TransferJet wireless technology under development by major camera makers, is intended to make wireless transfer of images between devices easier, now Toshiba is getting behind the wireless standard, having shown off laptop that uses the technology at the consumer electronics show in January, the companies pushing the technology tout transferjet (www.transferjet.org) as being more than 100 times faster than Bluetooth and transferring data between devices needs no pass code or pairing (as Bluetooth requires).

Place a camera with TransferJet on the Toshiba laptop’s palm rest and it will automatically sync files on the camera with the laptop’s hard drive. The new technology can achieve throughput of 357 mbps, fast enough to support streaming video from camcorder and expects same impact on battery life, but not a significant one, the company plans to embed the technology in laptop and external devices in the fourth quarter of this year.

Source : PC world magazine