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Eye-Fi users will now have a good reason to begin using SmugMug for their photo sharing needs. Thanks to a recently announced partnership Eye-Fi users of either the original Eye-Fi or the Eye-Fi Share card will now be able to get free geotagging and hotspot access through SmugMug. The hotspot access comes courtesy of the existing Wayport network which has over 10,000 hotspots available. SmugMug currently offers three usage plans to choose from and include an option for the Standard user, Power user or Professional user, which are $39.95, $59.95 and $149.95 respectively. The Eye-Fi free geotagging and hotspot offer is available through the end of 2008.

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Remember that innovative Wi-Fi-enabled SD card aptly named the Eye-Fi? Well Eye-Fi, which is what the company is also called, must have been overwhelmed by the success of their product that they decided to add not just one new model, but three to the Eye-Fi SD card series. So, we now have the Eye-Fi Share, Eye-Fi Home and the Eye-Fi Explore.

Actually, there’s not too many differences with these three models. It is still the same Wi-Fi enabled SD card that was launched not so long ago. For instance, both the Eye-Fi Share and Eye-Fi Home are almost identical to the current Eye-Fi models in terms of features. However, Eye-Fi home is geared for users who want to sync their SD card to their PCs only. While the Eye-Fi share lets users to automatically sync their SD card to both their PCs and websites, such as Flickr.

On the other hand, the Eye-Fi Explore is more of a tie-up with Wayport, a major hotspot provider in the US. So, the Eye-Fi Share lets users to automatically upload their photos while connected anywhere there is a Wayport hotspot without the need to authenticate for each location. In addition, the Eye-Fi Share also allows geotagging and supports Skyhook’s Wi-Fi triangulation for GPS purposes.

The Eye-Fi Explore, Eye-Fi Share and the Eye-Fi Home are now available for $129, $99, and $79 respectively.

Via [Ubergizmo] Via [Gizmodo]

Eye-Fi has announced a new, and soon to be available update for the Eye-Fi SD Card called Smart Boost. According to Eye-Fi the update will make the card “more efficient and improve the upload experience.” The Smart Boost update will allow the card to know when the users computer is turned off or on, and if the computer is on and in range the pics will be automatically transfered to the computer over Wi-Fi. If the computer is not on, the pics will be uploaded to the web-based Eye-Fi service, again using the available Wi-Fi connection. When the pics are uploaded to the Eye-Fi service they will then be transfered to the users pre-chosen photo site such as Flickr, Picasa or Windows Live and also be transfered to the users computer when it is turned back on.

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