Comments on: Eye-Fi Wireless SD Card Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/08/13/eye-fi-wireless-sd-card-review/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:50:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Andy Yates http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/08/13/eye-fi-wireless-sd-card-review/comment-page-1/#comment-52392 Andy Yates Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:19:09 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=18772#comment-52392 Ziv, Sorry I didn't see your post sooner. At the time I was using XP with Avast anti-virus. After many hours of trying to get my Eye-Fi to work I called Eye-Fi Tech Support. I was told by the technician that Eye-Fi was not compatible with Avast and was not compatible with any of the free anti-virus software. I pressed for a reason and he said it was just how the Eye-Fi software works. I asked if there were any plans to resolve this and he said no. If something has changed or if there is a work around for Avast I sure would like to know. I was thinking about ebaying my Eye-Fi over the holidays. Thanks! Andy Ziv,
Sorry I didn’t see your post sooner. At the time I was using XP with Avast anti-virus. After many hours of trying to get my Eye-Fi to work I called Eye-Fi Tech Support. I was told by the technician that Eye-Fi was not compatible with Avast and was not compatible with any of the free anti-virus software. I pressed for a reason and he said it was just how the Eye-Fi software works. I asked if there were any plans to resolve this and he said no.

If something has changed or if there is a work around for Avast I sure would like to know. I was thinking about ebaying my Eye-Fi over the holidays.

Thanks!
Andy

]]> By: Eye-Fi Share Video Wireless SD Card Review — The Gadgeteer http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/08/13/eye-fi-wireless-sd-card-review/comment-page-1/#comment-49027 Eye-Fi Share Video Wireless SD Card Review — The Gadgeteer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:41:57 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=18772#comment-49027 [...] past summer, Shari reviewed the Eye-Fi wireless SD card. After her review, I kept meaning to pick up one for myself so that I [...] [...] past summer, Shari reviewed the Eye-Fi wireless SD card. After her review, I kept meaning to pick up one for myself so that I [...]

]]> By: Ziv http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/08/13/eye-fi-wireless-sd-card-review/comment-page-1/#comment-41356 Ziv Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:19:12 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=18772#comment-41356 Andy, Ziv, from Eye-Fi... About the information that you got about Eye-Fi not playing nicely with free anti-virus software -- it's totally untrue. I SWEAR by AVG. It's the only firewall software that I use, and I know for a fact tha we work very well with it. Please let me know which virus software you tried to use, that we didn't work with. I'm very curious. Thanks -- Ziv. Andy,

Ziv, from Eye-Fi…

About the information that you got about Eye-Fi not playing nicely with free anti-virus software — it’s totally untrue. I SWEAR by AVG. It’s the only firewall software that I use, and I know for a fact tha we work very well with it.

Please let me know which virus software you tried to use, that we didn’t work with. I’m very curious.

Thanks –

Ziv.

]]> By: Steve http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/08/13/eye-fi-wireless-sd-card-review/comment-page-1/#comment-41145 Steve Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:37:11 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=18772#comment-41145 I was excited about this product when I read about it on The Gadgeteer website! I take a ton of photos of my kids and family, so this product looked like just the right solution for me. I am always forgetting that I put the SD card in the card reader slot in my laptop, so when I go to take more pictures that SD card isn't in the camera. I wasn't having any luck getting the Eye Fi to work with my computer and digital camera, so I went through the process of troubleshooting which piece of software/hardware was causing the problem. Turns out it was me. I didn't set up all the various items that needed to be set up so that the Eye Fi would work. In my defense, the installation process should have been better documented. I just happened to poke around their support boards and FAQs and found out the various settings that needed to be set. After I did that, it worked like a charm! But I must say that most people would probably have given up on it. I wanted it to work really bad though, so I spent several hours trying to troubleshoot it. My only other comment is that if your wifi connection is slow, it will take some time to transfer the pictures because they are transferred to the Eye Fi server first, then transferred down to your pc. The pics on my camera are around 2-3MB each, so transferring 1 picture took a couple minutes. I was excited about this product when I read about it on The Gadgeteer website! I take a ton of photos of my kids and family, so this product looked like just the right solution for me. I am always forgetting that I put the SD card in the card reader slot in my laptop, so when I go to take more pictures that SD card isn’t in the camera.

I wasn’t having any luck getting the Eye Fi to work with my computer and digital camera, so I went through the process of troubleshooting which piece of software/hardware was causing the problem. Turns out it was me. I didn’t set up all the various items that needed to be set up so that the Eye Fi would work. In my defense, the installation process should have been better documented. I just happened to poke around their support boards and FAQs and found out the various settings that needed to be set. After I did that, it worked like a charm! But I must say that most people would probably have given up on it. I wanted it to work really bad though, so I spent several hours trying to troubleshoot it.

My only other comment is that if your wifi connection is slow, it will take some time to transfer the pictures because they are transferred to the Eye Fi server first, then transferred down to your pc. The pics on my camera are around 2-3MB each, so transferring 1 picture took a couple minutes.

]]> By: Andy Yates http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/08/13/eye-fi-wireless-sd-card-review/comment-page-1/#comment-40796 Andy Yates Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:56:59 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=18772#comment-40796 Beware! According to their tech support staff, the Eye-Fi is not compatible with any of the free anti-virus packages like Avast and AVG. It didn't work with my camera either. A very disappointing Father's Day gift. :-( Beware! According to their tech support staff, the Eye-Fi is not compatible with any of the free anti-virus packages like Avast and AVG. It didn’t work with my camera either.

A very disappointing Father’s Day gift. :-(

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