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Re: [OM] Polaroid's Android-powered, 16-megapixel Smart Camera

Subject: Re: [OM] Polaroid's Android-powered, 16-megapixel Smart Camera
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:01:46 +0000
Certainly there is a microprocessor in most digital cameras, but my question 
was about the OS.  What does a particular OS, in the way lauded by Ken, bring 
to a camera.  Ken is of the opinion that Android will give the camera user apps 
to use, but it's not a reason for near ecstasy, in my view.

Chris

On 6 Feb 2012, at 20:27, Moose wrote:

> Not only all your digital cameras, but any recent cars, TV's, DVD or Blu-Ray 
> player, audio components, microwave ovens, 
> toaster ovens, cell and portable phones, cooker, and on and on and on. They 
> are all controlled by digital processors, 
> and all run an OS - DOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and so on.
> 
> My new Blu-Ray player connects to the web via my WiFi controller and politely 
> asks when it would like to install an 
> update. Now if I can just figure out how to do the WiFi streaming of videos 
> from my desktop. So many settings, so few 
> brain cells to lose ...
> 
> Moose OS
> 
> On 2/6/2012 11:56 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> They all use some version of DOS for the FAT32 file system.
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/6/2012 2:02 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>> Hmmm,

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