02-20-2003, 07:15 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Toshiba 5GB PC Card for $150
For those of you still using PC cards on your Pocket PCs, check this deal out.
I'm tempted to get one of these, bundle it with my PC card sleeve with my old 3650, and use it as a cheap iPod-like device (with Ogg support...). Has anyone found even better pricing?
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02-20-2003, 07:30 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Damn, you posted on my jewel I've been following for 2 months.
In a nutshell, this is the best price. However, for those of you paranoid about portable HDD, you should consider the warranty periods. The Toshiba drive linked here has a 1 year warranty. However, Kingston Technologies, which rebrands the exact same drive and includes a 3 year warranty, can be found at PC Connection for $199. So, is two extra years of coverage important to you?
-Jason
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02-20-2003, 07:59 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jun 2002
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:lol: I have been extremely happy with the drive. I purchase mine from tiger direct about 3 months ago. $150.00 plus $20.00 for the 2 year extended warrenty.
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02-20-2003, 07:59 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 248
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HDD
My roommate has one of these in the 2 gig version. it skips on him when he's walking sometimes. I have a microdrive and in comparison I go jogging without skipping...on non paved trails. If this is an issue then you should consider it. If it is going to be sitting on yer console then that's a different story.
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02-20-2003, 08:00 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 124
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Re: Toshiba 5GB PC Card for $150
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
...Has anyone found even better pricing?
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I recently saw a post somewhere that a USB CF card just entered the market... With that plugged into your CF slot, you can get a 20, 40 or 60GB USB HD and tie it to your PPC...
I sold off my 12 pound notebook and now cart around a 1.5 oz 40GB HD... I simply plug it into any machine that is around and have access to all my personal files and music...
Here is the link for the 20GB for $169: http://shop2.outpost.com/product/3437403
Joe...
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02-20-2003, 08:35 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Re: HDD
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Originally Posted by don dre
My roommate has one of these in the 2 gig version. it skips on him when he's walking sometimes.
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You should suggest to him that he use a caching music player, like PocketMVP.
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Originally Posted by JoeMoon
I recently saw a post somewhere that a USB CF card just entered the market... With that plugged into your CF slot, you can get a 20, 40 or 60GB USB HD and tie it to your PPC...
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Yes, in fact, I posted about it on this site. :lol: It's really a different thing though -- external hard drives are not nearly as portable and need a separate power source.
--janak
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02-20-2003, 08:50 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I also have the 2GB version and use it to house all my WMA's. I like to listen to music while driving; but find it problematic with the new 5455 due to the fact that the headphone jack is on the bottom and I have a revolv Design RoadWriter to hold my gadget in while I drive. I can't get to the jack, so no tunes in the car until I either get a 5455 compatible revolv Design cradle that works with the RoadWriter, or I perform the modifications myself.
Christopher Spera
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02-20-2003, 09:21 PM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Toshiba 5GB PC Card for $150
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
For those of you still using PC cards on your Pocket PCs, check this deal out.
I'm tempted to get one of these, bundle it with my PC card sleeve with my old 3650, and use it as a cheap iPod-like device (with Ogg support...). Has
anyone found even better pricing?
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For $150, it's not bad, but it's not like when the Gateway store was selling the 2 GB drive for $1295. :-)
I hope Toshiba will be coming out with a larger drive soon. They've had 5 GB as their maximum for quite a while, but you can get iPods (which use a Toshiba drive, I believe) up to 20 GB.
Steve
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02-20-2003, 09:31 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Toshiba announced their 10 and 20 gig drives a while back, so maybe this is the reason why they are clearing these out...that would be sweet.
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02-20-2003, 10:06 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 118
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I've been "sniffing" around for these devices for awhile. Obviously the problem is about storage (capacity) and the solutions are varied:
Do I get more CF's/SD's/MMC's? What capacity? Can I also use a PC card adapter with my notebook?
Can I use an external USB drive with my PPC?
With 3.5" drives running ~$1.00/GB this PCMCIA card seems way
overpriced (even applying an old $10.00/GB standard).
(IMHO - I think CF's/SD's are also way overpriced and the market is still hounding all they can get).
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