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Eye-Fi CES Demo at CNTRSTG

Posted by Jack Cook on January 8, 2009 – 2:55 pm
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I just got through watching an AWESOME demo from Eye-Fi at CNTRSTG.  It is a pretty awesome means of uploading photos automatically from your digital camera to your computer and/or favorite photo site with the Eye-Fi Wi-Fi SD memory card.  It is a definite must have addition to your “geek gear bag”!

Wirelessly upload photos to your computer and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking website. It’s never been easier to share your memories while they are still fresh.

Like the Eye-Fi Home, the Eye-Fi Share wirelessly connects to your home Wi-Fi network and uploads your pictures. It delivers photos to your computer, but also includes our unlimited, secure web sharing service to automatically upload your pictures to your favorite photo site. Choose from among more than 20 of the most popular websites and some up-and-comers too. View the complete list of Online Destinations for your Eye-Fi Card.

The Eye-Fi Share offers the added convenience of uploading your photos, even when your computer is turned off. Using it’s Smart Boost capability, the Card will determine the most efficient path to upload pictures, going quickly to your computer if it’s on and then from there to the web if you’ve elected to share online, or going straight to the web if the computer is off. The photos will be stored securely and delivered to the computer the next time it is turned on.

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  • doogald
    I did not see my sister set it up, but I know that there is an app that you use to configure the card, and it definitely worked on my WPA2 encrypted network here. She snapped the photo, and as long as the receiving app was running on her PC, it uploaded them right away, and also uploaded the shots to her SmugMug account.

    Again, I do not have one myself, I have not tried it, but I understand that they have an arrangement with Wayport so that it uploads to the web from a WiFi McDonalds, say, and the next time you connect your computer to the web the photos come right on down. Something like that.

    I think that this is something that the average newbie will love, actually.
  • @doogald:

    No worries on connecting via cable, etc. - take the picture and when you get home and turn on the camera, the photos are on your PC. It really is pretty cool.

    True, but the downside is that you have to configure it for the WiFi connection. If you have an encrypted network, how do you tell the card the password?

    Also, will it upload automatically to your Web sites from any WiFi hotspot, only ones that you've configured or only your home connection?

    When I want to put pictures on my PC, I just pull the card from my camera, put it in my laptop's SD slot and copy them using Windows Explorer. No, it's not as simple as the Eye-Fi would be, but I've saved $70 or so at the cost of a minute or two in time.

    It sounds cool, but I'm not convinced that it's a good value for your average digital camera user.

    Steve
  • doogald
    My family (i.e., my siblings, wife and parents) does a Yankee Swap at Christmas, and an EyeFi was my gift - everybody has a digital camera. My sister, who is the real photographer in the family (our pro-am) is the one who ended up with it.

    But as she showed it off that afternoon here, my Mom and my daughter were green. No worries on connecting via cable, etc. - take the picture and when you get home and turn on the camera, the photos are on your PC. It really is pretty cool.
  • The Eye-Fi sounds cool, but I wonder about the value proposition.

    If I'm sending to my PC, it's not much harder to pop the card out and transfer the photos myself. Unless Eye-Fi provides some server software that allows transferring photos to my PC over the Internet, I've got to be within about 300 feet of my PC anyway, and most PCs seem to include SD card slots today (if yours doesn't, USB card readers are very cheap).

    If you're sending to the Web, who wants to upload 5, 6, 10 megapixel images directly? Wouldn't most people crop, edit and shrink their photos before posting them?

    Plus, you have to be within WiFi range.

    I suppose if you're covering events (like a photojournalist or blogger at a tradeshow like, um, CES) with easy WiFi access, it makes sense for taking pictures and uploading to a secure site for somebody to grab them, edit them, write some copy and post them. However, that seems like a niche market.

    Are there normal consumer uses that would make the Eye-Fi worth paying extra for? The list price for the cheapest one (2 GB with limited features) is $80; I can get 2 GB SD cards for under $10, so is it worth another $70?

    Steve
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