What is an Eye-Fi card?

What is an Eye-Fi card?

Eye-Fi was a company based in Mountain View, California, that produced SD memory cards with Wi-Fi capabilities. Using an Eye-Fi card inside a digital camera, one could wirelessly and automatically upload digital photos to a local computer or a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet computer.

Do WiFi SD cards work?

While full-sized SD cards can use WiFi technology, it’s not yet available on Micro SD cards. For larger devices, one option is to use a USB WiFi adapter. These are a bit clunky to use with your cell phone or camera, but they can get your old laptop connected in a jiffy. And they don’t occupy an SD card slot.

How much is a 16 GB SDHC card?

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What is an SD WiFi card?

What is a Wireless SD Card? If the name doesn’t give it away, a wireless SD card is an SD card with WiFi networking technology built-in. The SD card broadcasts its own network to which mobile devices and WiFi-equipped computer can connect.

Is there a replacement for Eye-Fi?

What happened to Eye-Fi? Obviously, you could get new WiFi cards and the Eye-Fi Cloud was immediately rebranded as Keenai. Funny enough, Keenai is now also defunct (as of two years ago) and the Eyefi Mobi is shut down.

Do SD cards go bad?

Overall Lifespan of SD Cards. There is no definite lifespan of an SD card, despite their theoretical 30-year timeline. Based on the current flash memory technology, most SD cards are projected to last ten or more years. However, cards that get heavy use are prone to wear out quicker.

How many pics will 16GB hold?

16 GB will hold over 2,000 normal size large photo images. And even more if the image size are smaller. (Check menu in camera for image size.) Will Hold less when shooting video because the file size is larger.

How much is a 16GB?

16 GB (gigabytes) = 16 x 1024 MB (megabytes) which is enough capacity to hold approximately 6,000 large photos, 3,200 mp3s, 16 compressed movies or 2 DVD quality movies.

How do WiFi cards work?

A Wi-Fi card connects to your laptop either in your USB port or a wider card slot. In this way, the Wi-Fi card acts as both a receiver and transmitter. It receives the wireless signal and communicates with the wireless network, enabling you to access the Web with your laptop.