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Eye-Fi Share Wireless 2 GB SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB | List Price: $99.99
Discount Price: $99.00
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Brand: Eye-Fi
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Uploads photos automatically from Eye-Fi Card inside your camera. Built-in Wi-Fi connects to your home network
- Provides free and unlimited photo uploads to your computer and your favorite photo or social networking website. Photo transmission is secure and private
- Supports sharing and printing websites, including Fotki, Shutterfly, dotPhoto, webshots, phanfare, Picasa Web albums, flickr, TypePad, Wal-Mart, snapfish, VOX, smugmug, facebook, photobucket, Kodak Gallery, and Sharpcast
- Handles full-resolution jpeg images and intelligently re-sizes photos if limited by your chosen photo or social networking website
- Fits digital cameras that use SD memory cards and offers 2 GB of memory to store photos on the card
Completely Dissatisfied [OS X] [Posted on 2008-11-29]
I really wanted to like this product, but I have found it to be a nuisance under OS X (I have the latest updates for everything). When the card wants to connect (because it is not when YOU want to), the manager will transfer some files and then will crash. After that, it is a matter of invoking black magic spells to see if the stupid thing will want to sync again with iPhoto.
I oftentimes get so frustrated that I just plug in the card directly to the computer, which defies the whole purpose of having a wireless SD card. When it works, it won't transfer movies from your camera, and it won't delete the pictures that you have already downloaded to iPhoto. So guess what? You need to connect the card to your computer; defying, yet once again, the whole purpose of a wireless SD card.
In a nutshell, you will end up plugging this SD card to your computer more times than actually using it wirelessly. I don't know if it works fine un Windows, but as far as OS X goes, this is buggy and a royal pain in the butt to work with.
Always great; now better [Posted on 2008-12-09]
We've had a couple of cards since they came out. The latest improvements, some simple, like custom file names continue to make the card more useful. It's a great product.
We use it with an office camera to capture whiteboard information. Map a drive to a network share and everyone has access.
The other way we use it is at events. We set it up to drop pics on a Flickr feed and automatically update our company website with event photos.
Highly recommended and always being improved.
5/5 cept it resets my camera without picture loss though [Posted on 2008-12-17]
I LOVE this product. I truly am taking a million more pictures now that I own this product (with the help of Picasa 3 from Google, too!). The box that this comes in is even very innovative - played around with the box for awhile before I even played with this.
I had no problem setting it up with my wireless network. Only pain is, you can't obviousily connect to other password protected wireless networks unless you set it up before hand using your laptop or deskopt computer (you must use the included SD/USB adapter, and then it writes the password into this SD card).
The only other problem, resulting in -2 stars, is that it makes my Casio camera "reset". While I don't lose and haven't lost any of my pictures, my camera takes about 3-5 seconds longer to turn on now. Also, every once in awhile (I think if my camera is slightly bumped), my camera thinks I just replaced the batteries, and I have to re-set the date and time. Very annoying when I want to take pictures very fast, but have to add the date and time in again.
The card also makes the screen on my Casio camera appear a little more blurry, and a lot more blue.
Overall, DEFINITELY worth it, without a doubt. I could be taking pictures in one room, snap the picture, walk over to my computer and already see it uploaded to my computer and to Picasa Web Albums (free product) INSTANTLY. All of my pictures will be backed up for life!
everyone should have one [Posted on 2008-12-21]
it was very cool to sit at work for a christmas party and take pictures of people sitting on santa's lap and have them come up 30 feet away on my laptop and print them for people.
it was shipped very fast also.
Wonderful for the computer illiterate [Posted on 2009-01-02]
I am the family tech support guy. My mother and sister have not pulled their pictures off their cameras on their own. I bought these for them for christmas so WE could see their pictures. I was so happy with them I got one for myself as well. It has changed the way we share pictures and allows them to send to family members as well. I have a DSLR what uses compact flash so I bought a CF to SD adapter. It works, but because the adapter is made of metal range is significantly reduced. Works great in my point and shoot. I plan on buying another for that camera.
Setup is not as easy as you may think, but should be able to be done by most folks who have ever installed and updated a program. If you get this it is ONLY for transmitting your pictures up from your camera to your PC and to a shared service. Certain best price retailer clerks like to tell you it would work for your digital picture frame...it does NOT. Stick to claims on the box. All the usernames and passwords also tend to confuse novice users.
For the more techie folks:
If your network/SSID is hidden you will have issues. It needs to be visible.
I was able to get it to work across multiple subnets but I had to setup a one to one NAT
does not work with a transparent proxy so forget it working in China or most corporate offices
GET the Hotspot access for $15 a year if you travel it would be worth it.
No ad-hoc network support even with DHCP
No static IP functionality
Supports multiple WIFI APs, but you have to be there WITH internet access in order to add them.
Can support GEO tagging of where you upload for $15 yearly.
It will NOT work in your digital picture frame (if you try to upload your pictures to the frame via this card no go, but it will upload them while in the frame).
MAC client has issues...lots of quirky bugs.
Allows you to set privacy options for all photos when posted online.
Pros: post setup it has freed my family's pictures from their SD cards and allows them to order from the web at home without having to upload them manually (which they have no clue how to do even with easy-share). It even sends text messages or emails when it starts/finishes uploads so you can turn your camera off.
Cons: Had issues with non-broadcast SSID or network, but enabling it made it work. For what little security this offers it should not be a large problem. computer has to be on the same subnet/network for this to work best. it may function without it, but I had issues.
Only missing one star because of the following:
firmware and software updates required.
If you are on a MAC and use iPhoto I would tell you to wait a bit until the software is a bit more mature. Stick with plugging the camera in as it should be easy enough. I had issues with typing in the browser window, and uploading photos to it into iPhoto and by the look on the forums I am not the only one.
Not only would I buy another I plan on it and I have given two as gifts.
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