by Cobor

Created on: February 03, 2008   Last Updated: April 11, 2011

Digital cameras have made it very simple take pictures, as well as in big occasions, even when our daily lives, but the nightmare comes when it's time to download the images from your camera to your computer or any other place where you can print or change.

There may be a way to resolve these problems and ensure that the images can be shared quickly and easily?

This is, more or less, the question that you did in the 2005 founding of the Eye-Fi in Mountain View already convinced that the answer was in the second wireless technology that they could "improve the digital photography and help the market to reach its full potential, removing some key obstacles "and" doing "that enthusiasm back to photography.

And in this sense the Eye-Fi has worked until October 30, 2007 has opened the Eye-Fi Card - the first SD memory card to the wireless world for digital cameras. The card uses the home Wi-Fi networks to create an easy and convenient way for users to send photos directly from digital cameras to computers, printers and also to social networking sites.

With the card, which has a memory capacity of 2 GB, are also provided software and a USB card reader to make it easier to set-up.

In particular, the software supports sharing with some sites included KODAK Gallery, Shutterfly, Wal-Mart, Snapfish, Photobucket, Facebook, Webshots, Picasa Web Albums, SmugMug, Flickr, Fotki, TypePad, VOX, dotPhoto, Phanfare, Sharpcast and Gallery. Supports sharing and printing websites, including KODAK Gallery, Shutterfly, Wal-Mart, Snapfish, Photobucket, Facebook, Webshots, Picasa Web Album, SmugMug, Flickr, Fotki, TypePad, VOX, dotPhoto, Phanfare, and Sharpcast Gallery.

The Eye-Fi Card has the following specifications:

• Wi-Fi Security: Static WEP 40/104/128, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
• Range: 90+ feet outdoors and 45+ feet indoors
• Storage Capacity: 2.0GB (1GB is defined as 10^9 Bytes)
• Power: advanced power management optimizes use of camera power
• Card Dimensions: SD standard 32mm x 24mm x 2.1mm
• Card Weight: 0.1oz.

And the need of the following requirements:

• Eye-Fi Card requires Internet connection to set-up and WiFi network for wireless transfers
• Eye-Fi Card works with virtually all digital cameras accepting SD memory cards
• Eye-Fi Card works with 802.11g, 802.11b and backwards-compatible 802.11n wireless networks
• Eye-Fi software works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X (10.3 and 10.4)
• Eye-Fi software works with Internet Explorer 6 and 7 (Windows only), FireFox 2.0 (Windows and Macintosh)

The Eye-Fi Card is currently sold only in the United States at a price of 99.99 dollars and should be available in Europe by the end of this year.

Founded in 2005 the Eye-Fi, based in Mountain View, California, is dedicated to building products and services that help consumers navigate, develop and share their visual memories. The Eye-Fi technology is awaiting patent and works with Wi-Fi networks to automatically send photos from a digital camera to the computer or the Internet. Among the investors are Opus Capital and Shasta Ventures. Further information is available on the site www.eye.fi.

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