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Hacking Transcend WiFi SD Cards

I am a recent and proud owner of a  Transcend WiFi SD card . It allows me to transfer pictures taken with my DSLR (which, being a NEX, is quite portable) to any wifi-enabled device in a matter of seconds. Since I love taking and sharing pictures while on the go, an SD card which can wirelessly transfer pictures to my phone seemed like a good solution. And it was! (and still is). The mobile apps could.. no,  should  be improved quite a bit (why download a 7MB image once to render it, only to download it AGAIN when tapping "download"?), but hey, it gets the job done! I was instantly amazed by the obvious fact that this small device can not only store 16GB -there's even a 32GB version available- in such a tiny space, but is an embedded system fully capable of running applications, including a webserver, communicating with other devices over WiFi, and even powering its own wireless network. But enough with the chatter: can we make this device do more than what it was designe