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Popular Blink II camera lacks OS X support

updated 11:35 am EST, Wed December 31, 2003

Blink II OS X support

Methodshop observes that the popular Blink II digital camera is , unlike the majority of cameras that allow OS X users to "plug-n-play." SiPix, maker of the Blink II, has been contacted by Mac users, but has said it doesn't believe there is a market. Methodshop is encouraging Mac users to "prove them wrong" and express an interest in software for the camera. "All they need to do is write a few lines of code so iPhoto will recognize their products."

 
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why bother

12/31, 11:51am reply

who in their right mind would waste their time on this.

Theres plenty of other products out there.

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just stupid

12/31, 11:55am reply

What does it take for them to write a couple of lines? The say they do not believe there is a market, but it appears this is a persons thought and not market research driven. If they had indeed look into it they would have relized it would not have required anything for them to add support. Lame.

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Yeah why bother...

12/31, 12:19pm reply

This is a POS little camera. It supports a max resolution that Apple had in its digital camera over 8 years ago (which was also a POS by todays standards).

I would curse anyone who got it for me.

Also I am not sure how easy it is for this to be supported on Mac OS X. It looks like they use some none standard storage method on the stupid thing that their software interfaces with.

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leave

12/31, 01:10pm reply

Leave this company behind. This camera sucks, just like the Casio Digicam of 1997. Hint- go to Amazon.com, buy a Sony Ericsson t610 phone. It takes pictures and it has Bluetooth and it syncs very well with iSync. And with the 200 dollar rebate- the phone is free. And somehow I imagine the pictures the Sony phone takes are as good as this crappy camera discussed here...

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get someone else to do it

12/31, 03:51pm reply

Send an email to support@ioexperts.com to have them add support to their drivers.

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oops

12/31, 03:52pm reply

it's support@ioxperts.com (no "e")

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Why bother with Blink ?

12/31, 08:15pm reply

There are so many really good cameras out there - why bother with this silly toy? OK, so it's cheap, but that seems to be the predominant mindset of the company that makes this camera.
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It's about standards...

12/31, 08:34pm reply

If they wrote the camera software to support the "general purpose media" something or other it would have worked on the mac.

Eff 'em.

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So popular...

12/31, 09:02pm reply

that I've never heard of it, even back when I was researching digital camera and buying one. Sounds like a real quality device...

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toy

01/01, 06:21am reply

My guess is only windows people have low enough standards for anything that takes pictures this awful.

Not being able to use it is like being told you can't drive a Trabaunt.

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