Eye-Fi have updated their top-spec Eye-Fi Pro WiFi memory card with WiFi b/g/n support and twice the storage.  The new Eye-Fi Pro X2 packs 8GB of flash memory, together with 802.11n along with a redesigned antenna, into a Class 6 SD card form-factor, offering significantly faster uploads for images and video.  The company have also used the Pro X2 to introduce Endless Memory, whereby once an image is confirmed uploaded to a user’s gallery, it’s automatically deleted from the Eye-Fi card to save space.

Endless Memory – which can be switched off – automatically starts deleting from the oldest saved image, and users can pre-select how much spare memory they’d like to have at any one time.  Since the Pro X2 checks with the gallery to make sure the image/video has transferred successfully, there’s apparently no chance of accidental deletions.  Meanwhile, Eye-Fi have also revealed Eye-Fi Center – a free download for all users – which is a desktop version of the current web-app.  As well as streamlined control over gallery uploads, Eye-Fi Center will allow for the easy import of non-Eye-Fi images and video and their respective uploads too.

The Eye-Fi Pro X2 uses the latest version of the company’s proprietary Arcturus chipset, and is one of the first such devices to fit 802.11n support into such a form-factor.  It also offers ad-hoc connectivity (i.e. direct to a WiFi-paired computer, rather than via a router), automatic geotagging and hotspot access.  It’ll be available for preorder from today, priced at $149.99.

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By Evan Ackerman

I’m not quite sure how they do it, but Eye-Fi manages to keep on cramming feature after useful into their wireless memory cards. This time around, they’re introducing a new tier of card (above Pro), the Pro X2. It costs $150, but at least read about what it does before you scoff at the price… The X2 is an 8 gig SDHC card with a built-in 802.11n antenna. N! N means faster uploads at greater distances, so that’s definitely good. And more storage is good too. But the most useful feature of the X2 is the option to have the card delete pictures after it uploads them, giving you an infinite amount of memory (provided you’re near some source of WiFi) while sharing and backing up your pictures real time. The card won’t delete anything until it’s confirmed that the upload was successful, but hypothetically, you can just stop worrying about whether or not you’re running out of space when taking pictures (or videos).

The X2 also comes with all the rest of the awesome Eye-Fi features, like RAW support, geotagging, ad-hoc WiFi connections, and Wayport WiFi access. Unfortunately, from what I can tell from the press release, the infinite memory option will be available on the new X2 cards only. This is a bit of a disappointment, since previous useful firmware upgrades were made available to all of the cards. But, I guess it’s probably somewhat unrealistic to expect to keep getting free goodies, and for you heavy shooters, the additional SDHC space and the potential for never having to worry about space again may make the X2 a worthwhile upgrade.

Look for the Eye-Fi X2 on Amazon and the Eye-Fi website.

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