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I'm interested in purchasing a portable storage device to store digital
photos while on vacation. Any recommendations? I have owned a 6 GB digital
wallet for about 21/2 years now and I'm beginning to outgrow it. Thanks

"C. Lamonaca" <> writes:

> I'm interested in purchasing a portable storage device to store digital
> photos while on vacation. Any recommendations? I have owned a 6 GB digital
> wallet for about 21/2 years now and I'm beginning to outgrow it. Thanks

I use the x-drive II with a used 6 gig laptop drive I purchased (ie, unlike the
Digital Wallet, you can swap drives if need be). The only real problem I had
with it was the early firmware stopped the transfer if the unit was jolted (I
was sitting on a bench and some kids were jumping on the concrete next to it).
I don't use it enough during the day that the relatively short battery life (2
hours) would affect me. The newer firmware from October fixes this. Note, it
is a pain to update firmware, since the only two systems supported are Windows
98 and Windows 2000 (ie, not Windows XP). I bought my unit at:

http://www.insidecomputer.com

which sells other units as well.

The other choice is a portable CD burner. The new Apacer CP200's can display
pictures on a TV screen, act as a DVD reader, and deal with media > 700
megabytes by spanning multiple CDs.

--
Michael Meissner
email:
http://www.the-meissners.org

I have a USB 2.0 portable storage HD, 40Gb, runs on batteries and last a
long time,rechargeable, incorporating a CF reader, so no cables are
necessary in the field, only required when downloading from the drive to PC,
the size of a large wallet, simple commands and so far great, can be also
used as an external hard disk when connected to Pc. The site is:
http://www.mittoni.com

Regards
Rita


"Michael Meissner" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "C. Lamonaca" <> writes:
>
> > I'm interested in purchasing a portable storage device to store digital
> > photos while on vacation. Any recommendations? I have owned a 6 GB
digital
> > wallet for about 21/2 years now and I'm beginning to outgrow it. Thanks
>
> I use the x-drive II with a used 6 gig laptop drive I purchased (ie,
unlike the
> Digital Wallet, you can swap drives if need be). The only real problem I
had
> with it was the early firmware stopped the transfer if the unit was jolted
(I
> was sitting on a bench and some kids were jumping on the concrete next to
it).
> I don't use it enough during the day that the relatively short battery
life (2
> hours) would affect me. The newer firmware from October fixes this.
Note, it
> is a pain to update firmware, since the only two systems supported are
Windows
> 98 and Windows 2000 (ie, not Windows XP). I bought my unit at:
>
> http://www.insidecomputer.com
>
> which sells other units as well.
>
> The other choice is a portable CD burner. The new Apacer CP200's can
display
> pictures on a TV screen, act as a DVD reader, and deal with media > 700
> megabytes by spanning multiple CDs.
>
> --
> Michael Meissner
> email:
> http://www.the-meissners.org