USB Hard drive to X30 - Possible?

shklar1 · 07-17-04, 04:22 AM

Hey guys, I'm new at this forum and i'll probably have the X30 High in a few weeks.

I would like to know if it's possible to connect an external hard drive through a USB port to the Axim X30 (Seems like a faster, much more efficient solution than any SD card)

I was thinking of this one -->
External Hard Drive

Will it work? Had anyone here had any experience with this kind of thing? How fast will it be?

07-17-04, 05:29 AM

Hi

Not sure if the USB cable will connect to the hard drive from ur pda (dell)

Let me know if it did work in ur favor

remko@shaw.ca

ikehiker · 07-17-04, 07:06 AM

It won't work. Both it and the PPC are USB devices. One of the two must be a host before you can connect them. There are CF cards that add USB ports that will turn a PPC into a host but it will not work on the X3 or X30.

shklar1 · 07-17-04, 07:19 AM

I understand. Thank u for the attention :D

All I got to do now is buy a 512 MB SD card and i'm good :rolling:

ikehiker · 07-17-04, 08:08 AM

After I posted the above, I saw this thread which discusses the options for connecting an extenal drive to the PPC.

Natking · 07-17-04, 06:35 PM

As my first post, i'd like to start off by saying that this is a kick-butt site. I've been lurking here since mid-june and ordered my X30 high on the 23rd---The WOD is indeed a torturous thing.

Anyways, on to my thread contribution:

Is Wi-Fi okay?

Jay_G · 07-22-04, 05:38 AM

What about an Ipod?

If you got the 20 gig I-Pod and used 1/2 for Music and the other 1/2 for pocket PC programs, that could be cool.

Not sure if it works but you can connect them together with Pocketster Pro.

http://www.simeda.com/pocketster-ipod.html

Jay_G · 07-22-04, 05:52 AM

oops I see now that you need a USB HOST controler to use that.

The Tosheba e800 does I assume the Axim does not. You can add one to a PDA with a CF slot, but the X30 doesn't have one of those.

redcoder · 07-27-04, 10:41 PM

Yeah, it seems like there is no way to connect an external hdd to the X30.
I should have bought an X5 :-(

spiderboy123123 · 07-28-04, 08:40 AM

When will prices for 512 SD cards go down?

dji2as · 07-28-04, 08:47 AM

So x5 can use external drive with cf adaptor. That way one can have portable music/video jukebox.

lamxing · 07-28-04, 04:03 PM

I think the new Asus A730 has a USB connection and can server as a USB Host device. So you might actually get to use an external hdd on it....
http://www.pocketpcreviews.net/revie...s730_index.htm

ikehiker · 07-28-04, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by spiderboy123123
When will prices for 512 SD cards go down?

They have...

The first one I saw was $189 and I just bought one for $67 (it arrived today)

...and like all computer equipment, they will continue to go down especially now that the 1gig cards are on the market.

i786dude · 07-28-04, 07:38 PM

you could try an terapin mine out its 10 gig has a pcimia slot so you could hook up wifi and maybe bluetooth up to it. Runs on 4 double as lasts a few hours. It runs linux. Also it has a usb host so you could probly plug your pda right into it. Heres the url http://www.terapintech.com/spec_mine.html