Geek Toys: Digital Camera Wi-Fi!

This is totally cool. An SD card with a built-in Wi-Fi adapter for uploading your pics to Flickr, Facebook, and other sites.

About a month ago John Bristowe showed me some Nikon camera that had Wi-Fi capabilities so you could upload your pics directly from the camera to Flickr. I thought it was cool so if I was say at Party with Palermo, I could snap some pics and upload them live. Pretty slick. However it meant buying a new camera which wasn't cool since I just dropped $800 on a new digital Nikon. Also the camera really didn't take great pictures so that was a bit of an issue, but the concept was what I wanted.

Now this comes into my inbox. I just ordered one so I'll let you know how it works when I get it. If you have a SD card camera and are looking for a way to get your pics uploaded without the need for your laptop, this is the way to go. The card is just an SD card and comes with 2GB of storage, which is decent. Then after you set it up, you just snap your pics and the SD card will upload your pics to the site you configure it to when your camera is in contact with the wireless network. Slick!

You can check out the webpage here.

Published Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:08 AM by Bil Simser
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# re: Geek Toys: Digital Camera Wi-Fi!

Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:04 PM by Paul Schaeflein

features.engadget.com/.../eye-fi-hands-on-impressions

# re: Geek Toys: Digital Camera Wi-Fi!

Thursday, November 01, 2007 2:17 PM by Jeffrey Palermo

I look forward to the pictures!!

# re: Geek Toys: Digital Camera Wi-Fi!

Friday, November 02, 2007 6:37 PM by Maarten van Stam

Funny to see that they used the PopFly image (girl with flower) in their documentation :-)

Looking forward to reading your review. Sadly enough they note that it is not certified outside USA. I doubt that this will be an issue however as wireless protocols are global standards.

# re: Geek Toys: Digital Camera Wi-Fi!

Monday, November 12, 2007 9:49 AM by Maarten van Stam

Hi Bill, any comments on the EyeFi you ordered yet?

I found a review on DPreview here:

www.dpreview.com/.../eye-fi

Some downsides on the product I guess, but the overall idea still is great.

-= Maarten =-

# re: Geek Toys: Digital Camera Wi-Fi!

Monday, November 12, 2007 1:25 PM by Bil Simser

@Maarten: I haven't recieved mine yet. There were complications mailing outside the US as the warranty was not going to be supported. This caused a delay in shipping, but I'll post an updated blog entry on my experience with the product once I get it. Thanks.

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