TransferJet: Sony’s Latest Episode of Reinventing the Wheel
From Betamax to Minidiscs, from Memory Sticks to Blu-Ray, it seems like Sony is always hell bent on making some type of proprietary format out of any new communication or storage medium.
In its latest attempt, Sony has created ‘TransferJet’, a short range high-bandwidth wireless communication architecture. My gripe is that this technology already exists as Ultra Wideband (UWB), and its currently being used for devices such as wireless USB routers. Basically, Sony took UWB, made some improvements to the widely adopted system, and branded it as their own.
Sony, please stop making all of the proprietary formats. Only a small fraction of other devices are ever compatible with your custom formats, and it ends up giving everyone headaches when their Memory Stick full of pictures can’t be uploaded using a conventional memory card reader. While I’m sure you end up making more money from these custom formats, it sure leaves a bad taste in our mouths.
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