Toshiba, the world’s leading technology company has recently announced that it will foray into the SD card business. These SD cards are Wi-Fi enabled and it is an integration of wireless communication and data storage capabilities. Toshiba has joined hands with a Singapore based company called Trek 2000 to develop these sophisticated wireless cards. By entering into this market, Toshiba has presented a clear threat to the current market leader Eye-Fi.
Eye-Fi Share Video Wireless SD Card is a wonderful 4GB SDHC memory card which promises to save the users a plenty of time. It makes this possible by uploading the newly clicked images and videos from your SDHC compatible digital camera to the photo sharing online site of your choice by connecting wirelessly to your Wi-Fi network. It also gives you the luxury to transfer the images and videos to your PC or Mac.
Another striking feature of the Eye-Fi card is that in spite of having a built-in Wi-Fi radio, it still maintains the form of a regular SD card. The card has a USB card reader which makes it very easy to set it up and also has manager software to further enhance its simplicity. The SD card launches by itself in the browser of your Windows PC to get set with your Wi-Fi network. For Mac users, an Eye-Fi account has to be created before you can point out the Wi-Fi network to copy the images to the folders and upload them on your favorite website.
KDDI used the Wireless Japan 2009 as the platform for launching their latest innovation which is a micro SD card with wireless LAN function. The Wireless Japan is an exhibition focused on wireless and mobiles. This exhibition was held from July 22 to 24 this year.
The microSD card launched by the KDDI is 11 x 16 x 0.7mm in measurement. The card when connected to a mobile phone accelerates the speed of your internet connection. These cards are developed by KDDI in association with Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd., a unit of the Renseas Technology Corporation. Both the firms have LAN IC compliance. The two firms also boast of passive components and a transceiving antenna.
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