Eye fi SDHC. Impressions?

[anonmouseuser]

Am relatively new to the photography game but the Eye fi concept seems pretty neat. In fact, I ran across the below promo by Google's Picasa which offers the 4GB card and 200GB of storage for $50:

http://picasa.google.com/eyefi.html

Seems like a decent deal because the card alone goes for ~$60. Before I pull the trigger however, would like to know if anyone here uses the Eye fi card and what your impressions are?

Thanks.

 

[Fardringle]

The ONLY possible reason I can think of for using one of these is if you want to use your existing camera as a wireless security/surveillance camera. Otherwise, a USB cable is vastly superior in every way.

 

[Cattykit]

I liked the concept and its possibilites but as of now, they're so damn slow to the point it's useless.

 

[corkyg]

Can't think of a single reason to use such a gimmick. ???

 

[ivan2]

but it's always funny when someone steals a camera and takes a picture of themselves only to have the camera uploaded it to the owner's flickr.

 

[randomlinh]

a decent deal if you wanted one, and were planning planing on going w/ picasaweb anyway. but keep in mind that's $50/yr... granted, you probably can just cancel after the first year.. but it's not entirely clear from that promo page


oh, and I have to say it's pretty useless to me. the idea is great because I hate cables and hate having to pop the CF door all the time. But a) I have CF mostly and b) the speed really kills it IMO.

 

[ElFenix]

Can't think of a single reason to use such a gimmick. ???

same thing people use twitpic for but higher quality and not as mobile. though if you turn your iphone into an AP it's always mobile.