CES 2008 Frees Your Photos from the Camera
Wed Jan 9, 2008 4:32PM EST
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We just concluded the Last Gadget Standing competition, and it was a hoot.
Ten finalists competed to see which gadget could stand the test of time, while the audience voted for their favorite. Though all of the finalists were winners in their own right, there could be only one champ. And the winner is...
The Eye-Fi Card. Startup company Eye-Fi, which makes an SD card with a wireless chip on it, is offically The Last Gadget Standing. Jef Holove, CEO of Eye-Fi, demonstrated to a packed house.
Holove had a colleague shooting photos of The Last Gadget audience while he made introductory comments. By the time Holove was finished saying a few words, the photos were snapped, transferred wirelessly, and displayed on his PC. No one had to touch a button, link a cable, or set up a cradle. All you need to do is turn on your camera and the pictures are automatically sent through your PC's Wi-Fi connection to any of the popular photo hangouts: Facebook, Flickr, Snapfish and more. The product costs $99 and is available now.
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2 Posted by bonjojpn on Wed Jan 9, 2008 5:36PM EST Report Abuse
he he he . . . that would be a free viewing for everybody in the neighborhood. is there a CF version of this card?
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3 Posted by billmanlaw on Wed Jan 9, 2008 11:22PM EST Report Abuse
yeah, this is waaaayyyy cooooollll and I definitely want one, but I would imagine that there is a way to set it up to only download to your own wifi network ( code?)...that would be the hope. Guess I will try to find out where I can buy one of these babies...
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4 Posted by owen.mcmillan on Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:17AM EST Report Abuse
for security concerns, their website says it supports: Wi-Fi Security: Static WEP 40/104/128, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
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5 Posted by agustin2489 on Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:39PM EST Report Abuse
Wow, it's amazing how the most simple of ideas can be groundbreaking.
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1 Posted by magpagbst on Wed Jan 9, 2008 5:13PM EST Report Abuse
ok . . . but what if my pics accidentally get downloaded into my neighbor's computer? . . . that could put me in a compromising situation!!! where is the dignity!!