iRiver H300 series 'PC-free' USB transfers
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Korean
electronics manufacturer iRiver has today announced the new H300 series
portable music and photo player. The unit will come in two flavors, the
20 GB H320 and the 40 GB H340. The big difference with this unit compared
to several other on the market (including the recently announced Sony)
is that it act as a USB 2.0 host allow you to connect any mass storage
device (such as a digital camera or card reader) directly and have the
unit transfer directly. The upside is that you won't need special card
adapters and won't need to remove the storage card from the camera, the
downside will be that the majority of digital cameras still only support
USB 1.1 (which is pretty slow), the unit itself has no card slots, you
will need to carry a USB cable and it can't display RAW files. The H320
will retail for 47,800 YEN (approx. $430), the H340 for 59,800 YEN (approx.
$540).
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