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I got some info that Nikon registered the name "xtremer" for a media player in Korea - I could not find it based on the instruction I got, maybe some native speaker will be able to help:
Go here: http://rra.go.kr/approval/status/search.jsp (In Korea every electric product needs to be approved)
Select the third option in the first field
Add "니콘" to the second field.
Click search (greenish button)
Go to the last page. On October 13th Nikon registered the "xtremer"
It is a media player...
Gosh I hope not.
I did see a you tube video on the SB-900 where this guy walked through the settings of the SB900 and all of pictures were of what looked like a Nikon Media player (form like five years ago though... B&W screen).
Nice to see you on the boards Admin.
I couldn't find it either? I went through pages 1 through 4 and didn't see anything for October 13? I typed in 니콘 and click the green search button but I didn't see anything related to the topic on the 4 pages :^(
it could be something like the Epson P-4000 media player tailored for photographers?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BPCWFA?ie=UTF8&tag=nikorumo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000BPCWFA
Nikon already have something like that, CoolWalker MSV-01
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04012802nikoncoolwalker.asp
I don't remember anything about Xtremer though?
Maybe they will update it? Built-in card reader, wifi, touchscreen? This is funny because recently I was talking to a friend of mine that develops iPhone apps, about the possibility of adding a card reader to the iPhone and creating some kind of an app for that... maybe Nikon will do it before me...
They might, but as I remember the COOLWALKER didn't sell very well and it's been 5 years since it came out so...
For a camera card reader on the iPhone you need three things.
1 -The iPhone's touchscreen is connected internally via USB HID, so not only does the iPhone have the hardware for USB host / on-the-go, but it already has the main kernel module needed. This is good.
2 - You need a hardware adapter (remember the one for the 5G iPod?) because the dock connector does not offer the needed +5V pin or the ID Pin for USB host compatibility. The old 5G camera-connector has been tried - doesn't register on the iPhone, and bypass attempts have been made (the DC-DC converter was wired to the serial controller originally - and since the iPhone wasn't talking to the connector the DC-DC converter wasn't active. 5V was supplied manually to activate the device and still the iPhone was unable to read vendor IDs off attached devices) but no luck in two years on that front. This is neutral.
3 - You need software on the iPhone side to move files. There is no file manager for the iPhone and Apple won't let one be released (so far). This is the bad news. The good news is that there was no file management for the 5G either, and Apple still release a camera adapter.
My guess is that we will not see such a device until Apple chooses to release one themselves. (OR is convinced by a MAJOR party to accept their hardware into the family.)
That's the one Niko! I knew I'd seen one somewhere.
IMHO - coolwalker was released too early with too high price tag. I wouldn't mind to see a good databank from Nikon with a really fast file transfer. As for iphone, I guess the only one reason apple is not including external mem card reader is the need to control the market - add 32GB and You can sell a new product.
I think the main competition for a COOLWALKER like device are the next generation touch screen tablets. I'd rather download my pictures to something like that and view full resolution photos on a laptop sized screen. Make this all happen wirelessly and it will make a card reader on an iphone look very stupid.
The advantage, IMHO, of a databank is that it fits in your pocket and can run off of AA batteries (not sure if the coolwalker was one with a built-in Li or not). Not sure what you have in mind when you mention next-gen touchscreen devices, NikoDoby. If you mean N900 sized devices I'm with you all the way, if you mean 10" keyboardless netbooks I'd rather not carry that around.
I think part of our differing opinions is that I feel no strong desire to show off photos on a portable device. I see these databanks as nothing more than a portable temporary backup.
That said - dual card slots in a camera is a better backup solution, IMHO, while on vacation or otherwise away from your primary backup solution. Using yet another device to (in essence) mirror data from one card to another is just an extra step. sFTPing gigs a day isn't a workable option when the best internet connection you have is your phone. ;) I've never had a CF card fail to show up when posted home, and consider the mail safer than airport security.
For when I'm "in town" I can either backup directly or use friend/family/work's high-speed internet to SSH home and backup. When I'm out of town, be it somewhere exotic like Guam or pedestrian like Manitoba, there is always something I'd rather be doing outside with my time than looking at photos or backing them up.
You know I had a customer today looking for something to view pictures and load memory cards to. He was actually using one of these Automatic Wildlife Cameras and they don't have a screen on them. I think that if there was a card reader for the Ipod Touch/Iphone He would have bought the Touch with a reader on the spot
Actually a card reader for a Ipod device would be great as long RAW files can be loaded, you know a 160GB classic would hold a few RAW files
Pete
Why not do it wirelessly? Why must it be through a goofy butt card reader adapter?
Simply because a card reader works for every camera already made and a wireless solution only works for cameras which have yet to be. (outside the few rare examples). (or camera with an adapter of their own.)
If you want it wireless, - use the existing Linux scripts and tether your camera to your Android phone, Nokia N**0 or Eee PC T91. (though the Eee can do it with Windows as well, I guess)
You see canon just anounced the WFT-ES II wireless file transmitter for DSLRs that can be synced to an iphone for remote live view operation!
I'm telling you wireless is the way to go ;^)
Yes it is, and hopefully future Nikon system will connect wireless between everything: Body to flash(es), remote controls, computers maybe even another Body. Don't laugh picture having one body on tripod closer to maybe an eagle nest and your are now able to control that camera with the camera in your hand, see what the other camera is seeing and control that camera, Anyway just my 5 cents
Pete
The new transmitter from canon supposedly allows you to control, via iphone, more than one camera remotely. So I can set up multiple cameras at lets say at a racetrack and then use my iphone to select a particular camera's live view and remotely fire and see the images!
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