Eye-Fi
Alex Covert — November 2, 2007 — Tech
References: eye.fi & trendhunter
This isn't your typical, anticlimactic tech jargon, here. This memory card actually does what it says - it sends photos from your digital camera directly to your computer through a wireless network! So, if you have a wireless network set up (one of those blue Linksys boxes, for example), then you can automatically have your digital photography sent to your machine. It also lets you instantly send the photos to web sites that have opted in to the network (Walmart, Shutterfly, Snapfish, Photobucket, Facebook, Webshots, Kodak Gallery, and more). The card can also hold 2GB of images if you want to do it old-school-style.
Trend Themes
1. Wireless Memory Photo Cards - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop faster wireless memory cards with larger storage capacities.
2. Direct Photo Transfer - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create devices that allow seamless and instant transfer of photos from digital cameras to computers over wireless networks.
3. Wireless Photo Sharing - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build platforms that enable easy and automatic sharing of photos to multiple web services through wireless networks.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Electronics - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate wireless photo transfer technology into cameras, smartphones, and other consumer electronic devices.
2. Photography Services - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Offer wireless photo sharing and printing services, expanding the options for users beyond traditional printing shops.
3. Data Storage - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop wireless memory solutions with larger capacities and faster transfer speeds for photography and other data-intensive applications.
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