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Forget SD Card Slots, Ports, and Adapters! Its all about wireless drives!

I was back at Best Buy today to Lon at accessories for my Tab10.1. I was considering the USB host adapter, but then the helpful employee showed me this little gem. It is a mobile drive with battery and wifi wrapped in with a light 500gb drive. Although a bit pricy for a 500gb drive, it comes with wall and car chargers as well as built in wifi mini router. Up to 3 devices can connect and use at once.
When you consider a 32gb SD card is $100, this would seem to be worth the leap. No more eject and insert to share data, or sync between computer and mobile. Just push from computer to drive, and then the mobile device uses.
The only downside I can see is stream music via wifi means no multi tasking to the internet. Maybe that has been taken care of but to me this seems to be much better than cards and ports. It certainly means larger mobile storage!
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate...kuId=2740208&st=goflex mobile drive&cp=1&lp=1
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hate to burst the bubble, but i picked one up the other day when i picked up my 10.1 and the keyboard, and will be returning it. mine is unable to stream movies. streaming music works ok, but movies or tv shows just dont work. i tried using mobo and the stock media player to no avai... also the lag on the samsung keyboard drives me insane. awesome device but the software intergration is poor. typical samsung.

clb33fyxj said:
hate to burst the bubble, but i picked one up the other day when i picked up my 10.1 and the keyboard, and will be returning it. mine is unable to stream movies. streaming music works ok, but movies or tv shows just dont work. i tried using mobo and the stock media player to no avai... also the lag on the samsung keyboard drives me insane. awesome device but the software intergration is poor. typical samsung.
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Use plex, though its not free, but you will be able to stream any media without lag that also include 1080p.
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actually just found that es file manager works pretty well now! doesnt play avi but has played all of the m4v files i tried without a hitch

djchad72 said:
I was back at Best Buy today to Lon at accessories for my Tab10.1. I was considering the USB host adapter, but then the helpful employee showed me this little gem. It is a mobile drive with battery and wifi wrapped in with a light 500gb drive. Although a bit pricy for a 500gb drive, it comes with wall and car chargers as well as built in wifi mini router. Up to 3 devices can connect and use at once.
When you consider a 32gb SD card is $100, this would seem to be worth the leap. No more eject and insert to share data, or sync between computer and mobile. Just push from computer to drive, and then the mobile device uses.
The only downside I can see is stream music via wifi means no multi tasking to the internet. Maybe that has been taken care of but to me this seems to be much better than cards and ports. It certainly means larger mobile storage!
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate...kuId=2740208&st=goflex mobile drive&cp=1&lp=1
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I don't know where you price shop but a 32gb micro sd card is not $100. More in the 50 - 60 range, even less sometimes.
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LordLugard said:
I don't know where you price shop but a 32gb micro sd card is not $100. More in the 50 - 60 range, even less sometimes.
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Some of the class 10 ones are around 100 or close to just depends on what brand they look at.

Exactly. The class 10's are over in the $100 range. Also, regarding playback of video..... keep in mind encoding, format, and resolution play a variable in video playback of anykind: streaming or local.
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I'm seeing class 10 32gb on newegg right now for $69. Last week (or 2) there was one with a MIR for $10 off but out of stock.
**For those willing to risk eBay, I came across this too-good-to-be-true listing for a class 10 32gb card for $30.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-32GB-CLASS-...Accessories&hash=item2565fe18d c#ht_500wt_918
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No thanks. The speed isn't fast enough for me. It's very convenient, but the performance wouldn't be worth it.

clb33fyxj said:
hate to burst the bubble, but i picked one up the other day when i picked up my 10.1 and the keyboard, and will be returning it. mine is unable to stream movies. streaming music works ok, but movies or tv shows just dont work. i tried using mobo and the stock media player to no avai... also the lag on the samsung keyboard drives me insane. awesome device but the software intergration is poor. typical samsung.
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I dont know if its just me but I have Zero lag on my keyboard.
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Same here. I think it depends on what you are doing. Every 3.1 tablet seems to have some lag typing on web page forms.
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I am pretty certain that you would not need to underoot, even. I believe (and please correct me, aficionados, if I am wrong), the Nexus as a 5th low voltage processor that works when no intensive tasks are being performed, thus increasing battery life.

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...payment register (using credit card swiper like Square or Intuit)...!
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Has anyone even tried this yet? I believe you need a speaker Jack that has both speaker output AND Mic input to use these devices.
The Nexus does not have a Mic input on the speaker Jack.
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Deafcyclist said:
screen out monitor, remote trigger, intervalometer, digital portfolio
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Tell me where I can get a compatible cable for a 5D Mik II and I'll let you know

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Deafcyclist said:
Looking at http://dslrcontroller.com/devices.php , it seem that you either only need an OTG adapter or in case of a similar set up with the asus transformer (Asus made the Nexus 7, right?), a special ASUS Usb cable (with a micro to mini usb adapter).
Any more than that, I can't help you as I don't have the dslr controller app, Nexus 7, or the cables.
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I'll order up some cables on eBay and let you know later this week.
I've been aware or the ability to control dSLRs via android and have done so using EOS Utility+Laptop
but with screen resolutions being what they were with droid devices I didn't see the point.
Now I have the N7 I can see how it may be very useful and be far superior to EOS utility+ bulky Laptop.

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There is a lengthy thread for the DSLR Controller here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202082
People have got it working with an OTG cable, without rooting.
I'm waiting for my OTG cable (should be here Monday/Tuesday)..
Linking to a 7D, what are you guys shooting ?

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T4i ? nice!
If you didn't find it already take a look here, a whole bunch of info http://photography-on-the.net/forum/

Deafcyclist said:
... payment register (using credit card swiper like Square or Intuit)
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krelvinaz said:
Has anyone even tried this yet? I believe you need a speaker Jack that has both speaker output AND Mic input to use these devices.
The Nexus does not have a Mic input on the speaker Jack.
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This apparently is not accurate. There is a Mic, but the right speaker/mic combination needs to be used and a lot of apps don't apparently work while a few do.
Chances are, there will need to be some updates on this, most likely on the app side to get this to work properly. One would think that the credit card swipe devices would test it and tweak their apps to work. Think that using a smart phone might be a better choice since it has 3G/4G data and the Nexus 7 doesn't and would require a network connection to transmit the data though. Dont need a lot of size to do a credit card transaction.

So not to dis on the Nexus 7 at all but as a Photographer myself I would think you'd be better off with one of the Transformers for something like this. I just have a TF101 but its got a nice big screen and probably more than enough battery power with the keyboard dock for you to play with for a full day. Something like the higher resolution models out now would be even better.
The way I shoot weddings or even in the studio, it would be insanely cumbersome to move the subject, adjust the tripod and go to the tablet to take the pictures. I would end up using it mostly for previews. If you just want previews, since you have a camera with an SD slot, I'm pretty sure you're life would be MUCH easier just using a Eye-Fi card that syncs with the Nexus / Tablet by dropping JPG's into the gallery for you as you shoot (keeping the RAW's on the actual card assuming you shoot RAW).
The other thing to keep in mind with the Nexus 7 in your grand scheme of things is it is a really bad choice for displaying your portfolio due to the lack of on board storage and screen size. On a 10 inch table a landscape image looks small but barely passable in portrait and visa versa, on a 7 inch I wouldn't even consider it passable and would need to format portrait or landscape portfolios = more work for me!
Last but not least, just use your phone for CC transactions, it's always with you and always has a network connection and stuff like Square should just work without having to Jerry Rig anything.
Not trying to change your mind on anything, just some insight form a like minded photographer. Honestly with the exception of the Eye-Fi for previews by the time you mash together a workable solution you'll probably hate having to set everything up and find yourself working around a new set of self imposed limitations rather then doing what photographers like to do, taking good pictures.

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Getting lrg hard drive support on Note 10.1

I contacted Samsung on Twitter about getting TB or lrg storage support on our device, stating Surface Pro does and that some work done on this tablet requires direct and larger storage capacity. They were open and receptive to exploring the option of making that happen. So if anyone else wants to make the request to them go right ahead. Can't hurt right and it may happen faster. I described my working process using Note for illustration. I like the product.

edirector said:
I contacted Samsung on Twitter about getting TB or lrg storage support on our device, stating Surface Pro does and that some work done on this tablet requires direct and larger storage capacity. They were open and receptive to exploring the option of making that happen. So if anyone else wants to make the request to them go right ahead. Can't hurt right and it may happen faster. I described my working process using Note for illustration. I like the product.
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Given the existence of portable, battery-powered WIFI harddrives and RAVPOWER's portable, battey-powered WIFI SD card and USB flash drive/USB drive reader I don't see the need. I'm ordering the RAVPOWER unit from Amazon tonight. http://www.amazon.com/RAVPower%C2%AE-Wireless-External-Smartphones-Lightning/dp/B00AQUMZRA/ref=sr_1_9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1360879507&sr=1-9&keywords=wifi+drive

Thanks
mke1973 said:
Given the existence of portable, battery-powered WIFI harddrives and RAVPOWER's portable, battey-powered WIFI SD card and USB flash drive/USB drive reader I don't see the need. I'm ordering the RAVPOWER unit from Amazon tonight. http://www.amazon.com/RAVPower%C2%AE-Wireless-External-Smartphones-Lightning/dp/B00AQUMZRA/ref=sr_1_9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1360879507&sr=1-9&keywords=wifi+drive
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This is fine for light usage, however I use Note 10 as a production device. I need to cut out the middle device and plug directly in I am producing that much work. There is a reason why Microsoft included the capability with Surface Pro some people actually use tablets to produce work. I will get this although but if Samsung comes through I'm happy with the ability to plug in a TB plus HD even better.

edirector said:
This is fine for light usage, however I use Note 10 as a production device. I need to cut out the middle device and plug directly in I am producing that much work. There is a reason why Microsoft included the capability with Surface Pro some people actually use tablets to produce work. I will get this although but if Samsung comes through I'm happy with the ability to plug in a TB plus HD even better.
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I use my note for multiple productivity tools when I don't want to tote my laptop, incuding working on large word documents. I will be able to plug external hard drives upto 2T as well as flash drives and SD cards into the RavPower WIFI unit and acess the data wirelessly. Although they're expensive, Kingston's WiDrives offer wireless access to upto 128 GB of data without the need for a power cord (on board battery power is rated for 4 hours).

I bought a Seagate goflex Satellite drive. 500 gb and wifi connectivity. Can be a bit limited though...

ultramag69 said:
I bought a Seagate goflex Satellite drive. 500 gb and wifi connectivity. Can be a bit limited though...
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Once I get the RavPower unit and have had a chance to use it, I'll post a review in the accessories section. The note's a more than adequate substitute for my laptop on many occassions so l decided the RavPower purchase along with a better BT keyboard and mouse was warranted. I find myself using Kingsoft Office quite a bit.

Large drive support would be very nice indeed. I too use my GN for work, and in fact have moved exclusively to using it while out of the office. I don't find myself wanting for my laptop except in a few situations. Though i find a 64GB SD card handles my documents just fine since i am not working with super large files basically financial forcasting excel spreadsheets large word docs etc.
Just curious what types of files you all are working with that require that much space? Curious as maybe i am missing the boat on a usage for my Tablet.
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dharkenrahl said:
Large drive support would be very nice indeed. I too use my GN for work, and in fact have moved exclusively to using it while out of the office. I don't find myself wanting for my laptop except in a few situations. Though i find a 64GB SD card handles my documents just fine since i am not working with super large files basically financial forcasting excel spreadsheets large word docs etc.
Just curious what types of files you all are working with that require that much space? Curious as maybe i am missing the boat on a usage for my Tablet.
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I work on legal briefs and documents as well as detailed analyses of proposed legislation and regulations. I'm most looking forward to getting a new BT with standard keyboard layout.

Didn't get the 32GB Model? This is better!

If you're like me, you decided that the 32GB model was too much for so small extra storage. I decided to go this route instead.
First, you pick up one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151083670634
Then you get one of these or use one you have laying around from a previous phone (I have several):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007XZM6VG
Then you root and install "StickMount" from the market for free. You end up with a 48GB or larger model. It's also great for accessing photos I've saved on my Galaxy Note 2 (saved to SD) and viewing them on the bigger screen.
I do my Titanium and Nandroid backups to this device and then I'm not carrying them around on the device all the time taking up space. Yes, this even works with TWRP Recovery, as you go to the "Mount" menu and set it to look to your OTG device instead of onboard storage.
If I need to load up some movies for a trip, I put them on the SD and pop them in when I want to watch. Really works great.

I still like having the extra internal storage. I do plan on storing Nandroid and Titanium Backups backups on a flash drive using this method.

cyberprodigy said:
I still like having the extra internal storage.
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I thought I would, too, but the original Nexus 7 16GB was never more than half filled even with a ton of apps I never used. I tend to watch and listen to video podcasts and Google Music on my phone or it might be different.

Cubfan99 said:
I thought I would, too, but the original Nexus 7 16GB was never more than half filled even with a ton of apps I never used. I tend to watch and listen to video podcasts and Google Music on my phone or it might be different.
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Games, ROMs, and movies are what kill me. I like to store a few different ROMs, I have a bunch of large games (Grand Theft Auto, Bard's Tale), and I usually keep about 3-5 movies until I watch them.

At only 40 bucks difference in price, not getting the 32 seems silly.

Just so others know there are other flavors of usb otg devices out there. Just get the otg cable and connect an external drive or any usb stick. Or mouse/keyboard.
I got the 16gb model because they were out of the 32s where I picked up mine. Still thinking if I should go back and get the 32 but may give the cloud/lan a try and see how I do. I use tasker and a couple programs to auto upload files when I'm home, so really the only thing on my storage is apps. Media is all pretty easy to stream where ever I use a tablet.

I would rather have more internal storage then external storage. The fragile micro USB port is the weak point of the tablet so I want to use that as little as possible. Besides using it for fastboot and ADB while in recovery, I do everything else wirelessly including wireless charging, ADB over Wifi and transfer over WiFi. It is much more convenient to torrent straight onto the tablet then transferring from the PC via external storage or be dependent on the OTG adapter always plugged in for downloading onto. A single TV episode is 1 - 1.3 GB and a movie is 2 - 5GB so the ~11.5 GB of useable internal storage is really not enough.

I just use my router+external hard drive as an ftp server as backup. Also use it as a dlna server. No need to store anything locally. As long as I'm on my lan...

I like the one from www.meenova.com better since its a smaller form factor.
Only problem is that they aren't available yet.
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It was a not so smart move if you didn't buy the extra storage with this weeks OfficeMax deal!
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michaelg1030 said:
I like the one from www.meenova.com better since its a smaller form factor.
Only problem is that they aren't available yet.
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I was going to point that out too.
In case anyone is curious, there is a video describing the product here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
They blew out their kickstarter goal of $5k, raising over $70k

highfigh said:
I got the 16gb model because they were out of the 32s where I picked up mine. Still thinking if I should go back and get the 32 but may give the cloud/lan a try and see how I do.
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Exactly my situation... amazon was sold out on the 32. I actually think it is a good exercise to try using the smaller version with cloud services. I have plenty of Dropbox storage and have Dropsync Pro purchased. Also have box.com and Asus' storage solution. Must have 200gb total! File Expert cloud services works great and is quite fun.
This approach is just right for me. Not for everybody, of course.
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Roms kill me. Start crack flashing and next thing you know you're out of storage. I also like games and when playing BardsTale on my 16gb, I hit the wall. My 16gb got stolen the same day OfficeDepot started leaking the 32gbs early. I literally came home with 16gb, read XDA on PC and immediately left again.
OTG is handy but I wouldn't want to be reliant on it. I use it mostly for grabbing files off USB disks.
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sfhub said:
I was going to point that out too.
In case anyone is curious, there is a video describing the product here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
They blew out their kickstarter goal of $5k, raising over $70k
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I'm a backer, they're saying end of August it will be ready, can't wait

michaelg1030 said:
I like the one from www.meenova.com better since its a smaller form factor.
Only problem is that they aren't available yet.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyfei/mini-microsd-reader-for-android-smartphones-and-ta
By the end of August they will be available, I've one ordered.

32GB is the best for me. Road trips and shorter car trips, I don't have access to cloud services, and I don't trust my young'uns to not break the micro USB connector with a cable and USB drive dangling from it. It's nice to have it locally and not be at the mercy of Internet speeds wherever I happen to be. Is there anything more annoying than stuttering youtube?

Not recommanding
TF card have very slow random I/O, it's better not to use TF card.
Low random I/O means slow game loading.
And don't think class 10 TF cards would be better at random I/O than class 2 ones because they are not.
Use small USB flash instead would be better, if possible.:cyclops:

I bought a 16 GB then I used the office max coupon and got the 32 GB f bout $15 cheaper then I paid for the 16
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wrichards2009 said:
I bought a 16 GB then I used the office max coupon and got the 32 GB f bout $15 cheaper then I paid for the 16
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Yeah, yeah. Goody for you. The point is if you didn't get the 32gb, this is a solution that works. Not for all who need the 32, but they wouldn't make a 16 if it wasn't good enough for many (like me).

michaelg1030 said:
I like the one from www.meenova.com better since its a smaller form factor.
Only problem is that they aren't available yet.
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I like that one, too. However, mine was cheap and the fact that the other one isn't available seems to weigh pretty heavily toward the one I selected, right?

REVIEW: Fire 7 as a Photographers Companion

I am a photojournalist by trade and my sole purpose with the Fire 7 was to use it as a companion when working away from home. I have wrote a small review on my online magazine:
http://www.cornwallmonthly.co.uk/amazon-fire-2015-photography/
Toby

k3ll0gs said:
I am a photojournalist by trade and my sole purpose with the Fire 7 was to use it as a companion when working away from home. I have wrote a small review on my online magazine:
http://www.cornwallmonthly.co.uk/amazon-fire-2015-photography/
Toby
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Very good review, I'm a lazy reader a and I still finished most of it, you didn't mentioned you ScreenOn Time? Did you? I would like to know what tour SOT is with your usage pattern, and just one thing, I would seriously try to get a sd reader to microusb otg, they exist, this would allow you to use sd cards when needed and get a little more speed, I suspect microsd is always slower than full size sds.

Jose-MXL said:
Very good review, I'm a lazy reader a and I still finished most of it, you didn't mentioned you ScreenOn Time? Did you? I would like to know what tour SOT is with your usage pattern, and just one thing, I would seriously try to get a sd reader to microusb otg, they exist, this would allow you to use sd cards when needed and get a little more speed, I suspect microsd is always slower than full size sds.
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Thank you glad you liked the review - I completely forgot about the screen on time I'll will add it to the article when I get the chance. I prefer the dedicated canon camera cables via OTG USB when connecting as opposed to using external card readers. When working away it is a lot easier to lose the card readers as they are smaller than the cables themselves and also easier to find on my bag. Just a personal preference

k3ll0gs said:
Thank you glad you liked the review - I completely forgot about the screen on time I'll will add it to the article when I get the chance. I prefer the dedicated canon camera cables via OTG USB when connecting as opposed to using external card readers. When working away it is a lot easier to lose the card readers as they are smaller than the cables themselves and also easier to find on my bag. Just a personal preference
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I had no idea your cameras had a way to directly connect OTG, I kept thinking you were removing microsd cards and putting them inside the Fire, so you actual solution is a million times better than my sugestion.
Yeah the review is very good, I mean for $50 the tablet is the best bang for the buck as we say in the US..

Jose-MXL said:
I had no idea your cameras had a way to directly connect OTG, I kept thinking you were removing microsd cards and putting them inside the Fire, so you actual solution is a million times better than my sugestion.
Yeah the review is very good, I mean for $50 the tablet is the best bang for the buck as we say in the US..
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Dedicated cables are the future until you lose them