EDIT 12/13/2012
I have returned this item after being fairly frustrated with it. The lack of iPad integration into the standard photo stream was the final nail in the coffin. On iPhone/iPad, it has its own app with its own photo library. There may be a way around this (perhaps syncing the photos to the web, downloading the synced Eye-Fi photos back to the iPad or taking screen caps...) Also the inability to configure access to secure networks through the camera or iPad was just another thing that would make this a serious challenge for travel. Anyway, it was all too much given the technical challenges coupled with the usability issues just made this not work for me. I bought the iPad camera connection kit with a standard SD card, sucked all the photos in quickly (including RAW) and I was good to go. I REALLY wanted this to work, but it didn't for me. If they make improvements, I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them in the future.
Thanks to Amazon for an easy return process.
ORIGINAL FOLLOWS
Had it not been for the long Holiday weekend, I would have returned this item. Taking this on as a technical challenge, I've nearly figured out all the intricacies of this product. Long story short, it now works approximately as I thought it would even though at times I thought it was malfunctioning or just a terrible product.
Longer story follows so others may benefit from my learning....
Camera - Sony DSC-RX100 (all the rage right now apparently)
Card Eye-Fi Pro X2 16GB+Wi-Fi
Human - Quite technically competent (in my own humble opinion of course)
Desire - Be able to use my camera with my iPad and iPhone when I'm traveling and have a more natural (read lazy) workflow to get my photos off of my camera
I went through all the set up and got the card where I thought it should be working, even though the user experience of the software is more than a little confusing and the enclosed instructions were basically useless. I was able to take pictures, put the SD card in my computer and it would transfer the pics just fine. At this point, I have the use of an SD card that is triple the going rate--not so hot.
However, when I tried to transfer wirelessly to my computer, iPad, or iPhone it wouldn't work. Well, let's put the iPhone and iPad on the side for a second and focus on the computer which is a laptop. By "wouldn't work", it was painstakingly slow--it might have transferred a picture every 20 minutes, which is why I didn't think it was working at first. Yes, I took off the RAW mode and put it in the smallest picture size available--same performance. It wasn't until I read another review somewhere suggesting I place the whole kit 'n kaboodle right on top of my wireless access point (in this case an Apple Airport Extreme n router). Eureka! It finally started working--even with RAW+20MP JPEG, it goes very quickly! Note, previously, I was about 30 feet from my access point in a small residential home. I had no idea how big of a difference this would make. I suppose it makes sense given the small size of the SD card--I would say that it should be used about double the distance of bluetooth from your WAP to have fast transfer time. Irritating, but at least it's a solution.
The "direct connect" feature was much more of a challenge, which was exacerbated by the fact that it had the same problem mentioned above when trying to transfer to iPad or iPhone. I followed the same process above (move everything to within 10 feet of the WAP, and transfers to iPad and iPhone work great). However, when I disconnected my WAP connection, I assumed that it would fall back on Direct Connect. Actually, I assumed if the connection speed was really slow, it would switch over to direct connect (seriously, why wouldn't it?). It was only by experimenting in the "Settings" of the iOS device that I made the breakthrough. There was a wireless network called "Eye-Fi..." that I could connect to--as soon as I did that, everything flew (of course, keep it within about 3 feet for best performance).
None of this would have been difficult for me to handle if it had just been written down somewhere. Perhaps it was and I missed it. But it's about like this:
TROUBLESHOOTING:
1. If your transfer is over WiFi and the rate of transfer is too slow, move the camera as close to the wireless access point as possible.
2. If you are trying to use Direct Connect on your iPad or iPhone (probably Android too), connect to the Eye-Fi device's network manually.
Those two things would have saved me a day's worth of frustration.
I'm now somewhat satisfied with the product, although this was a long way to go to avoid buying the iPad Camera Connection kit (which I might just buy anyway). I wanted it to be easy, effortless, and a joy to use for the money. I did not find that to be the case unfortunately.
Hope this helps someone else!
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First of all, it's not Amazon's fault.This thing just sucks. The instant upload feature in reality takes about two minutes. It slows the process of powering on the slr by about two to three seconds, so good luck. And I had this thing since November 2013. You won't believe this: IT BROKE OFF INSIDE OF THE CARD SLOT OF MY DSLR!!! Unacceptable! Eyefi is terrible. It's not you Amazon, it's them!
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