floepie
08-17-2006, 08:19 PM
Why is it that DLing large files directly to the SD card using a PPC's wi-fi access is remarkably less than spectacular? I've tried Egress to DL podcasts and update feeds over wi-fi, but the speed with which this happens is quite a bit slower than I would expect, even with an 802.11b connection.
I have an imate JAMIN with a 150x SD card which I thought would make a difference, but the difference is hardly noticeable when compared to a slower card (50x). Furthermore, if the update takes place overnight, the risk of leaving wifi turned on well into the next day sort of ruins the whole experience, as you can barely make it a whole day with the wifi turned left on.
I really was hoping that I wouldn't have to rely on the PC for podcatching in favor of DLing directly to the PPC, but I have found that the easy access to the SD card on the JAMIN and an available SD slot on my laptop for syncing not as cumbersome as I anticipated and a whole lot faster if the need to update on short notice arises.
This process of removing the SD card much like removing a floppy works much faster than via ActiveSync wired or wireless using bluetooth and Mobsync, which many have found invaluable for this purpose.
I have settled on iTunes as a means of receiving podcasts on the PC only because of the nice way in which podcasts can be searched by relevence and popularity and the myriad of reviews for many of the feeds. I then use a backup/sync app (Syncback) to sync the iTunes podcast folder on the PC to the Podcasts directory on the SD card and have used this as a "favorite" in Mortplayer. When iTunes deletes an episode, the corresponding episode on the card will be deleted as well.
Using this method of syncing, the file structure is maintained, unlike when PC media managers are used that employ libraries which arrange the diretory structure on the PPC according to tags such as "artist", which quite often is unrelated to the feed's title and results in the user trying to associate these "artists" with the proper feed.
So, until the devices are shipped with bigger batteries and can DL files with greater speeds, using the SD card as a "floppy" seems to work best for me, as of now at least.
I have an imate JAMIN with a 150x SD card which I thought would make a difference, but the difference is hardly noticeable when compared to a slower card (50x). Furthermore, if the update takes place overnight, the risk of leaving wifi turned on well into the next day sort of ruins the whole experience, as you can barely make it a whole day with the wifi turned left on.
I really was hoping that I wouldn't have to rely on the PC for podcatching in favor of DLing directly to the PPC, but I have found that the easy access to the SD card on the JAMIN and an available SD slot on my laptop for syncing not as cumbersome as I anticipated and a whole lot faster if the need to update on short notice arises.
This process of removing the SD card much like removing a floppy works much faster than via ActiveSync wired or wireless using bluetooth and Mobsync, which many have found invaluable for this purpose.
I have settled on iTunes as a means of receiving podcasts on the PC only because of the nice way in which podcasts can be searched by relevence and popularity and the myriad of reviews for many of the feeds. I then use a backup/sync app (Syncback) to sync the iTunes podcast folder on the PC to the Podcasts directory on the SD card and have used this as a "favorite" in Mortplayer. When iTunes deletes an episode, the corresponding episode on the card will be deleted as well.
Using this method of syncing, the file structure is maintained, unlike when PC media managers are used that employ libraries which arrange the diretory structure on the PPC according to tags such as "artist", which quite often is unrelated to the feed's title and results in the user trying to associate these "artists" with the proper feed.
So, until the devices are shipped with bigger batteries and can DL files with greater speeds, using the SD card as a "floppy" seems to work best for me, as of now at least.