Connect USB Key Drive to Pocket PC

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Is there a cable or some kind of adapter that allows you to connect a
usb drive to a Pocket PC?

I think it would be a good idea if someone could design this if it
doesn't already exits

But with 1GB SD cards maybe no one needs it?
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Ralph Numbers

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Ralph Numbers wrote:
> Is there a cable or some kind of adapter that allows you to connect a
> usb drive to a Pocket PC?
>
> I think it would be a good idea if someone could design this if it
> doesn't already exits
>
> But with 1GB SD cards maybe no one needs it?
> --------------------
> Ralph Numbers

I think the problem is that a USB host must meet the USB specification, part
of which is that it must be capable of supplying a certain amount of power -
a precious commodity on a Pocket PC. I think Toshiba did once provide this,
but it has been notable by it's absence on subsequent models.

As you have suggested, using cards is a reasonable alternative. If you have
a Pocket PC with dual slots, you can have 2GB right away. And that's before
you start adding microdrives...

Regards

Martin

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"Ulric Van Bergen (UVB)" <ulric_van_bergen@hotmail.com> wrote in
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| >
| > As you have suggested, using cards is a reasonable alternative. If
you
| > have a Pocket PC with dual slots, you can have 2GB right away. And
| > that's before you start adding microdrives...
| >
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| Microdrives???????
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|
| who? what? where?
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| More info please????

web search???

That will bring up info. But they are CFII devices, you need the
relevant card slot.

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"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
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> Microdrives were a hot topic when then PPC was first released in 2000 and
> 64meg CF cards were a couple hundred dollars so they were popular to meet
> high storage needs in devices such as the ipaq's with a battery assisted
> pcmcia sleeve that could keep it alive for extended use.
>
> Battery drain coupled with the dropping cost of high capacity flash memory
> which demands very little power by comparison and is not shock sensitive
> pretty much overshadowed the microdrive's use in ppc's.
>
> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

I have a Pocket Loox 720 and I can connect USB flash drives to the USB Host
cable that comes with it.

Earlier on today I also succesfully connected my Fujitsu 80GB 2.5 inch Hard
Disk drive. I did install the 2.5 inch IDE into an external USB 2.0 case
first though. It is quite amazing having 80GB of storage space available to
such a small device. There are power issues but this is solved by using
either an extra battery pack or a USB encasing that has built in Lion
battery.

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"alan smith" <alan@REMOVEmral.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "yleas" <yleas@usnet.com> wrote in message
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> |
> | "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
> | message news:e5hsqJcRFHA.688@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> | > Microdrives were a hot topic when then PPC was first released in
> 2000 and
> | > 64meg CF cards were a couple hundred dollars so they were popular
> to meet
> | > high storage needs in devices such as the ipaq's with a battery
> assisted
> | > pcmcia sleeve that could keep it alive for extended use.
> | >
> | > Battery drain coupled with the dropping cost of high capacity flash
> memory
> | > which demands very little power by comparison and is not shock
> sensitive
> | > pretty much overshadowed the microdrive's use in ppc's.
> | >
> | > Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
> |
> | I have a Pocket Loox 720 and I can connect USB flash drives to the
> USB Host
> | cable that comes with it.
> |
> | Earlier on today I also succesfully connected my Fujitsu 80GB 2.5
> inch Hard
> | Disk drive. I did install the 2.5 inch IDE into an external USB 2.0
> case
> | first though. It is quite amazing having 80GB of storage space
> available to
> | such a small device. There are power issues but this is solved by
> using
> | either an extra battery pack or a USB encasing that has built in Lion
> | battery.
> |
> |
>
> And I thought pda's were supposed to be easily portable!

The portability does not suffer much when you use either a 1.8" or 2,5" Hard
Disk with built in Lion Battery. These hard drives are tiny and the extra
storage available is useful.
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>