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[Cramer, John]

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Eye-Fi Adds Wi-Fi to Almost Any Digital Camera
8:36 AM ON TUE OCT 30 2007
BY MARK WILSON

The gadget: The Eye-Fi. It's an SD memory card that adds Wi-Fi to any
camera. Plus the free Eye-Fi service supports automatic uploads to 20
different web photo sites (like Flickr) as well as a computer on your
home network.

The verdict: It works flawlessly.

The performance: Like we said, the Eye-Fi works flawlessly. Setup takes
roughly five minutes (you program the card through your computer and
bundled card reader). From there, you simply snap pics in the range of
your router, and chances are, by the time you go back to your computer,
the pictures will be viewable. If your router dies, you turn off your
camera, or even if you take out the card and put it back in, the photos
will upload when you get things sorted out again. It's actually a normal
2GB memory card underneath all of the other functionality and can work
as such.

The catch: We figured it must drain more battery-but apparently
in-camera SD power standards dictate that this extra consumed power
needs to be minimal, to the level of not being noticeable to the end
user. Unfortunately, the product doesn't support hotspots.

The price: $100

The verdict Part II: Sure, the Eye-Fi is basically a cradle replacement.
But snapping photos and automatically uploading them in real time to
share is truly fantastic, especially when the images can be better than
one's camera phone. And the entire product experience is built with
simplicity. If you can get over the price and are sick of cords, we
strongly recommend the purchase. Available now.

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