Toshiba FlashAir 32GB, the SD memory card Wi-Fi

Toshiba FlashAir W-02, an SD memory card that allows you to wirelessly transfer photos and video content to mobile devices in the memory, or at least have a free Wi-Fi. For sale at Amazon at 65 or 110 Dollars.

With the evolution of digital cameras are increasingly those that have Wi-Fi connectivity for transferred via the photos to a computer or a tablet, but they are still in business or at home several products without this function. It is to this category of users that caters Toshiba FlashAir, an SD memory card that allows you to wirelessly transfer photos and video content to mobile devices in the memory, or at least have a free Wi-Fi.

Faster and Internet Pass-thru
It is not the first time that you hear of SD memory cards with wireless connection, since this view has already had Ey-Fi in one of the first and very popular protagonists. Right on the heels of Eye-Fi, Toshiba has also begun to experiment with this technology for some time, having already presented in the past, memory cards 8 and 16 GB can transfer files wirelessly. The model dated, named only FlashAir 8GB, has a speed class 6, while the new series, FlashAir W-02, has cutouts for 8, 16 and 32 GB, port speed class 10. This means that mimics a speed of 10MB per second write against the previous 6, a feature that makes it more suitable to be used for video cameras and newer taking pictures bigger.

One of the most interesting, which is achieved through a firmware update., Is the Internet pass-through, which further simplifies the sharing of images, allowing the device to connect to the memory card FlashAir and, at the same time, access to the Internet via a wireless access point. Beyond, therefore, of the highest transfer speed range on the W-02, the ability to simultaneously access the pictures stored in the SD and the internet is certainly a factor that shifts the convenience of these models, although the cost is higher than the previous range FlashAir. It is in fact solved a major problem in previous versions of FlashAir; seen that the older products did not allow a connection to the memory card and internet at the same time, each time the user had to decide whether to connect to the SD memory card or surf the net.

In addition, the new memory card allows a coupling between the iOS and Android mobile devices even easier than before, thanks to the launch by Toshiba to new applications dedicated to FlashAir, which allow rapid coupling between devices.


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