Does this gadget exist?

What I'd really like for Christmas this year is a portable storage (HD)
device which can play mp3's etc (with headphones) and can also download,
sort and display (thumbnailsize only) images from digital cameras and card
readers, and upload them to computers.

The nearest I've seen to this is the i-River h series, but that needs your
camera to be USB 2 (mine isn't). Does the device I'm looking for exist, or
is USB 2 a prerequisite to work in this way?

TIA

 

Yes, it does. There's one here (although American )
http://www.meritline.com/digital-photo-album-mp3-lcd.html and I know there
are others. Some knowledgeable poster will tell you.

 

If the rumours are true then the new ipods should fairly neatly fit into
this category.

B>

 

Sorry, that doesn't store.

 

In the new manuscript <cl0218$g7k$>, Richard
Pattle penned the following script...

There is a lot of 'media centres' coming on to the market, particularly
on the run up to Xmas, Epson are bringing one out, Microsoft, I-River,
Apple etc.

USB 2 is backwards compatible it will just run at USB 1.1 speeds.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0410/04101203epson_p2000.asp
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0303/03030217smartdiskflashtrax.asp

Will you be shooting RAW? What type of memory cards do you have? Most of
these Media Centres will support other cards with an accessory through
it's standard CF slot.

Flashtrax device, they've come down in price since these articles:

http://www.edigitalphoto.com/storage/0309edp_smartdisk/
http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/Smartdisk.shtml

As I said there is more coming out so keep an eye on the Tech websites,
and the photography sites.

 

The screen seems to whack the price up a lot. There were plenty of players
to a TV at Photokina, some promised at about £30.

 

It's not just the screen but the additional features, such as movie
payback and image playback, essentially they are very specialised laptop
in many aspects.

They also have royalty fees to pay for the JPG format, MP3 format etc.

He did specify he wanted to view images, and if the LCD display isn't up
to scratch he can always use the TV if there is one available.

Also this is a very new market, still developing. Hence the development
costs also have to be met.

 

Richard Pattle was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

USB 2 is backward compatible to USB 1.1, all you lose is the higher
speed. I think the iRiver H-3xx series is probably your best bet at
the moment, and they're pretty good music players as well.

 

USB 2.0 is a standard that requires compatibility with
480 mbits/s (Hi Speed USB 2.0)
12 Mbits/s (USB 2.0 Full rate, called USB 1.1 in the olddays)
4 Mbits/s (USB 2.0 xxx rate. Called USB 1.0 in the old days)

So a device that is USB 1.0 is a fully compliant USB 2.0 device
seen from the USB 2.0 point of view.

 

Ummm... in this case which is the device and which the computer? IIRC
USB2 can need more power, which is why the old laptop I aquired to be a
firewall wouldn't work for me - it was USB1 & wouldn't drive the Alcatel
Frog. (and yes, I have bought a real modem/firewall/router since)

Andy

 

Check out the Archos AV400 for playing MPEG, MP3, and store and view your
images.
Take a look at www.archos.com

All teh best,

Patrick

www.photo-design.co.uk

 

I think there is no guaranteed power supply in USB. That is
why you will need a powere USB hub to connect power hungry devices.

I have an iFeel optical mouse (with the shake feature) which eats
so much power my Apple iBook refuses to power it.