iPod to store images

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On 27 Jan 2005 09:01:26 -0800, "JustJake"
<themusicmanjake@comcast.net> wrote:

>I've had bad experiences with CF cards that are 1GB and over, so I have
>a few 512 MB & smaller cards for my camera. But, when I'm on trips
>lasting more than a few days, I get close to running out of memory
>cards. I was thinking of getting one of those photo storage devices
>that are basically hard drives, but a while back I saw something in PC
>World magazine. Belkin makes a little sleeve that allows you to
>download pics directly to an iPod. I was going to get a 40GB Photo
>iPod, but those things cost $500! I'm trying to get a free iPod from
>Gratis Networks, a marketing that are giving away free iPods. I've got
>info about it on my blog, http://freephotoipod2005.blogspot.com
>
Why not get a USB / Firewire external hard drive?

I have one, a 40Gb USB2 version. It takes power from the Laptop via
the USB cable.


Pete S.

www.derwentelec.clara.co.uk

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Recently I bought an Archos Gmini 220 for exactly thie same purpose.
I payed about $200 for that on ebay. I had to upgrade the firmware
though to prevent it from corrupting data when copying from CF card bu
this is a common problem and there is a fix. Now it works like a charm.
I have not regretted bying it.
The free iPod, free whatever stuff is either a pyramid scheme where you
have to find other people to sign up in order to get it, or you have to
subscribe to something, order a new credit card.
Don't do it!

Andre

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> I've had bad experiences with CF cards that are 1GB and over, so I have
> a few 512 MB & smaller cards for my camera. But, when I'm on trips
> lasting more than a few days, I get close to running out of memory
> cards. I was thinking of getting one of those photo storage devices
> that are basically hard drives, but a while back I saw something in PC
> World magazine. Belkin makes a little sleeve that allows you to
> download pics directly to an iPod. I was going to get a 40GB Photo
> iPod, but those things cost $500! I'm trying to get a free iPod from
> Gratis Networks, a marketing that are giving away free iPods. I've got
> info about it on my blog, http://freephotoipod2005.blogspot.com
>

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I've given up on all these options and decided to buy a laptop. Big viewing
screen, lots of storage space, and the ability to burn CDs or DVDs.

Good shooting,
Bob Scott

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Alfred Molon wrote:
> In article <cYcKd.137301$K7.137262@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Pete D
> says...
>
>>For less that US$200 you can get a 40Gig X's drive, basic, cheap and does
>>the job. For a little more you can get 60-80-100Gig. I have a 40Gig version,
>>brilliant.
>
>
> Only problem with the Xs drive is that it takes about 15 minutes to
> write a 1GB card to the disk and the inbuilt battery (which you can't
> take out easily as you would have to open the entire unit with a
> screwdriver) only lasts for one hour.
>
> There is another device which can write a 1GB CF card to disk in 3
> minutes, but I forgot the name.

Firewire. Faster than USB 2 *in practical terms*, and USB 2 is itself
way faster than USB 1.

--
John McWilliams

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In article <MZzKd.518$Ix.170@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>, Robert
Scott says...
> I've given up on all these options and decided to buy a laptop. Big viewing
> screen, lots of storage space, and the ability to burn CDs or DVDs.

I'm travelling with a subnotebook _and_ an 80GB Xs drive (and also an
external DVD burner by the way). That way the Xs drive doubles as a
backup for the images in case the notebook HD should crash - which can
happen if you travel a lot. The DVD burner allows you to create a
further backup, as harddisks are fragile.
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Alfred Molon
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