When the Eye-Fi X2 Wi-Fi SD card appeared, it introduced a new feature, Direct Beam, which opens a direct connection with Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. Now the necessary apps for those devices have arrived. [Rob Galbraith via Engadget]
We peeped the tech at CES, but Eye-Fi’s “Direct Beam” magicalness is mobile – doing what the little Wi-Fi cards should have been all along. The new models skip your network entirely, creating a link between camera and mobile device.
Although technological advances have made uploading photos easier over the years, it’s still impossible to have pictures you take with your DSLR transmitted immediately and automatically to the internet. Or is it?
The next generation Eye-Fi cards, the Connect X2 and the Explore X2, are faster, stronger and better than the prior generation, yet the price hasn’t changed. The new cards have double the capacity and hotspots of the old ones.
First, the Eye-Fi added Wi-Fi to any camera with an SD card. Now, the Sagem Orga SIMFi does something similar. It’s a SIM card that adds Wi-Fi capabilities to mobile phones… Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities, that is.
The Eye-Fi is an SD card that adds Wi-Fi uploads to any camera. Their latest flagship, the Pro X2, is pretty similar to old Eye-Fis, but it’s faster and even a bit smarter, too.