What are Eye-Fi cards?

What are Eye-Fi cards?

Eye-Fi memory cards and devices allow for the wireless transmission of pictures or other data from a camera device. The term Eye-Fi is also used to describe the company of the same name that produces these types of cards and media devices. Eye-Fi cards are also known as Wi-Fi enabled SD cards or simply Wi-Fi SD cards.

What happened to Eyefi Mobi?

In 2016, Eye-Fi Cloud was purchased by a subsidiary of the Japanese company Ricoh, and rebranded as Keenai. The service is defunct as of December 1, 2018.

How do I get my iPhone to read my SD card?

Insert the memory card into the reader, plug in the reader into the Lightning port on your iPhone, open the Files app and the SD card will show up. That’s genuinely all it takes. The SD card will show up in Files like any other drive. From there you can access everything stored on it.

Can iphones read SD cards?

No extra software needed Insert the memory card into the reader, plug in the reader into the Lightning port on your iPhone, open the Files app and the SD card will show up. That’s genuinely all it takes. The SD card will show up in Files like any other drive. From there you can access everything stored on it.

Why won’t my iPhone read my SD card?

Restart your iOS device and turn your camera off and back on. If one is available, test with a different digital camera or SD card. If you can import media with a different digital camera or SD card, there might be an issue with the data on the camera or SD card.

Can you increase iPhone storage?

iPhone storage can never be expanded beyond what the phone came with when you purchased it. Buying more iCloud storage does not increase the physical space on your iPhone. iCloud permits you to sync more data with iCloud if you run out of space on the cloud by needing more space than the free 5GB of iCloud space.

How good is the Eye-Fi Pro X2 class 10 SD card?

Error! The top-of-the-line 16GB Class 10 Eye-Fi Pro X2 card adds Wi-Fi to any camera with an SD slot, and throws in geotagging and Raw image support. It works really well on a home network, but the mobile component needs improvement. PCMag editors select and review products independently.

How do I set up the Eye-Fi Pro X2?

Setting up the Eye-Fi Pro X2 takes a bit of time, making you install (and no doubt update) the software that comes on the card, register an account with Eye-Fi and set up your initial wireless network, but given ten minutes or so and you should be ready to go.

What is the largest Eye-Fi SD card?

The 16GB Eye-Fi Pro X2 ($99.99 direct) is the largest capacity Eye-Fi SD card, and the most full-featured yet. It promises to do quite a bit: Wirelessly transfer photos from your camera to your home computer, phone, or tablet, add GPS data to images, and support both standard JPG and Raw image formats.

What is an eyeeye-Fi card?

Eye-Fi cards have been around for some time now. The SD card-sized devices not only store your camera’s photos on local memory but include a Wi-Fi chip, allowing you to upload your photos to an online store without having to remove the card from your camera.