12-23-2004, 04:00 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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When Two Worlds Collide: Hello SD/USB Incarnation!
Want SD? You got it! Want USB? Heck, you can have that too! Digimaster (Taiwan) have just released an SD/USB creation: one end inserts into your SD slot, the other end inserts into your USB slot (USB 2.0 compatibility). Something like this would work great on the Pocket PC, especially when you need to offload files to your PC on-the-go. It is available in two flavours - a 128MB one which retails for approximately US$27.00, and a 256MB one which retails for approximately US$39.00. Anybody interested?
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12-23-2004, 04:05 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Genius. Goodbye converter!
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12-23-2004, 04:10 AM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 524
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Sweet!
You also loose that much fatter than it needs to be typical usb flash housing...it's nice and thin like SD!!!
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12-23-2004, 04:18 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 498
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I don't know if I'd like the USB connector sticking out the top of my iPAQ, but the concept of the device is pretty cool (and not expensive, either). I wonder how fast it is on the SD side.
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12-23-2004, 04:23 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by applejosh
I don't know if I'd like the USB connector sticking out the top of my iPAQ
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That's what I thought at first, too, but if you look at it, the SD part is shorter than a typical SD card. My guess is that it's exactly the same size as a normal SD card.
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12-23-2004, 04:31 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 63
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I hope that it is really a transition or transfer tool. That is to say it can be plugged into the PPC and select files "transferred" to the tool. It would then be removed from the PPC and pulbbed into the deskop USB port and the final transfer completed. Or the reverse process to inbound files.
This way the "ugly look" is a temporary bother and for the purpose of using the tool only.
What do you think?
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12-23-2004, 04:31 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 287
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I don't think this would work well. Most likely the height of your USB and SD slots are going to be different and you will be putting strain on a rather thin piece of plastic.
I'll pass.
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12-23-2004, 04:37 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 63
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I believe Dazz is correct.
That is why I began to think of this as a transition or transfer tool.
The Desktop with its USB or even a free standing hub would not be incontact with the PPC and the tool at the same time.
This appears to be a valid interpretation of the devices use as the manufacturer says that it could be used with Digital Camera and we know that this will not fit both a digital camera slot and a USB slot at the same time due to conflicts in angles.
Just my thought.
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12-23-2004, 04:37 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 652
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That is really cool :way to go: ,one less device to carry around. I wonder if any other companies will try this.
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12-23-2004, 04:38 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 40
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just get a decent sd card and a jumpdrive trio....
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