Will iPod Touch WiFi receive photos from WT-2A transmitter

[Greg_Halinda]

This would be a very convenient way to have an art director see photos as they're taken, without having to go to the camera stand or to me if I'm in an awkward position. I don't have either gadget, but wonder if they'll work as a team?

[ThomasSapiano]

Originally Posted by Greg_Halinda

This would be a very convenient way to have an art director see photos as they're taken, without having to go to the camera stand or to me if I'm in an awkward position. I don't have either gadget, but wonder if they'll work as a team?

The WT-2A requires either an FTP server or PTP/IP software on the target device, neither of which are currently provided with the iPod Touch. Both devices have the necessary hardware to do this, however Apple hasn't yet opened up the devices for third-party software (aftermarket software can be added via hacks, but that is shaky water for vendors) so it's difficult to add the capacity after the fact. Apple is working on creating an API to allow development in the future, however the ability to do this sort of thing will depend on what they expose.

In the meantime, you might look at Windows Mobile devices as they can run software capable of doing this sort of thing. While they don't have the multi-touch interface of the Apple devices (which would certainly be ideal), there are models with 640x480 displays (vs. 480x320 used by the Touch) which will allow more detailed examination of images. Further, packages like Idruna's Pocket Phojo allow you to use these types of devices for basic editing and transmission as well.

[Martin_Doudoroff]

It isn't really possible to use an iPod Touch for this purpose without doing some serious hackery.

However, Apple has announced they will be releasing an SDK to developer for the iPhone in February. That SDK should make the sort of thing you're describing possible, even relatively trivial for a programmer already familiar with Apple's OS X APIs. The iPod Touch appears to be a variation/subset of the iPhone, so the SDK for the iPhone probably would mostly apply to the iPod Touch at a technical level. But that does not mean that Apple is going to permit developers to deploy custom applications on the iPod Touch. The iPod and iPhone lines are very distinct businesses for Apple.

The big advantage I see to using an iPhone or iPod Touch for what you're describing is that it's an extremely portable, high dpi display. It's even color managed! On the down-side, it's a very small screen, so it might be easier to simply set the art director up with a laptop.

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