Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card

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Max Slowik
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Eye-Fi
Jul. 30, 2008

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Introduction

Such an original concept, putting a wireless transmitter in a memory card. Take a photo, get it on your computer. Elegant; simple. There are big fat cradle add-ons that cost loads, nay, scads of money and only work for specific cameras, cameras that most everyone doesn't have or doesn't want.

I'm flattened that this approach has just now surfaced--not that I would have ever thought of it.

So what it is, is a 2GB SD card. But then it's also a 802.11b/g device: a memory card that connects to your home network and copies the pictures onto your computer. Why SD? Because my camera uses an SD card and Eye-Fi obviously made this product just for me. No, no, it's that their office is all lefties and hate typing CF. xD is right out.

With one to review and a brand new camera to play with, I faced the greatest conundrum a reviewer is ever likely to in a lifetime of writing: how do I take pictures of the memory card when it's the only SD card I can find? Where did that other SD card go?

First Looks

The box is attractive, and opens in pop-up style. Pulling the tab on the right slides the card and reader out to the left. From the tab instructions fold out. Now I'm not saying that you need the instructions, but don't format the card when you fire it up for the first time--the application packages are on the card. Since I, I mean, if you do decide to format it first, you can download software from the Eye-Fi website.

From eye.fi: "Eye-Fi Manager Software is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS-X (10.3, 10.4 & 10.5)."

The reader is bubbly and large with "Eye-Fi" embossed on the back of the card. Verily, its orange-fu is strong.

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2 User Comments

1 - Posted by aireiq on July 30, 2008 - 11:10 pm

I may have read too quickly. Any info on compatibility with Mac/Loonix?

2 - Posted by Max Slowik on July 31, 2008 - 2:03 pm

http://support.eye.fi/downloads/

Mac and Windows XP/Vista officially, Linux, unofficially:

http://dave-hansen.blogspot.com/

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