04-04-2006, 10:00 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 349
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Network Folder Instead of a Memory Card?
You might recall a few years back, a small company called Network Virtual File Systems came up with a rather ingenius product called Pocket PCDrive that created a "virtual" Storage Card on your Pocket PC device using a network, internet, or ActiveSync connection to a host desktop PC. Invisible to nearly all applications, you could read and write to this network-based file store as if it was a physical card in your device. Though the program was a bit tempermental, I believe the idea had a lot of merit.
Fast forward about four years. Though the company, its website, and its product have long since vanished, today's high-speed Wi-Fi, EDGE, EV-DO, and UMTS/HSDPA make it much easier and quicker to access files across the internet. Though the native File Explorer application and a few other programs such as z2 PocketLAN make network file access possible, perhaps an easy-to-use program like Pocket PCDrive needs to be recreated for today's devices? My Verizon XV6700 (HTC Apache) is a great Pocket PC, but like a few other devices, it occasionally suffers from the "Dark Screen of Death" (DSOD) syndrome which has been diagnosed by end-users as being an issue with the miniSD slot and standby mode (surprisingly, the engineers have not been able to duplicate the issue). Other device owners have lost their Pocket PCs with their accompanying memory card - and that card's data is usually not protected or encrypted by any means, making the the data more valuable and vulnerable than the device itself.
Could you benefit from a "virtual storage card" where your data is safe and sound at home or work, and your device being less prone to crashing (if applicable) and using less battery power in the long run? Would you think a program like Pocket PCDrive would be worth it when you don't have to spend for expensive little memory cards (not to mention having to go from SD to mini-SD to micro-SD), inadvertently ejecting from its slot and getting lost in the wild, or its data getting corrupted by some unforseen force? Do you think a network/internet-based file store is a good idea? How do you maintain your precious data and protect it from the evil forces of the world? :devilboy:
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04-04-2006, 11:11 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 176
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If someone can get it to work...and work efficiently, I think it would be great....that is the key.
I find the EVDO network to be pretty reliable, but would still be very surprised if it worked all the time correctly.
I guess I have just lost faith in the 'reliable' thing.
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04-04-2006, 11:58 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 47
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I love it
I love this idea. I'm always FTPing into my home network, downloading a file I need to the storage card to be able to display it. This would save me all that effort and give me access to my 1TB of data I have sitting at home.
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04-05-2006, 01:20 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 37
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I'd like to see a service like this for cell phones. The Samsung Blade from Sprint has a whopping 50mb of storage and no memory card. Access to an online virtual drive would be cool.
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04-05-2006, 05:31 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 866
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This just seems a little wobbly to me. And more power consuming.
If the device has to reconnect to the Virtual memory card everytime its powered on, it will take probably 30 seconds to even initialise.
If the device maintains a constant connection to the virtual memory card I can see power consumption going through the roof! Not to mention the power to constantly send and receive files and stuff.
I honestly don't see the appeal of this one guys. It just sounds too unstable.
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04-05-2006, 07:06 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 136
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I absolutely love the idea.
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04-05-2006, 07:12 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 866
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Originally Posted by isilver
I absolutely love the idea.
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Don't get me wrong I think its an interesting idea but with todays connections and batteries I'm not sure how effective it would be.
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04-05-2006, 01:18 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 7
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Re: Network Folder Instead of a Memory Card?
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My Verizon XV6700 (HTC Apache) is a great Pocket PC, but like a few other devices, it occasionally suffers from the "Dark Screen of Death" (DSOD) syndrome
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Mine too. Any info anywhere on this? Most disappointing. Otherwise a great device
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04-09-2006, 08:22 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 4
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This post is a few days old, but I had to comment.
And I'll say this: Resco File Explorer and GSFinder BOTH allow this functionality, so it's already been handled.
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04-11-2006, 10:56 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 27
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re
A basic requirement should provide both a "connected" and "not-connected" awareness...like when you have a card inserted vs. not, of course... Possibly give the user controls from today screen, to connect/disconnect network virtual drives?
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