[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Hehe, I hope not. I'd rather see DSRL Conroller 'growing' :).

What's wrong with the 'factory' tools? Well, they are just too basic. First of all, non of them is able to organize the received images. They're just added to some system collection, mostly the 'camera' folder on the device - not good. The review of the images is also mostly lousy or non existing. Switching to an extra viewer is annoying. Frankly, I'm not so familiar with the eye-fi tool anymore, but a year ago I din't like it at all. The Transcend tool is reliable, but also VERY basic. More or less you can display a received picture, that's it.

I really can't imagine that serious users won't pay a few bucks if they can get something better. I mean, most of them own photographic gear for thousands, they use a tablet for a few hundred. Why would they try to avoid a few more dollar for good functionality and comfort? Heck, I just saw that ShutterSnitch went even up in price. It's €18 now, I still payed €12 in March 2012.

Regarding saturation and beein not the first, I wouldn't be too concerned. In the Android world you would be first and the base is large. Additionally the number of DSLRs and other 'appropriate' cameras is growing rapidly. In the end, it's also a matter of your expectations. Of course an app like that won't beat Angry Birds :).

Right, but don't forget, so far there is no market leader for Android.

Unfortunately I never saw one in person, but it surely is under my radar. It looks like a great tablet and the price looks very right. I have to get hold of one, since I'm anyway fed up with Samsung. They do good hardware, but their update policy is a joke. As I mentioned, the 7.7 is a wonderful piece of hardware and Samsung let it 'strand' with 4.0.4 on it (which I had to force on!) - it's a joke! So for me no more Samsung FROM Samsung. Samsung with the Google label is ok though.

Yep, that's about 70-80%. But there's also the little 'tweaks'. Like informations: Shuttersnitch can be very nicely finetuned, what you want to see and what not. Basically you want to know all, like EXIFs, Dimensions and such. On the other hand, you don't want to see the image ruined by overlays. It's even sometimes like this, and sometimes like that. On demand SS is also always showing the IP of the connection, or whether it's connected anyway. Sounds simple, but no other tool does it. These SD-cards can be tricky, so it helps in difficult situations if the software helps with good informations.

It is, but the Balmer comparison is too pessimistic (a good one, though :D). I can talk for 'my' German photo forum for example. Lots of people there are interessted in Android solutions. As you said, there's some bias and as much people like Apple, alot of them would never touch an Apple, just because. In the moment I'm talking about your solution with the Android stick in an own thread and most people didn't even hear of it. Yes, the word has to be spread, but I don't see too much bias against Android. Fact is, that Andoid HAS more games than serious tools for Pros. Look at the music world. Google totally blew that while Apple takes over all serious application for music production and such. A few important features, and the iPad became THE tool ... while Google renamed the Market Place to 'Playstore' ... :eek:. Anyway, there's a vacuum to be filled.

Well, I had 3 eye-fi cards before I discovered the Transcend. I just had to keep on trying :). The old eye-fi models were strange and had strange restrictions. Some had no direct transfer more (only via their server which was out of question for me), some could only transfer JPGs and no RAWs. It was clear, that it was only a business model, no technical reason. When SanDisk was licensing the eye-fi cards it became better. All cards knew the direct mode then and there was only the 'X2' left, which still was the only one to transfer RAWs. msatter described it quite well with the comparison to Apple. My personal 'Waterloo' was a shooting somewhere on the road. I needed the card and formatted it in the camera (which worked before, I always do that to start with a 'clean' card). But suddenly the eye-fi didn't connect anymore and I had to reconfigure it at home with the special tool from eye-fi. That was the moment I gave up the eye-fis :).

On the other hand, the Transcend 'concept' is crystal clear. The card boots up (within about 30 sec.) as a WiFi hotspot. The mobile device connects to it, done. The configuration can be done with a little tool, but the card indeed offers also a basic web interface under a fixed IP. It's more or less like configuring any router or AP, just very limited regarding the settings. Even the fw updates are a piece-of-cake. The card is just a nice piece of hardware (amazing what they fit in that space!) without an annoying 'concept' of a lifestyle company (share your pictures blabla).

AFAIK there's also 'Toshiba FlashAir' and 'PQI Air'. They seem to be similar to the Transcend, though ShutterSnitch supports them seperately (you have to pick, which card you use). So I figure there are differences. I'm happy with the Transcend for now and I didn't really look into the other ones, just read the specs. My feeling is, at least in Europe, eye-fi is loosing market share big time. Lots of customers who are happy to have found Transcend etc. to get rid of the eye-fi! So people buy even twice to trash the eye-fi. The original idea of eye-fi, to upload images instantaniously via hotspots in the cities, is taken over by smartphones ... I think.

It would be my honor and pleasure, Sir :D.