I really need some sort of portable hand held device to offload via USB 2.0 my digital camera's photos (nikon d50) to until I can get home to my system and place them there... any ideas? (Maybe I should start a new topic). What ever it is has to be cheap and hold around 8 gigs.

Make friends who have storage.

You could do a use & return from BB or some other chaine. Meaning buy an external HDD then transfer your photos. Once you get home, dump them on you hom PC, then return for cashback.

You could use Internet Cafes and email them to a Gmail account.
That way you can store lots !

I know of no product that does this. The best solution is to carry a small laptop with you.

Of course you can always just buy more memory cards.

-mpjesse

If he had the access to a pc to make this thread, then he could have the ability to truncate the external storage. When he's done, return it.
"Knowing is half the battle" -GI Joe!

Found a product that does it:

http://secure.serverlab.net/shop/m [...] MultiMedia

A bit pricy but I've found the 40 gig version for 180 bucks.

Nice find ! ... interesting product.