Eye-Fi Unveils Bigger, Better, Faster Wireless SD Card
Eye-Fi Unveils Bigger, Better, Faster Wireless SD Card
Posted 01/05/2010 at 4:10pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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One recurring criticism of Eye-Fi's Wi-Fi SD cards has been their slow upload speeds. But the all new Eye-Fi Pro X2 unveiled today promises brisker uploads. The Eye-Fi Pro X2 features an 802.11n radio besides a revamped antenna design, resulting in faster uploads and increased Wi-Fi range. The card itself is said to boast faster read/write speeds thanks to the propriety X2 engine, which also helps it deliver Class 6 performance.
Next on the list of enhancements is greater storage space: the Pro X2 features 8GB space instead of the current 4GB. Apart from directly transferring images and videos to a computer, it is also possible to wirelessly upload them to a host of photo and video sharing sites. The new Endless Memory mode can help optimize storage space by deleting “files that have been safely uploaded, beginning with the oldest - even when the card is not connected to a network.” You can pre-order the card now for $150.
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skirge01
January 06, 2010 at 9:01am
I'm still trying to figure out whether you can wirelessly upload photos directly to your own computer without uploading them to any internet site. Call me a privacy nut, but I want them on my computer, not someone else's. Anyone have the answer?
jadei
January 06, 2010 at 12:36pm
I bought one last year for my Mother to easily transfer her pictures to her computer. The wifi upload feature does require pictures to be uploaded to their website for storage so when you log in to the eyefi software on your PC it can automatically put them in a folder on your PC. How else would they do it privately? It seems to me no matter what it's going to be on a server somewhere. I suppose encryption would be a solution but how do you verify it is really secure encryption?
Personally, I think it's a nice gadget but not something I need since I know how to use a usb cable to download pictures from my camera. The models with GPS sound neat too and that could be pretty useful since flickr and other websites support gps data I believe.
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