USB Host CF Card Now Available For Preorder

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://shop.store.yahoo.com/firewireshop/newusb11hosa.html' target='_blank'>http://shop.store.yahoo.com/firewir...wusb11hosa.html</a><br /><br /></div>The RATOC card I mentioned <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8625">a few weeks ago</a> is now <a href="http://shop.store.yahoo.com/firewireshop/newusb11hosa.html">available for preorder</a>. Apparently, the release date is March 3.

[Skoobouy]

Question: what USB devices are there with Pocket PC drivers? What would I realistically be able to use with this adaptor?

[twntaipan]

Question: what USB devices are there with Pocket PC drivers? What would I realistically be able to use with this adaptor?
There is a USB mass storage driver from a guy name Deje at this web site: http://www.deje.gmxhome.de/index.html which will allow you to use cd rom drives, hdd drives, and directly connect a digital camera.

There are also floppy drives that will work.

You can get a mouse driver/pointer from Deje too.

FYI, Casio E-200 users have been using Deje's drivers for about 5 months--USB host is built in on that machine. 8)

[David Johnston]

Argh, it's Type II! Could have been handy for my lil Jornada here...

But, at $149 (£100?)... 'handy' isn't really worth it.

[PhatCohiba]

What is the chances that this will work with my usb Sprint Vision Phone as a modem? (Sanyo 4900?)

[don dre]

This could really come in handy when I finally migrate to SD storage but until then I can;t move my files from the digital camera to my microdrive if I'm susing a card. It's a good idea though and hopefully vendors will take notice and start using usb on the go instead of theri proprietary connections. it can;t be that hard can it?

[Perry Reed]

What is the chances that this will work with my usb Sprint Vision Phone as a modem? (Sanyo 4900?)

I've got the same phone, and I'm not hopeful. I think Sprint uses proprietary software to make the connection on a PC (laptop) and I doubt they'll support Pocket PCs.

But if someone makes this work, I'd love to know about it!!

[szamot]

Who comes up with these prices?

Full working Axim $249
USB cable with CF $139
where is the logic here. I will say Whatever.

[patwoods]

Who comes up with these prices?

Full working Axim $249
USB cable with CF $139
where is the logic here. I will say Whatever.

I will say WHATEVER WHATEVER WHATEVER in one message instead of three ;)

[Janak Parekh]

I will say WHATEVER WHATEVER WHATEVER in one message instead of three ;)
Duplicates cleaned up. :)

By the way, I'm not that surprised at the price - this is a new product, and a fairly custom one at that. Let's hope the price does go down, though -- $139 is definitely too expensive for all but the desperate ones. ;)

--janak

[questionlp]

$139 is definitely too expensive for all but the desperate ones. ;)
Who are you calling desperate? :evil:

j/k :lol:

The price isn't that bad, considering how much digital phone CF cards (to connect a PDA to a phone for use as a modem) cost. Now if only there are digital phone serial to Bluetooth converters! Doubt that's going to happen...

[gfr]

This is going to be a build in feature in next generation PocketPCs. The reason why it isn't widely available in todays PocketPCs is because of the drivers. I still can't use the full potential of the USB host capability of my Casio e-200 (now I have a Ipaq 3970, I don't even use my Casio anymore). The USB connection is also slow. $139 for this toy is far too expensive.