Deal of the Day: Eye-Fi and PicasaWeb Space…
Between writing here every night, taking care of my family, working out, going to work, and, well you get the picture, I really don’t have much time left. The free time I do have, I want to use it efficiently. I’ve mentioned in the past that organizing my photo collection was one of the things I needed to get done. Well, I got about halfway there.
My first chore was to get all my photos into Picasa. Done. Next, I needed to get the faces tagged. Done. Now comes the stuff I have yet to do: create albums, upload them for sharing, and clean out the junk. Why would I have a picture of the wood floors in my house? No idea.
Completing the last few steps shouldn’t be a difficult thing, however, keeping up with it on a daily, weekly, or even a monthly basis could be a challenge. Enter the Eye-Fi: a 4Gb SD memory card with built in WiFi. The built in WiFi allows it to hook up to the wireless network that you choose (most likely your home network), upload your pictures both locally on your computer, and upload to one of 25 photo sharing services.
You fully control the card, allowing you to choose which pictures are uploaded online vs locally to your computer, what networks it connects too, and how it names the albums and photos.
For many people, the best part is going to be cutting the cord. Since the WiFi connects without cables to your network, there is never a need to search for that cord that usually manages to end up behind the computer desk, at work when you are at home, or just all-together missing.
When my Eye-Fi arrives (in a couple of weeks according to the site), I plan on doing a full review and give you my opinion on how it works.
So what’s the deal?
Google has a promotion going on for a limited time where you can buy 200Gb worth of photo storage (space for 100,000 pictures) for $50 a year and they will throw in a free Eye-Fi card. That is an amazing offer since the Eye-Fi card is typically $70.
Let me know in the comments if you took advantage of this offer. Do you even think you would find a device like the Eye-Fi necessary?
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