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 Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:11PM EDT 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 Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:08PM EDT 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 Sep 3, 2009 7:47PM EDT 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 Sep 3, 2009 2:47PM EDT Report Abuse
Wow, it's amazing how the most simple of ideas can be groundbreaking.
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6 Posted by tcup4u on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:58PM EDT Report Abuse
It is like the Itouch. You need a code to enter from your wifi which is usually on your router so it won't go to your neighbors house unless you are using their passcode. LOL
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7 Posted by swalker_1954 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:50PM EDT Report Abuse
I know one of their guys and have seen this in action several times. It is SOooo cool. It is G wireless on a 2 gig SD card. As you shoot, the data transfer is near real time. And yes, it supports a number of security protocols.
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8 Posted by clay_fr on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:26PM EDT Report Abuse
that's wicked! Gotta have one! to be safe don't take compromising photos with this baby. Just like data can be swipe these pics will be able to as well. It's inevitable.
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9 Posted by mvojtko on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:31PM EDT Report Abuse
You can't transfer pictures to your neighbor's PC. Go to their site and read on the technology. You cradle it on your network prior to using. The card then sends the pics to the cradle. Not saying that your neighbor's still can't see them on your network... :) Mark
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10 Posted by lmanlo on Thu Sep 3, 2009 6:55PM EDT Report Abuse
When you first get the card you put it on the computer you want it to send the pictures to and it will register with your network and send it on that computer. If you also want it to send it to your neighbors computer you need to register their computer to the card. The card won't send anything if it's on another network. Check this site http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9814036-1.html from CNET, and Check out more info about it at http://ces.cnet.com/8301-13855_1-9847934-67.html?tag=head also from CNET. CNET is also checking out all the new CES 2008 Products that everyone should check out.
1 Posted by magpagbst on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:03PM EDT 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!!