Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: Eye-FiPlatform: Mac OS X
Model: EYE-FI-2GB
Color: Orange
Product 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.
- Supports sharing and printing websites: Fotki, Shutterfly, dotPhoto, smugmug, facebook, photobucket, Kodak Gallery, Sharpcast and more
- 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
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
Customer Review: Antique interface, not well thought out
Summary: 1 Stars
I had high hopes for this gadget. After all, I've been happy with my old Hawkings WiFi webcam for years. Imagine being able to upload pictures from my camera without having to lug a laptop around! That would be sweet.
Unfortunately, the software is very 1960s, closed, corporate and proprietary. Worse, the clever stubby USB plug means was not as clever as it seemed. The Eye-Fi was not what I expected.
I expected the Eye-Fi to make my camera a WiFi accessible device. Maybe it would require some software like Apple's Airport Express, and I could configure it that way. Even better would be for it to join the nearest open network, then I could just connect to it via telnet or a web browser and configure it that way. As a backup, the little dongle could have done ethernet, perfect for downloads, uploads and updating. I always carry an ethernet cable so I can use my Airport Express.
Instead, you have to plug the gadget into your USB connector. This means you have two WiFi radio stations only a few inches apart. That means they interfere, so you can use EyeFi or you can use internet, but not both. Unfortunately, their EyeFi manager software assumes you can use both. I used a USB extension cord and managed to get this working. Maybe I'll get a shorter cord. The stubby USB connector is a great idea, but it doesn't work, not without some outside help.
As for the software. I imagined that I could just mount the camera like a disk, except over the network. Look ma, no wires. Unfortunately, the 1973 code for an FTP server is still patented, encrypted and inaccessible to modern corporate cultures. Newer network file systems, post 1970s, are way off EyeFi's radar. Imagine, just finding my camera on the network, hit connect, start up iPhoto or whatever and accessing my photos. No such luck.
Still, I pressed on. It would be neat to have my camera talk directly to my Airport Extreme on the road, when I didn't feel like lugging my laptop and USB extension cord. (Yes, I know, I could just take the little camera cord with me and leave the EyeFi at home). So, having configured the EyeFi to work with my household network, I decided to add a few of my favorite remote networks. I figured that all Holiday Inn Express's are the same, so that would make sense, but first my Airport Express.
Needless to say, that wouldn't work without the Air Express actually being up and running and having a network connected to the internet. I usually leave it in my bag, but I dutifully set it up, plugged it into my router and so on. Well, that was a pain, but it will save me trouble on the road. Now for the CAVU Cafe at Boeing Field. They have great coffee and great WiFi. Unfortunately, I have to fly there to use it, so EyeFi said no dice. Rather, the EyeFi manager wedged itself into some weird state half updating my Airport Express network, half updating the CAVU Cafe info, but in no way usable.
Well, that's my signal. This card is unusable, and $100 is way too much for a 2GB card these days. Still, it was educational.
I hadn't expected much to be honest. After all, I really wanted to upload my pictures to my website, not to some commercial outfit like Flickr or Webshots. I'm paying several dollars a month for hosting, so I should get something out of it. I had planned to run a little server to move my photos from Flickr to my online site, but I can't even get this thing to take the first step.
I've been trying to figure out who is using these cards. It uploads your pictures to Flickr, but not to your computer. It doesn't work with a WiFi laptop. It doesn't let you configure it for use on the road without also lugging your laptop along with you. I imagine there are people who don't look at their pictures, but just upload them to Flickr, and I know there are people who still have desktop computers, so there is some market. Still, the whole neat idea was to be able to shoot pictures, collapse at some jungle internet cafe and have all your shots waiting for you on your home machine.
Oh well, Amazon has a great return policy.
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Description of Eye-Fi Share 2 GB Wi-Fi SD Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-2GB (OLD VERSION)
The Eye-Fi Card is a wireless memory card for your digital camera that uses your home Wi-Fi network to effortlessly upload pictures from your camera to a PC or Mac and to your favorite photo or social networking website. And, it fits and stores photos just like a standard SD card. Features: 1. Uploads photos automatically from Eye-Fi Card inside your camera. Built-in Wi-Fi connects to your home network. 2. Provides free and unlimited photo uploads to your computer and your favorite photo or social networking website. Photo transmission is secure and private. 3. 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. 4. Handles full-resolution jpeg images and intelligently re-sizes photos if limited by your chosen photo or social networking website. 5. Features Eye-Fi Manager for easy set-up of wireless network and photo upload preferences. 6. Fits digital cameras that use SD memory cards. 7. Offers 2 GB of memory to store photos on the card. 8. Includes USB memory card reader to make set-up easy. Requirements & compatibility: 1. Eye-Fi Card requires Internet connection to set-up and Wi-Fi network for wireless uploads 2. Eye-Fi Card works with virtually all digital cameras accepting SD memory cards 3. Eye-Fi Card works with 802.11g, 802.11b and backwards-compatible 802.11n wireless networks 4. Eye-Fi software works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X (10.3 and 10.4) 5. Eye-Fi software works with Internet Explorer 6 and 7 (Windows only), Firefox 2.0 (Windows and Macintosh)Manufacturer Product Description A Wireless Memory Card? Yes, there really is Wi-Fi inside that tiny little card. It's going to change the way you take, save and share photos.
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It makes your camera a Wi-Fi camera. Upload and share your photos automatically.
Photos shouldn't be trapped in your camera. Set them free effortlessly and wirelessly. The Eye-Fi Card is a wireless SD memory card for your digital camera. It stores pictures like a standard SD memory card, but also uses your home Wi-Fi network to automatically upload images from inside your camera to your PC or Mac and to your favorite photo or social networking website for sharing or printing. No cables, no cradles, no fuss.
Key Features
- Unlimited WebShare ervice
- Wireless Uploads to Computer
- 2 GB of storage
How it works
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WebShare
 | With WebShare, your photos can be automatically uploaded to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking website. No wasted time sitting in front of your computer. No fussing with upload software. No delay in sharing your new memories with friends and family. |
| control if and when they are viewable by others. Many sites even let you edit your photo albums online. And, you can change your preferred upload site at any time. You can even upload to the Web when your computer is turned off. The Eye-Fi Share and The Eye-Fi Explore will upload your photos directly to the Eye-Fi Service through your home Wi-Fi network. We'll deliver them to your photo site and then deliver them to your computer the next time you turn it on. The Eye-Fi Service is secure and encrypted, so your data and photos are safe and private. Eye-Fi Share and Eye-Fi Explore include unlimited WebShare service. Upload and share all you want. |
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