Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card Can Use Any Phone’s 3G Connection to Upload Photos [Video]

Having an Eye-Fi wireless SD card for your camera is helpful, but only if there’s a wireless network to connect with. Soon, though, anyone with a watch-Fi X2 will likely be ready to upload photos through their phone’s 3G connection.

Here’s how it works: The Eye-Fi sets up a bit of ad-hoc network; the smartphone app connects to it; pictures are transfered to the smartphone; pictures are uploaded to anywhere and everywhere, via the phone’s connection. It’s pretty quick:

It’s a straightforward concept that probably wasn’t too difficult to drag off, but the effect is completely transformative. With this app, every photo you’re taking with any Eye-Fi-equipped camera may be uploaded so long as your phone has an active data connection. Your DSLR is a cellphone camera, now.

The Android and iPhone apps are due later this year (Eye-Fi couldn’t get more specific than that) and should be a free update.

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