Apart from the Eye-Fi card, and a few forays over the years from the likes of Kodak, Sony — and more recently Samsung — digital cameras have proven resistant to connectivity. Most have shunned Wi-Fi and cellular radios despite smartphone-based sharing providing increasingly tough competition. Digital camcorders have clung even more closely to their islands. Rumors abounded that the plug was pulled on Flip, just before it debuted its first Wi-Fi-enabled products. Indeed, putting aside smartphones, the most popular Wi-Fi camera and HD camcorder on retail shelves today is the iPod touch. Read more »
Tags: camcorders, Connected Intelligence, Contour, digital cameras, Drift Innovation, GoPro, GoPro Hero, iPod nano, iPod Touch
Connected Intelligence, Consumer Technology | Ross Rubin, Executive Director, NPD Connected Intelligence | 
August 3, 2011 12:08 pm | 
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