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EYE-FI UNVEILS WORLD’S FIRST WIRELESS MEMORY CARD
FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS Eye-Fi Card Uses Wi-Fi to Automatically Upload Photos to Computers and Online Photo Sharing and Social Networking Sites
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 30, 2007
– Eye-Fi Inc., a company dedicated to helping people navigate, nurture
and share their digital memories, today unveiled the Eye-Fi Card – the
world's first wireless SD memory card for digital cameras. The Eye-Fi
Card uses home Wi-Fi networks to create an effortless and convenient
way for users to send photographs from digital cameras to PCs, Macs and
online photo and social networking sites. See release entitled “Eye-Fi
Announces Support from Seventeen Online Photo Destinations.” Priced at
$99.99 with 2GB of storage, the Eye-Fi Card is available now from major
online retailers.
“Digital cameras have made it extremely
easy to take pictures, but the rest of the process is a hassle,” said
Jef Holove, chief executive officer of Eye-Fi. “The Eye-Fi Card removes
the barriers and lets users get to the fun part of sharing and printing
their memories. We’re putting the magic back into photography.”
Eye-Fi uses home wireless networks to eliminate the time-consuming
chore of dealing with cables, card readers or software plug-ins
associated with uploading photos. Users simply turn on their digital
camera and their pictures are wirelessly uploaded. The Eye-Fi Card
works with existing and new SD-compatible digital cameras and stores
photos like a conventional SD memory card.
“We
know that a large percent of digital images captured each day are never
printed or shared. That adds up to significant lost revenues for photo
sharing and printing sites,” said IDC analyst Ron Glaz. “We anticipate
wireless cameras will fundamentally change the way people manage their
digital photographs in the future and believe that Eye-Fi Card will
help drive these changes.”
How the Eye-Fi Card works
During a simple set-up process, users can select from among 17 popular
online photo sharing, printing, social networking or blogging sites to
share their photographs, and select where on their PC or Mac they want
to archive their images. Once the set-up is complete, users can focus
on taking pictures and sharing memories – and not on the process of
uploading photos from their camera.
Eye-Fi’s free upload
service allows users to transfer an unlimited number of photos. It
handles full-resolution JPEG pictures and intelligently resizes the
images if required by the selected online destination.
“We’re thrilled to be among the first to sell the Eye-Fi Card and we
expect it to be a big hit for the holidays,” said Aaron Maguire of
Buy.com. “Eye-Fi understands how time-starved our customers are, and
this solution matches their needs.”
The 2GB wireless SD memory card, which holds approximately 1,000
images, is available now at major online retailers including
Amazon.com, Buy.com and Walmart.com for $99.99 USD. For more
information, please visit www.eye.fi.
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