Eye-Fi Explore Wireless 2 GB Secure Digital Card (EYE-FI-2EX) | List Price: $129.99
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Brand: Eye-Fi
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Wi-Fi Security: Static WEP 40/104/128, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
- Range: 90+ feet outdoors and 45+ feet indoors
- Storage Capacity: 2.0GB (1GB is defined as 10^9 Bytes)
- Power: advanced power management optimizes use of camera power
Amazing! [Posted on 2008-09-12]
I love this eye-fi card. I have a baby and we take a lot of photos. I now can near-instantly have each photo transferred to my home computer as well as Picasaweb. I save hours on each photo set. The only thing that would be better is one that's in a CF card format for my 'prosumer' quality Canon Digital camera. An SD to CF adapter does not work. I highly recommend this item and expect that soon, all cameras will have built in wifi.
The Future is Here Now [Posted on 2008-09-27]
Overall, the Eye-Fi is a fantastic addition to my gadget arsenal making life easier and adding cool functionality.
Tiny wi-fi embedded in another device; a taste of the future. So it isn't embedded in our refrigerator quite yet and unfortunately not our thermostat without awkward expensive smart home set ups. However, this is a perfect application.
I hate plugging in cables; this laborious task is annoying and time consuming and sometimes the computer I'm at doesn't have a driver for the camera (in my opinion they should all just be read as generic storage).
The GeoTagging has worked all over Chicago, however, I had trouble in the suburbs getting a good lock even in a public square near a Starbucks and other businesses that should have a signal.
I wish you could just at the time which web service to upload to but you can select just one. It uploads to my Picasa and sends me an e-mail and text message when it starts and finishes with thumbnails. I chose private picasa albums over straight to Facebook for self censoring.
The set up is done with a card reader so you can load the wifi networks on the card. I don't like this. It should just push it from the web, but there's no receive functionality so it can't. The geotagged map in the Picasa Web albums is sweet, tracking my night from walking along the river, to dinner, to the bars and back home.
The biggest issue is that the camera has to be on and I can only set my camera to be on for 10 minutes or so of inactivity so I have to press a button a couple times to upload large 10MP files. Firmware update to increase speed comes soon.
Eye-Fi with my little eye, something that starts with "E" [Posted on 2008-09-30]
I have to say, this Wi-Fi Enabled SD card is fantastic. I purchased it for a recent vacation and it worked flawlessly. Initial set-up is quick and thankfully idiot proof with all installation software on the card itself. You snap a photo and almost immediately it's uploaded to your local computer and, if you choose, up to the cloud to Picasa Web Albums or any of a number of online photo sites of your choice. Upload times vary based on your distance to your (or an open) Wi-Fi network . Geo-tagging seems to be based on Wi-Fi triangulation so you'll need to be within range of more than one Wi-Fi network to tag the photos' location. Another advantage is that you get three copies of a photo so back-up is less of an issue. One copy on the card, one on your local PC and one in the cloud. Once set up, it's automatic and I've not seen a significant battery drain with using this card.
Perfect [Posted on 2008-10-14]
EYE-FI installed easily from the SD card, was simple to configure and has worked flawlessly. The things that I most enjoy are simplicity of wirelessly downloading photos with no activity on your part to download the photos as well as the geo tagging the location on the metadata of the photos. Only drawback is the cost, but consider that the cost of the extra features of the card. As a weekend photographer I rarely can fill a 2 GB card in a photoshoot. A side note. If your camera is stolen and the new "owner" takes a picture it is uploaded to your computer quickly and that may aid in recovery (a mention of this was on Good Morning America, which prompted me to look and purchase the product).
I have already had two updates which are supposedly to improve the card.
10-15-08 Today I discovered that the geotagging properties of Eye-Fi are limited to areas that Skyhook has mapped. (see www.skyhookwireless.com). They advertise 70% coverage in metropolitan areas of the US. I photographed from a boat in metropolitan Seattle about 100 yards from the shore and Eye-Fi failed to triangulate the photo. This means if you are off the beaten track, i.e. in National Parks, in remote areas geotracking won't function. This makes the product less desirable for my uses. Will lower my rating to ****
Geotagging for dummies [Posted on 2008-10-15]
You might notice some claims of issues for geotagging, you may want to first check if your home is within the skyhookwireless coverage area (the company that provides for the geotagging connection). Their map of coverage areas is available on the following website: http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/coverage.php
Or if you're willing to plug in the common WiFi access points you use in your area if it is not covered, you can do so on the following website:
http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/submit_ap.php
You'll need the address and be connected to the wi-fi to see their Mac-Address so that skyhookwireless can "triangulate" your location.
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