Ext hard drive with SD card slot?

jmckie · 08-02-05, 04:09 PM

When I travel I want to bring along my movie files with me. I don't want to bring a laptop but I'm willing to bring along an external USB 200GB hard drive.

I know the Axim doesn't have USB host, so it won't be able to use the drive directly. However if the drive has an SD reader, I could simply transfer the movie I am going to watch to my 1Gb card.

Does this critter exist?

**Frenchy** · 08-02-05, 04:19 PM

You may be able to get a CF card with USB port and connect the drive to it. Google "USB and CF"

seligman · 08-02-05, 04:43 PM

Such a beast does exist. For instance, there's the XS Drive 2 XL. It's a bit expensive, but it should work. I think there are other similar products out there, but their name escapes me right now.

snowglyder · 08-02-05, 07:29 PM

Cool, but it's for a 2.5" drive, and only supports up to 100GB. You'd have to get another hard drive.

AdamaDBrown · 08-03-05, 02:37 AM

The XS Drive just copies digital photos off a camera's memory card to free up space. You can't copy files from it to the card. I don't believe there are any portable hard drives which let you copy files to a memory card. To do that, the hard drive would nearly need to be a computer itself. For that kind of price range, you might want to look into one of the Portable Media Centers that Microsoft has been pushing.

transcout · 08-03-05, 06:59 AM

Get the ratoc USB host CF card, a cheap IDE/USB enclosure from ebay, and a nice big HDD.

james_20 · 08-06-05, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by transcout

Get the ratoc USB host CF card, a cheap IDE/USB enclosure from ebay, and a nice big HDD.

130+ dollars is alot

jmckie · 08-06-05, 02:10 AM

Not only does it cost a lot, the Ratoc is a throwaway device. When I upgrade from the Axim in a few months, it becomes useless.

An external drive on the other hand remains useful for a much longer time.

transcout · 08-06-05, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by james_20

130+ dollars is alot

I said the enclosure was cheap, not the rest of it.

And yeah, I would agree, it's not the best way to do things, but in the absence of a proper pda with USB host, that would be the simplest way to do what he wanted, if not the cheapest.