Lexar kicks out Eye-Fi powered Shoot-n-Sync WiFi SD card, other less interesting flash cards

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]

Read - Shoot-n-Sync
Read - Platinum II cards
Read - M2 card

[Zinger314 @ Sep 18th 2008 7:30PM]

A pornographer's wet dream.

[AdamWu @ Sep 19th 2008 2:07PM]

You mean a faster, RAW uploading, CF sized Eye-Fi?

[Flashpoint @ Sep 18th 2008 7:46PM]

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.

[Natalie @ Sep 19th 2008 9:07AM]

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!

[LinkDJ @ Sep 18th 2008 7:52PM]

Actually, from looking at the product page, this looks to be their version of the Eye-Fi Home.

[Ken @ Sep 18th 2008 11:19PM]

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.

[steven @ Sep 18th 2008 10:20PM]

I believe it will be called a cell phone.

[Catdogburger @ Sep 18th 2008 11:13PM]

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.

[Skyride @ Sep 19th 2008 4:33AM]

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.

[Ignatius @ Sep 18th 2008 7:59PM]

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?

[Matthew C @ Sep 18th 2008 8:00PM]

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

[Jason @ Sep 19th 2008 2:28AM]

Clicking on the Shoot-n-Sync link goes to "javascript:void(0);/*1221780444051*/" - Not that I can't navigate there manually.