Mark wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Matt Emson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> I know that my N800 can't power
>>> USB memory drives,
>>>
>> Works for me. Maybe it's size related? I've mounted unpowered USB keys
>> (Americans would say "thumb drive" I'm guessing) up to 2Gb. The only brand
>> I remember ottomh is PNY, which would have been 1Gb. I used a 64Gb one to
>> stream video once (choppy as hell, but it sort of worked..)
>>
>> M
>>
>>
>
> Actually, after some rather frustrating issues with mangled USB keys,
> I started using USB key-sized card readers with microSD and SD cards.
> That way if the reader breaks all I have to do is put the memory card
> in another reader and go. No more losing important data because of a
> broken connector. One of my microSD readers even went through the wash
> with the card inserted and worked just fine afterward. All that is to
> say that I'm actually attempting to use a card reader, not a USB key,
> so that's probably the issue.
>
>
makes quite a bit of sense that. thats why im somewhat reluctant to
replace dvd-r media or similar with external hardrives.
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