Mobile content sharing set to take off
I’ve been speaking for a while now about the soon to be expected surge in mobile content sharing, and here is a press release that caught my eye…
To me its an obvious progression. Today, we create more and more (and better quality) content on mobile devices (phones, and cameras), and we have some amazing web services for photo and video sharing, but we still have that obstacle of getting that great content from our mobile devices to our computers to be able to share it. This will change as more photo and video sharing services add better mobile sharing options, and new devices that have wi-fi connectivity built in will speed up the transfer process which today can be quite slow over cell networks.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 24, 2007 — Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, today announced that its single-chip AR6001GL ROCm™ (Radio-on-a-Chip) mobile WLAN solution was chosen to provide 802.11g connectivity in the world’s first wireless memory card for digital cameras designed by Eye-Fi, a company dedicated to helping people navigate, nurture and share their digital memories. The highly anticipated Eye-Fi Card is expected to debut this fall – in time for the holiday season. The wireless memory card for digital cameras will capitalize on Wi-Fi, making it effortless for users to upload, save, share and print photos, thereby removing virtually all obstacles to instant photo sharing. This game-changing device will revolutionize the way Wi-Fi is enabled in digital cameras.