Not to rain on everyone's parade but I think that SolarExpress really missed the boat with this. They have been working on this for like 3 or 4 years now. Three years ago, 4GB CF cards were thousands of dollars and these would have sold like hotcakes....now with the price of CF memory, i think they will have a very hard time getting many buyers for this...
CF USB card $85
16GB CF card $60 bucks at newegg
32GB CF Card $150 bucks at newegg
Ok so storage isnt everything but it seems to be the only real "useful" use of something like this...
but neither of the CF cards require you to carry a portable hard drive with you to play in your PORTABLE Axim device...
I don't know...maybe I'm spiteful since I've been wanting this so long....sorry again for ranting and "raining" Good luck to everyone
X10 at this day one USB host CF card isn't very useful for storage except if you need too much big files who exceed a CF card. However this card has a lot of connectivity, storage devices, card readers, mouses, keyboards, printers or even gamepads with the appropiate driver.
With the expansion jacket i made i can connect one keyboard, a big HD, a mouse (or a touch screen) and watch everything in a VGA monitor as if i could have a little desktop computer, but all very portable and in a little space.
It couldn't be possible without a CF USB host card (which i don't own yet, mine is dead, rest in peace).
X10 at this day one USB host CF card isn't very useful for storage except if you need too much big files who exceed a CF card. However this card has a lot of connectivity, storage devices, card readers, mouses, keyboards, printers or even gamepads with the appropiate driver.
With the expansion jacket i made i can connect one keyboard, a big HD, a mouse (or a touch screen) and watch everything in a VGA monitor as if i could have a little desktop computer, but all very portable and in a little space.
It couldn't be possible without a CF USB host card (which i don't own yet, mine is dead, rest in peace).
Drivers being the key word....not too many companies are going to release printer drivers for a old operating system, a mobile one at that (WM5 and WM2003)...so unless you are keen on writing drivers for windows mobile, more than likely this will primarily be used for storage devices and/or a mouse and keyboard even though you could simply use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse for about the same price...
show me where you canget a PORTABLE bluetooth keyboard from for only $85 ...
but you are probably right with there being a driver issue unless they release some "generic" drivers with the CF usb adaptor card....
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thanks for the link... i forget to check outside aus sometimes....
interestingly it doesnt mention ANY ipaqs ????
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The possibilities are endless! Thumb drive's, portable HDD's, gaming controllers, pointing devices, keyboards, scanners, printers. I own and could use any or all of these things with the Axim.
You name it!
Drivers are a bit of a different ball game, but hey, you gotta play!
The possibilities are endless! Thumb drive's, portable HDD's, gaming controllers, pointing devices, keyboards, scanners, printers. I own and could use any or all of these things with the Axim.
You name it!
Drivers are a bit of a different ball game, but hey, you gotta play!
Actually the possibilities are quite limited being as whatever you plug in draws its power from your Axim, and the SolarExpress only passes through 5v @ 100mA (supported), far too little for larger peripherals like scanners, printers, external HDD's etc...
I've only managed to use smaller things like thumb drives and a small card reader.
i know its not portable but then neither is a printer or scanner, but use a POWERED hub then.....
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I don't think SolarExpress was really designed to provide power to the other connections. I like the fact you can go to a remote location where they may have printers/scanners/& other peripherals set up and be able to use them through your PDA. :)
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wrong thread mate... try asking in the storage card thread.
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