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Today, Eye-Fi, makers of the popular wireless syncing 2GB SD memory cards for your digital camera, announced feature upgrades across the board available to all users.

Beginning October 5, new and existing Eye-Fi card owners can easily add features that are not already included on their cards and renew annual services.

The new feature to be added include:

• Web Sharing - Share pictures to your favorite photo services and social networks. It’s not free, but the convenience might justify the $9.99 annual fee they charge.
• Geotagging - If you have an Eye-Fi Home or Share card, you can have it guess your location based on Wi-Fi data. This probably works a lot better in urban areas, so think about how many known Wi-Fi networks are around your area before dropping the $14.99 yearly on this feature.
• Hotspot Access - Allow your Eye-Fi Share card to connect to networks other than your home location. There are over 10,000 Wayport hotspots in addition to open hotspots that you can connect to. This is also $14.99 annually.
• More Services - Now you have the option to upload your pictures automatically to AdoramPix or MobileMe along with the other 20 or so options. You of course would need to have Web Sharing to get any use out of this. But MobileMe’s Gallery feature might just have you spending that ten bucks a year.
• Retail Locations - By October 5th you’ll be able to buy Eye-Fi cards from over 900 Best Buy stores. Soon, the cards will also be available at Ritz Camera Centers, Circuit City and other online retail stores.
• Faster Speeds - The most exciting part of today’s announcement was the promise of a firmware update that will supposedly double the photo upload speeds on all models!

So now who’s buying an Eye-Fi?

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