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Yeah I remember it.
It was incredible. Like a three dimensional place in Italy using pictures gathered from people all over the internet using precise geotagging.]]>May 12th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
Seriously, it's an SD card for stuffing files on, with 802.11 connectivity to relay those files out, instead of just filling the card and plugging it into your computer for a batch transfer.]]>May 12th 2008 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
It can't compete with GPS alone but could be used to give GPS higher accuracy in areas where you can get a GPS signal and Skyhook WPS ... but then you could just use differential GPS which already provides a local corrector ]]>May 12th 2008 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
How about stepping into 2008 and offering up higher capacities?]]>May 12th 2008 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
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What a complete douchebag.]]>May 12th 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
Yes, I actually own one. I like it a lot.

I cannot stress enough that selling the same product at different price points and artificially crippling or enhancing them on the backend is entirely fucking insane. If they can afford to sell the card at $79, then they should simply drop the price to $79 and sell one product with all the features. If they can't make money due to licensing issues with the geotag service or something, fine, just keep selling the card at $99. This splitting it into three versions business is asinine. All of the enhanced stuff happens in the software running on the PC or they eye.fi servers.

Oh yeah, and that wifi-based geotag thing? It won't work worth a damn any place you might actually want geotagged photos anyway.]]>May 12th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
So it'll geotag my JPEGs when written to the card from camera?]]>May 12th 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 12th 2008 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
For me, not willing to share means they're embarrassed about it. Sorry, but let me know when they come out with SDHC and class 6 speeds.]]>May 12th 2008 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
http://www.eye.fi/services/hotspot/

I'd say this answers the most nagging shortcoming of the initial product --being tied to just one single hotspot setup (presumably your home) inability to upload your pics on the go.]]>May 12th 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/May 13th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
The main reasons we do no use it after buying it:

* It does not remove the pics off the card after upload, forcing us to delete the files manually
* It does not upload videos, forcing us not to be able to format the card to delete pics, but forcing us to stick it into the computer to copy the video files and then manually delete the jpgs that were uploaded
* It does not support RAW, it supports JPG ONLY
* It allows only one online destination for jpegs at a time
* Its read and write speed are very slow

The web site does not tell you these things anywhere. After I got the card flicked at me, I sent a suggestion on their very poor online website and got a technical support person responding a few days later that the card does not support these features.

Great in theory. Not worth buying in its current state. Not even worth it for early adopters. ]]>May 14th 2008 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/12/eye-fi-launches-eye-fi-home-share-and-geotagging-explore/
Thanks
The Batfan]]>Jul 3rd 2008 11:44PM