? The geotagging feature uses Skyhook’s wireless service.
The question was how did they fit a full size GPS into such a small card? The answer, they didn’t. My solution to get around this IF I need to is to create a WiFi hotspot with my Android phone, though data charges and the size of photo files these days is something to keep in mind if you’re going to do this.Īfter file transfers, the function that interested me the most in regards to the Eye-Fi was the geotagging feature. If not included, the card can be upgraded.” Cards with this feature have 1 year of HotSpot Access included, renewable yearly thereafter. “Want to upload away from home? HotSpot Access enables you to upload from open networks and over thousands Hotspots including Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, McDonalds, hotels, restaurants and airports. The hotspot functionality was useless to me as it mostly covered the US and there wasn’t much use having it in Australia.
If you purchase a card that doesn’t support a function, you can upgrade it to add it however, this will incur a yearly renewal fee. The nice thing is that even though Julie has had her Eye-Fi for a while, she should be able to upgrade the firmware to get the added functionality.Įye-Fi has 3 current models at the time of writing, each with slightly different functionality, with the main differences being memory size, hotspot access, and geotagging. Nice to see a company that stands behind development of its product. Since Julie’s review, there’s been 8 firmware upgrades, so hopefully there’s been some changes to functionality and bug fixes in the updates. I’ll also try and answer some of the comments from the old review that were never answered. There’s been a few changes since then so having just obtained a Connect X2 SD card with wireless photo and video uploads from Eye-Fi (with assistance from Julie), I thought I’d cover some of the features not covered in Julie’s older review either because they weren’t available or because it was a function she didn’t use.
Julie last did a review of the Eye-Fi photo-transfer SD cards in May 2010. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you.