Eye-Fi Pro X2 Review Discussion

[Jamison Cush]

Eye-Fi cards have always been a tease. The Eye-Fi promise of wireless file transfers from a simple SD card appealed to photographers often overwhelmed by file management. However, relatively low storage capacities, buggy Eye-Fi applications, the need for a Wi-Fi signal, and slow and incomplete file uploads were consistent and nagging issues. For its part, Eye-Fi addressed them with new features and updates over the years, and the cards have inched closer with each improvement to reaching Eye-Fi's full potential.

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[jigwashere]

Since the Pro X2 will work with ad-hoc networks, you can set up your wi-fi enabled smartphone to upload photos from your camera to whatever site you wish (like Picasa). I don't have a Pro X2, but I read about a user who does and set up his HTC Touch Pro 2 for wi-fi sharing. As an ad hoc network, he was able to send photos directly from his camera to his Picasa account.