Lexar kicks out Eye-Fi powered Shoot-n-Sync WiFi SD card, other less interesting flash cards
By Nilay Patel 
posted Sep 18th 2008 7:27PM
posted Sep 18th 2008 7:27PM
We'd heard Lexar and Eye-Fi were getting snuggly back in January, and look at that -- nine months later the Lexar Shoot-n-Sync WiFi SD card has arrived on our doorstep. The 2GB card is basically just a Lexar-branded Eye-Fi Share, so you pretty much already know how it works -- you shoot, it uploads -- and it's even the same $99 price, so yeah, yawn. Hopefully these two will do something a little more interesting now that they've gotten used to working together. Lexar also kicked out a number of other cards, including a new 4GB Memory Stick Micro M2 card, a 16GB Platinum II 60x SDHC card, and a 16GB Platinum II 80x CompactFlash card -- no pricing or availability on any of those yet, but we'd expect them soon.[Via Gearlog]
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A pornographer's wet dream.
You mean a faster, RAW uploading, CF sized Eye-Fi?
Remarkable, but, $99?
I'd be happier if more high-end cameras came with Wifi built in so I'd be more free to use whatever capacity SD card I could get my hands on.
That is true, that you could spend your money on a Wi-Fi camera, instead, but typcially the manufacturers of those cameras only allow you to upload to one website, theirs. With the Lexar SnS, you can upload to over 20!
Actually, from looking at the product page, this looks to be their version of the Eye-Fi Home.
Who would want to use it? I'd rather have WiFi camera. Maybe we will have WiFi + GPS + phone in the high-end camera in the future.
I believe it will be called a cell phone.
What you want is what's called a Sony Ericsson C905.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_C905
-phone
-Wifi
-GPS
- 8.1 mega pixel Camera
and is also DNLA compliant as a bonus.
But that SE phone is still a phone. Thats simply not going to do for anyone who likes quality like I do. I'll stick to my Compact Flash DSLR.
I think they're testing the waters with naming schemes and brand recognition. Why else release the SAME product with the SAME features with the SAME price?
amazing how much they can fit into a card this small... I remember when I thought a 20 mb pc card was big.
and BTW, I'm loving the new rating system, engadget. Its a lot easier to read
Clicking on the Shoot-n-Sync link goes to "javascript:void(0);/*1221780444051*/" - Not that I can't navigate there manually.