[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Dallman) wrote:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Erickson) wrote:
Since digital cameras are high-volume items, it's probably significantly
more profitable to keep this development in-house rather than pay
royalties to, say, Microsoft (or even Palm
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Erickson) wrote:
> Since digital cameras are high-volume items, it's probably significantly
> more profitable to keep this development in-house rather than pay
> royalties to, say, Microsoft (or even PalmSource).
Mobile phones are much h
> From what I've seen in the marketplace, many companies seem
> to be extremely
> reluctant to incorporate Microsoft software into their
> products if they
> don't have to.
Yes, and it's probably better from a stablity standpoint to have
custom-built firmware for each camera. I know I wouldn
From what I've seen in the marketplace, many companies seem to be extremely
reluctant to incorporate Microsoft software into their products if they
don't have to.
And for good reasons. Once they got hooked, there will be no escape.
Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
A company called Flashpoint Technologies developed a "real OS" specifically
for digital cameras in the late 1990's. It was called Digita and was
included in a number of Kodak, Pentax, HP, and Minolta cameras, but hasn't
been seen in any cameras lately. The Flashpoint website is still alive but
I seriously doubt that running a PC operating system will make a dslr any
smarter ...:-)
Jostein
- Original Message -
From: "Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:24 AM
Subject: smart dslr?
> i am curious when t
The big black ugly Microsoft Xcam of course. The first thing you will notice
is a world first "reset button" which is handy whenever the system freezed.
Another cool feature is a mini fan to keep it cool as it drew so much power
to keep the mega size buffer happy. But on top of all, just in case
i am curious when the first camera that runs
- MSWindows (of some kind)
- Linux
- PalmOS
will appear. any bets?
(of course one can say that it's already there: any PDA with a digicam
with it -- but i mean, a *real* camera, with an API under a real OS)
mishka
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