benefit. I believe that this is unneeded, and that's my own opinion to have. Don't try and make it look like I didn't know what I was talking about. I knew the gist of what the tech is about, and learning slightly more about it only confirmed what I first thought.
Combine this with wireless power mats and you have the future. Imagine coming from a party and dropping your camera onto a mat where it automatically charges AND syncs without you having to ever touch a cable. That's the killer app right there.
Need my morning coffee .. but goddam Microsoft and Apple need to get onto this NOW. I would kill to be able to just drop my Zune and iPhone onto a mat when I come home from work and wake up the next day with a charged and fully synced devices. Drooools.
I have a dock for my iPhone, Zune and Camera and I would much prefer when I'm coming home from somewhere to just be able to take out all my devices, dump them onto a mat and have them charge and sync with no extra effort.
Seriously, I was getting goosebumps watching this. This is like scifi got real. If they can figure out wireless power correctly, we won't need the charging mat, but this would make it handy to get info quickly and easily. Pairing would be real quick and simple. The part that I liked was the CD to player quick transfer, worth every penny that.
Dont find myself needing these kind of transfers too often. Pretty impressive speeds. Prefer to have all devices with wireless N so that you could upload straight to youtube and facebook as well as transfer to PCs and Phones.
Imagine a console at a store like that, Your phone has your credit card / payment info, so yoiu just hold your phone up to the desired panel and instantly buy a CD. You hold up your phone (or another device for this purpose) to a vending machine to make payment, and use a single-use code that wouldn't matter if someone intercepted it.
Of course, you have to initiate "payment mode" or whatever on your phone first. That way somebody can't just sniff your phone.
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posted Oct 8th 2009 5:08AM
Um...I'll take Bluetooth 3.0 instead, PLZ
Yeah. With the pairing process, the entry of pin codes, selecting the file, selecting the device you want to send it to, and accepting the file. You're right. Bluetooth is better than TransferJet. I mean, sticking the two devices together seems like an awful lot of work. :P
Not a bad tech, but a lilttle more range wouldnt hurt :S
i like the fast transfer and how the little range still works good, but make it atleast 6 inches.
Agreed
I love the guy at the end "ahwwaaahahhaa" LOL
And yes, I realize this is much faster, but I imagine BT 4.0, or whatever they're gonna call it, will utilize wireless n speeds, so I would hope that they would just work on making an existing technology better instead of coming out with a completely new one.
You know what, fuck bluetooth, what's the reason we cant use wifi for everything again?
...and fuck the comment system.
But what about those of us who feel restricted by the speeds of 802.11n?
You really don't get it do you ? .. TransferJet is unique because it assumes that if you have two devices that are 1.5 inches away from each other then there is implicit trust. Therefore you don't have to pair like BT or do lots of setup like WiFi.
Yea, but you gotta think that the next wifi is gonna be at least twice as fast as n, and that at least a draft will probably hit the market before this TransferJet.
And if you're gonna put 2 of your devices that close to each other, then chances are you've already connected both of them to your home network or to each other via BT. So if wifi and BT catch up in data transfer speeds by the time this thing is ready for implementation, then I don't see the need for it.
@seriousam7 .. this has NOTHING to do with speed and everything to do with trust. There are many situations where you have two random devices that you need to share files between without having to do the annoying BT pairing process. The video had quite a few suggestions already.
I would imagine the power usage could be much, much better than BT or Wifi because at 1.5 inches you can use an object detection sensor similar to the iPhone to detect when you need to switch TransferJet on/off.
Ah, I see. I finally watched the video lol. But I don't think I would like that very much, because of the _lack_ of security. I would hope there would be at least a pin number you have to type in, or something. And when you think of it that, way, again, it's nothing wifi cant do.
It is a walking information hole. If someone was using this for the "wrong" purposes it could be easy to just boost the signal of this in a crowded area and steal stored information on peoples phones...
Sam, you replied 4 times before you even watched the video. It's people like you who make stupid opinions and false conclusions based on zero facts. That screws everything up for everyone else.
Next time, learn to STFU.
You know what man, I read the entire post, and I mostly understood what the technology was before I posted. And as you can see, the video didn't change my opinion at all. I still think this is an unnecessary technology.
You understood *most* of the tech, but not the important parts that give it a reason to exist. And then you spoke before you knew the full story.
Dude come on, stop pickin' a fight and shut the fuck up. My opinion was, and still is, that companies should focus on improving existing technologies that have already caught on, instead of trying to introduce completely new ones that show no benefit or minimal or unneeded benefit. I believe that this is unneeded, and that's my own opinion to have. Don't try and make it look like I didn't know what I was talking about. I knew the gist of what the tech is about, and learning slightly more about it only confirmed what I first thought.
Combine this with wireless power mats and you have the future. Imagine coming from a party and dropping your camera onto a mat where it automatically charges AND syncs without you having to ever touch a cable. That's the killer app right there.
Need my morning coffee .. but goddam Microsoft and Apple need to get onto this NOW. I would kill to be able to just drop my Zune and iPhone onto a mat when I come home from work and wake up the next day with a charged and fully synced devices. Drooools.
I already have that setup - it's called a dock. I drop it in, it syncs and charges my iPod.
I have a dock for my iPhone, Zune and Camera and I would much prefer when I'm coming home from somewhere to just be able to take out all my devices, dump them onto a mat and have them charge and sync with no extra effort.
Seriously, I was getting goosebumps watching this. This is like scifi got real. If they can figure out wireless power correctly, we won't need the charging mat, but this would make it handy to get info quickly and easily. Pairing would be real quick and simple. The part that I liked was the CD to player quick transfer, worth every penny that.
Dont find myself needing these kind of transfers too often. Pretty impressive speeds. Prefer to have all devices with wireless N so that you could upload straight to youtube and facebook as well as transfer to PCs and Phones.
Sony and Toshiba working on the same platform at the same time? Wow, that's gotta count for something.
Imagine a console at a store like that, Your phone has your credit card / payment info, so yoiu just hold your phone up to the desired panel and instantly buy a CD. You hold up your phone (or another device for this purpose) to a vending machine to make payment, and use a single-use code that wouldn't matter if someone intercepted it.
Of course, you have to initiate "payment mode" or whatever on your phone first. That way somebody can't just sniff your phone.
This is so cuil!