“Smart Boost removes the requirement to have a computer on”. Well, actually it’s kind of the other way around.

Until now there has been no need to have your computer switched on for Eye-Fi to work and upload photos to websites like Flickr. In fact, keeping your computer on has made no difference since Eye-Fi has connected to the external site directly anyway and any transfer to your home compouter has gone trough the Eye-Fi server wich is a serous detour. The smart boost update will change that. Now, if you have your compouter on, Eye-Fi will first upload to pictures straight to your compouter (this should speed things up since it doesn’t have to upload over a slower external connection to an external server) and when done, Eye-Fi powers down and lets your compouter act as a buffer and do the uploading to the external site. And if you don’t have your compouter switched on, Eye-Fi will upload straight to the external site – just like before the smart boost update.