App Update (Kind Of…) – Evernote
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Okay, the Evernote fan-boy is at it again… but this is really great…
Tired of having to either plug my camera into a usb port or remove the sd card in order to transfer photos to my Mac, I bought a 2GB Eye-Fi card some months ago. If you aren’t familiar with Eye Fi you should be since, as silly as a WiFi-enabled sd card might sound at first, once you start using it you’ll never go back.
The Eye Fi card makes it possible to wirelessly trasfer images to your computer or an online service. That means that as you take pictures they are automatically transfered and backed up (so long as a wireless connection is present and configured). It works quite well.
Now Evernote and Eye-Fi have teamed up. As they explain it…
With an Eye-Fi SD card, your digital camera gains the ability to send photos over Wi-Fi directly into your Evernote account. Simply snap a photo and, like magic, it wirelessly goes into Evernote. Begin using your digital camera in entirely new ways: take snapshots of whiteboards, business cards, receipts, even wine labels, and get great recognition results in Evernote.
I just configured my Eye Fi service to upload to Evernote and it works seamlessly. I took a number of images for an upcoming review and, within seconds, the images were in my Evernote account.
So what does this have to do with iPhones?
The new arrangement between Eye Fi and Evernote means that any picture taken with an Eye Fi enabled camera will now immediately (okay, within seconds which is close to immediately) be available on your iPhone. Better yet, since Evernote now allows you to save favorite notes locally, with the tap of a button you can guarantee the ability to access the images whether you have a data connection or not.
Sure, the iPhone has its own camera. There are times, however, when the iPhone’s camera just won’t do. This is a great way to get your ictures into Evernote… and onto your iPhone… automatically.
Word to the wise… depending on the camera’s settings you may well find yourself using a lot of Evernote’s storage space quickly. An upgrade to the Pro version is highly recommended.
