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I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
 
Dear fonebone,

You might want to look into this setup. Buy

1) Compaq iPaq PDA
2) Memplug Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack
( http://www.pitech.com/hardware/iCFMS/ipCFMS_index.htm )
3) 1GB CompactFlash

with the Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack, you can use your PDA to transfer your images from the Memory Stick to the 1GB Compact Flash. Even better, maybe you can purchase the new 4GB Compact Flash card when it hits the market.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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This is really cool! have you tried it? If this works well, I am definitely getting my hands on one of these. Because for one, I'm hoping to get another small camera or (whenever the time comes that I get better and/or more money) upgrade to a DSLR w/ CF.

Again, thanks for this awesome find! This is much more beneficial.

-fb
PLudE said:
You might want to look into this setup. Buy

1) Compaq iPaq PDA
2) Memplug Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack
( http://www.pitech.com/hardware/iCFMS/ipCFMS_index.htm )
3) 1GB CompactFlash

with the Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack, you can use
your PDA to transfer your images from the Memory Stick to the 1GB
Compact Flash. Even better, maybe you can purchase the new 4GB
Compact Flash card when it hits the market.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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Hey fonebone,

Yes, I have tried it. I have the exact setup. They work fine but the only draw back is that you can't view the pictures on your iPaq. Actually, let me rephrase that, you don't want to look at the picture on your iPaq because of the low resolution of the display. But as far as for storage purpose, it works. But just keep in mind that it's not cheap. For example:

iPaq (~$350) + Expansion Pack (~$80.00) + 1GB CF card (~$200.00) = ~$630

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
Again, thanks for this awesome find! This is much more beneficial.

-fb
PLudE said:
You might want to look into this setup. Buy

1) Compaq iPaq PDA
2) Memplug Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack
( http://www.pitech.com/hardware/iCFMS/ipCFMS_index.htm )
3) 1GB CompactFlash

with the Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack, you can use
your PDA to transfer your images from the Memory Stick to the 1GB
Compact Flash. Even better, maybe you can purchase the new 4GB
Compact Flash card when it hits the market.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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I have had many palms. I currently have a clie and I love it but as a form of a storage solution, I don't recomend it. The previous set up sounds much better. I would consider the price, as you are getting close to what a laptop would cost. But a PDA size, fuctionality, and convienence is hard to beat. If a PDA is what you are looking for and need go with that, but personaly if it was mainly for photo storage I'd go with laptop as you see the pictures on a larger screen and even burn a backup on to CD.
PLudE said:
Hey fonebone,

Yes, I have tried it. I have the exact setup. They work fine but
the only draw back is that you can't view the pictures on your
iPaq. Actually, let me rephrase that, you don't want to look at
the picture on your iPaq because of the low resolution of the
display. But as far as for storage purpose, it works. But just
keep in mind that it's not cheap. For example:

iPaq (~$350) + Expansion Pack (~$80.00) + 1GB CF card (~$200.00) =
~$630
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BG

http://www.pbase.com/jpak/
 
Yeah.. that's the reason why I like it because of portability and the fact that I wanted/needed one. True a laptop is nice, but a PDA's storage capabilities is much nicer.

Looking around, I've found
iPaq 3835 ($210)
Sleeve ($80)
1GB card (~$170)

which comes out to about ~$450

My previous idea was
sony clie sj30 ($250)
10GB Laptop HDD (~$30)
X-Drive II ($120)

which comes out to about ~$400.

For the extra $50, I don't mind getting the iPaq as it is better PDA (IMO), and I have an "extra" CF in case I ever get a camera that uses CF... which I think I will some day.

-fb
Ballistic said:
PLudE said:
Hey fonebone,

Yes, I have tried it. I have the exact setup. They work fine but
the only draw back is that you can't view the pictures on your
iPaq. Actually, let me rephrase that, you don't want to look at
the picture on your iPaq because of the low resolution of the
display. But as far as for storage purpose, it works. But just
keep in mind that it's not cheap. For example:

iPaq (~$350) + Expansion Pack (~$80.00) + 1GB CF card (~$200.00) =
~$630
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--
BG

http://www.pbase.com/jpak/
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PLudE said:
Yes, I have tried it. I have the exact setup. They work fine but
the only draw back is that you can't view the pictures on your
iPaq. Actually, let me rephrase that, you don't want to look at
the picture on your iPaq because of the low resolution of the
display. But as far as for storage purpose, it works. But just
keep in mind that it's not cheap. For example:

iPaq (~$350) + Expansion Pack (~$80.00) + 1GB CF card (~$200.00) =
~$630

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
Again, thanks for this awesome find! This is much more beneficial.

-fb
PLudE said:
You might want to look into this setup. Buy

1) Compaq iPaq PDA
2) Memplug Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack
( http://www.pitech.com/hardware/iCFMS/ipCFMS_index.htm )
3) 1GB CompactFlash

with the Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack, you can use
your PDA to transfer your images from the Memory Stick to the 1GB
Compact Flash. Even better, maybe you can purchase the new 4GB
Compact Flash card when it hits the market.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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hey fonebone,

I have the iPaq 3835, Memplug Expansion Pack and Sandisk 1GB Compact Flash Card. If the 1GB SD card's price go down, maybe you can use that as the storage, but that won't be for awhile.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
PLudE said:
Yes, I have tried it. I have the exact setup. They work fine but
the only draw back is that you can't view the pictures on your
iPaq. Actually, let me rephrase that, you don't want to look at
the picture on your iPaq because of the low resolution of the
display. But as far as for storage purpose, it works. But just
keep in mind that it's not cheap. For example:

iPaq (~$350) + Expansion Pack (~$80.00) + 1GB CF card (~$200.00) =
~$630

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
Again, thanks for this awesome find! This is much more beneficial.

-fb
PLudE said:
You might want to look into this setup. Buy

1) Compaq iPaq PDA
2) Memplug Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack
( http://www.pitech.com/hardware/iCFMS/ipCFMS_index.htm )
3) 1GB CompactFlash

with the Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack, you can use
your PDA to transfer your images from the Memory Stick to the 1GB
Compact Flash. Even better, maybe you can purchase the new 4GB
Compact Flash card when it hits the market.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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Someone posted last week that they used a Toshiba 5 GB pcmcia card with the Ipaq as their storage.
PLudE said:
You might want to look into this setup. Buy

1) Compaq iPaq PDA
2) Memplug Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack
( http://www.pitech.com/hardware/iCFMS/ipCFMS_index.htm )
3) 1GB CompactFlash

with the Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack, you can use
your PDA to transfer your images from the Memory Stick to the 1GB
Compact Flash. Even better, maybe you can purchase the new 4GB
Compact Flash card when it hits the market.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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A few weeks ago I bought a NX60 Clie at Compu USA for $424. I just love it, big upgrade from my old Handspring. Beautiful big screen and I love the clam shell flip screen.

At the moment not a storage solution as there is only the memory stick slot, but the NX and NZ series have a communication slot which is really type II compact flash slot. At this point there is no driver to use a memory card but sounds like a lot of people are working on it. The slot works with a Wifi 802.11 card and also some compact flash modem cards. I got a bluetooh memory stick module from eurpoe so I can send and recieve email using it and my cell phone.

In my view mutch better option than the palm Tungton, at least for my needs. NZ is crazy expensive at 8-900 so unless you need it seems overkill, and its bigger than then NX.

Now once this works the probelm is (or I guess not probelm but good alternative option is) that mem stick prices for 128 are getting so inexpensive that they may be cheeper than compact flash.

I don't like some of the hard drive solutions as I have had them crash on me, the best solution down the road may be CD/DVD based. Nixvue has one comming out with built in memory stick slot, and I'm sure there wil be more. (I don't know if it will make you burn CD with only 128 mb on it if you use that stick, and I don't know about support for mem stick pro, but they do say somethign about support for cards larger than 640mb by disc spanning.

--
David Goldwasser
http://www.inertia-llc.com
 
yeah.. i wanted a clie at first but timing is actually important. I need a solution soon because I know I will be traveling at some point soon. The iPaq just seems more practical right now since the clie doesn't have an external expansion option.

-fb
David Goldwasser said:
A few weeks ago I bought a NX60 Clie at Compu USA for $424. I just
love it, big upgrade from my old Handspring. Beautiful big screen
and I love the clam shell flip screen.

At the moment not a storage solution as there is only the memory
stick slot, but the NX and NZ series have a communication slot
which is really type II compact flash slot. At this point there is
no driver to use a memory card but sounds like a lot of people are
working on it. The slot works with a Wifi 802.11 card and also
some compact flash modem cards. I got a bluetooh memory stick
module from eurpoe so I can send and recieve email using it and my
cell phone.

In my view mutch better option than the palm Tungton, at least for
my needs. NZ is crazy expensive at 8-900 so unless you need it
seems overkill, and its bigger than then NX.

Now once this works the probelm is (or I guess not probelm but good
alternative option is) that mem stick prices for 128 are getting so
inexpensive that they may be cheeper than compact flash.

I don't like some of the hard drive solutions as I have had them
crash on me, the best solution down the road may be CD/DVD based.
Nixvue has one comming out with built in memory stick slot, and I'm
sure there wil be more. (I don't know if it will make you burn CD
with only 128 mb on it if you use that stick, and I don't know
about support for mem stick pro, but they do say somethign about
support for cards larger than 640mb by disc spanning.

--
David Goldwasser
http://www.inertia-llc.com
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Just found this thread while searching. Here is a note of caution to future searchers about the Memplug MS/CF expansion pack.

Unless they have changed their design since they first came out, DO NOT EVER insert an IBM microdrive in the Memplug CF slot. Their brochures warns that it may be difficult to remove because the microdrive does not have the ridge on the edge like a regular CF card does.

"difficult" doesn't begin to describe it. The drive inserts so far that you cannot remove it. (the ridge on a regular CF card sticks out enough that you can pry it out with a finger nail.)

After trying every thing I and my resourceful tech person could think of, the only way I could remove it was to grip the edge with some needlenose pliers and pull-- hardly recommended handling for a delicate device like this.

I was doubly p* d when I wrote to the company to ask how THEY recommended removing a microdrive-- and they never responded. Mine got sent back.
PLudE said:
I have the iPaq 3835, Memplug Expansion Pack and Sandisk 1GB
Compact Flash Card. If the 1GB SD card's price go down, maybe you
can use that as the storage, but that won't be for awhile.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
PLudE said:
Yes, I have tried it. I have the exact setup. They work fine but
the only draw back is that you can't view the pictures on your
iPaq. Actually, let me rephrase that, you don't want to look at
the picture on your iPaq because of the low resolution of the
display. But as far as for storage purpose, it works. But just
keep in mind that it's not cheap. For example:

iPaq (~$350) + Expansion Pack (~$80.00) + 1GB CF card (~$200.00) =
~$630

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
Again, thanks for this awesome find! This is much more beneficial.

-fb
PLudE said:
You might want to look into this setup. Buy

1) Compaq iPaq PDA
2) Memplug Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack
( http://www.pitech.com/hardware/iCFMS/ipCFMS_index.htm )
3) 1GB CompactFlash

with the Compact Flash/Memory Stick Expansion Pack, you can use
your PDA to transfer your images from the Memory Stick to the 1GB
Compact Flash. Even better, maybe you can purchase the new 4GB
Compact Flash card when it hits the market.

-PLudE-
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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Hi,

I've solution for you. I've Toshiba e740 Pocket PC. I've expansion pack along with it. You can download drivers for allowing your DSC-F717 to directly communicate to e740 from here http://www.deje.gmxhome.de/download.html

Toshiba e740 has dual SD & CF slots. You can connect DSC-F717 to e740 using expansion pack and copy images from MS to CF card which is comparatively cheap. Even you can connect USB harddisk to e740 and use it as a MP3 player. I'm using mine as a storage solution with my DSC-F717. Search on http://www.fatwallet.com and you may find some good deals on PDA.

Hope this helps.

MJ
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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You can get e740 from BestBuy for 299 USD.

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=171644&highlight_key=y&keyword1=Toshiba
mjoshi said:
I've solution for you. I've Toshiba e740 Pocket PC. I've expansion
pack along with it. You can download drivers for allowing your
DSC-F717 to directly communicate to e740 from here
http://www.deje.gmxhome.de/download.html
Toshiba e740 has dual SD & CF slots. You can connect DSC-F717 to
e740 using expansion pack and copy images from MS to CF card which
is comparatively cheap. Even you can connect USB harddisk to e740
and use it as a MP3 player. I'm using mine as a storage solution
with my DSC-F717. Search on http://www.fatwallet.com and you may find some
good deals on PDA.

Hope this helps.

MJ
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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I use:

ipaq 3970

dual PCMCIA

Memory stick converter card

Toshiba 5gb PCMCIA HD
fonebone said:
I would put this in the Storage forum (actually, I already did) but
activity is fairly slow over in that forum. Besides, it'd be nice
to hear from actual Sony users either way. Most people are CF
users.

So as my title suggests, I'm looking for a PDA / image storage
solution. I have read about dual PCMCIA expansion slots for the
iPaq and such PDAs where you could hook up a HDD to one of the
slots and the memory stick (via adapter) in the other.

Does anyone know of a good solution? My reason for going this
route is that I actually have use for a PDA as well, so this would
shoot two birds w/ 1 stone for me.

Thanks for any help!

-fb
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