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Remember how Eye-Fi was cooking up some software to let their WiFi-enabled SD memory cards sling photos directly to your tablet or phone? Here’s some sweet news — starting next week, Direct Mode will be a free download for any Eye-Fi X2 card, and debut alongside companion apps in the Android Market and iTunes App Store. Moreover, the company’s celebrating the launch of the new transfer protocol with a brand-new card, the $80 Eye-Fi Mobile X2, which should be available for purchase online momentarily and make its merry way to Best Buy and Apple stores by April 17th. Basically, the Mobile is a redux of the $50 Connect X2, but with double the storage capacity (8GB) and Direct Mode pre-installed — though a price drop on the top-of-the-line Pro X2 (to $100) will add geotagging and RAW support for just one Jackson more. Need a refresher on how Direct Mode works? Peek our CES video demo (and a hefty press release) after the break.

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Eye-Fi launching new 8GB wireless SD card today, kicking out Direct Mode for iOS and Android next week originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The $350 ContourGPS sits among the top-tier of consumer-friendly helmet cams, but it’s always posed one major problem: you can’t really tell where it’s pointing. Sure, it shoots a pair of wicked lasers out of the front, but it’s always a challenge to gauge the extents of its 135 degree lens. We knew there was a secret trick in there waiting to be unleashed, which we got to play with at CES, and now here it is. Contour has released its Connect View functionality for iOS, letting you view live footage from the camera right on your phone. Keep reading for our full impressions.

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ContourGPS Connect View app hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Technical complexity and financial naiveté have meant that London’s ambitious plans to cover its underground train network with cellular signal by the 2012 Olympics are hitting the scrapheap. In spite of Huawei’s most generous offer to provide £50 million ($81m) of equipment for the project for free, the London Mayor’s wish that UK mobile operators be the ones to foot the installation bill — without a penny coming out of public coffers — has unsurprisingly found little favor. Compounded with the logistical hellride of trying to get everything up and running by next summer, that’s now led to a mutual agreement among all parties concerned to abandon the project. Mind you, the plans to get WiFi up at 120 stations in time for the Olympics are still on track, so at least we’ll be able to pull down some data before diving into those dark, damp tunnels.

London scraps plans for cellular coverage on the tube, bums Huawei out originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The new Logitec (not Logitech) LAN-WH450N/GR offers four Gigabit Ethernet ports, 802.11a/b/g/n wireless networking that maxes out at a theoretical 450Mbps, and just about the wildest router design we’ve yet seen. Yes, it’s justified by improved wireless throughput as a result of having three antennas sprouting out of the thin-bodied device, but who is Logitec trying to kid? It’s a futuristic, desktop-straddling robocopter and everyone at that company knows it. Should you or the geek in your life be interested in obtaining one, the new routers are going on sale in Japan in mid-April for ¥19,000 ($230).

Logitec’s new wireless router is crazy-looking, crazy fast originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I’d say that AirPlay is one of the best things about the iPad, letting you stream music and video wirelessly to speakers and screen. And I only use the audio version. But what if you want to use the iPad 2’s new screen-mirroring feature without the wire? Then you’ll need to do some hacking.

The mod, done by EGOvoruhk for a client, may not be pretty but it is effective. It uses an HP Wireless TV Connect, Apple’s Digital DVI Adapter and a USB battery, all packed into a custom case that adds a couple pounds to the iPads weight. The components have their own cases removed to fit the custom box.

At the other end, the second part of the HP Wireless TV Connect is hooked up to the display of your choosing.

Thus equipped, you can beam the exact-same video on the iPad’s screen to the big-display for up to two hours (when the battery will run out). EGOvoruhk’s client wanted it for making Keynote presentations, but as you can see in the YouTube clip, it also works great for movies and games.

It may not be the most practical setup in the world (hopefully Apple will add mirroring as an AirPlay option in the future) but it works, and is about the only choice you have if you really, really hate wires.

Wireless Mirroring With An iPad 2 [YouTube]

Wireless Mirroring With An iPad 2 [MacRumors Forums via Reddit]

See Also:

• The Hidden Secrets of Apple's AirPlay
• AirPlay Hack Streams Non-iTunes Video Between Mac, Apple TV …
• Wireless USB Box Streams Video from Laptop to TV
• Blazingly Fast Wireless HD Hits the Mainstream