
US
: Concord Camera Corp., a leader in award-winning, high-quality, affordably
priced digital cameras, announced today that it will demonstrate its
clever new wireless image transfer technology for digital cameras
called WIT™ (Wireless Image Transfer) at Photokina next week
in Cologne, Germany.
Concord will showcase
the new WIT™ technology through a standalone prototype, a pocket-sized
2” x 2” WIT™-enabled Wi-Fi device which plugs into
a camera’s USB port allowing photos to be transmitted wirelessly
over the Internet from Concord digital cameras, as well as other cameras
utilizing mass storage technology. WIT™ technology transmits
using the 802.11b standard for compatibility with all Wi-Fi hot spots
and base stations, as well as using the 802.11g standard to take advantage
of the latest and fastest Wi-Fi transmission technology. It is about
1500 times faster than traditional GSM (GPRS) networks today, and
will be 20 times faster than mobile 3G networks. WIT™ enables
users to transmit a high quality 4 Megapixel image at 1/10th of a
second, and video clips at up to 54Mb per second. WIT transmits images
by e-mail or FTP with the help of a WI-FI access point or Hotspot.
“As Wi-Fi
explodes globally, we believe this type of wireless imaging technology
has great potential for standalone camera accessories, as well as,
being integrated into digital cameras,” said Jeff Mandell, VP
Worldwide Marketing.
With
the new WIT™ Technology, Concord continues a long history of
cutting-edge innovation in wireless imaging. Last year, Concord introduced
a Bluetooth-enabled digital camera available for under $200, the Concord
Go Wireless. The Go Wireless went on to win many industry awards and
accolades, including Popular Mechanics “Editor’s Choice
Award” at CES 2003. Concord was also one of the first camera
companies to develop mass-market consumer digital cameras that could
interface with cell phones via infrared signals with the Concord Eye-Q
Ir, which was sold by Nokia with their 9210 Communicator.