Office Hardware January 18, 2010 3:50 AM Sony to Launch First TransferJet Devices This Week

From PC World: Sony will launch the first laptop containing the new TransferJet short-range wireless system on Saturday. Sony hopes TransferJet will replace cables for shifting data between gadgets, but the technology's success will depend on its use in products from the big-name consumer electronics companies that have pledged to support it

TransferJet, under development for more than two years, works over a distance of up to 3 centimeters. Its speed is supposed to rival USB2.0 and because of its short range its developers have opted not to implement the device pairing and security set-up functions of other wireless systems such as Bluetooth.

The first products to support it -- Sony's Vaio F laptop and TX7 and HX5V digital cameras -- will be launched in Japan on Jan. 23 and Feb. 5 respectively and will hit international markets from February. They were demonstrated on Monday at a Tokyo news conference.

To send pictures between cameras a user initiates sending on one camera, brings it close to the receiving camera and the rest happens automatically. During the demonstrations it worked well, accomplishing the transfer of pictures between cameras and from a camera to a photo frame and PC in just a few seconds. It appeared easy to use and required little work from the user.

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