bkbk
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"Topic: Matchbook drive idea poorly executed, anything better?"
This is a pretty unfair "assessment" from someone who doesn't even seem to own one.
"Topic: Matchbook drive SEEMS idea poorly executed, anything better?"
...would be better.
But, generally, this just reveals a lack of cognizance of HS, SBs, PDAs, the Palm economy, etc.
For what you get, and the price of the products (HW & SW), having ANY CF option on the Visor at this point in time (its prudent to try to walk before you try running) BORDERS ON A MINOR MIRACLE.
Sophisticated users have taken the bull by the horns and dev. their own VERY REASONABLE solutions to what has only recently become A SERIOUS MEMORY PROB. (Due to the advent of SBs like EM2, which uses huge chunks of mem. for video; the MP3 players [can you "swap out" songs to & from CF & these SBs via Visor's RAM?], it has become more and more necessary yet onerous for people to lay out $79/8Mb or $130/16Mb. Still, I don't expect HS or other vendors to "do us a big favor" by charging as little as is charged for an open standard mem. solution, if they can get more for in their proprietary SBs -- and, of course, you can run apps right off them if that's what you're looking for, so it's not like the extra money doesn't get you something extra for the time being.)
These user-devs. have come before the Visor community w/great grace & humility (esp. for the great achievement they have provided; this in stark contrast to InnoGear's showing fake products on their site w/their false promises that they were forthcoming -- and complete lack of comm. w/their potential customers), and keeping the Visor community informed at every turn. It's essentially a textbook case of how to go about this the right way.
As we all know, generally (w/out sophisticated apps like GPS maps, MP3s, video, etc.), the Palm O.S. can go a long, long way on microscopic memory -- so the CF solution is more a gift to us all, rather than a crucial necessity.
But, for my money, you'd essentially have to be crazy to own ANY Visor model and not indulge in this INCREDIBLY INEXPENSIVE solution to have essentially unlimited storage. (And if 192Mb cards don't work, presently, you might re-think the old adage: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket," and buy two 96Mb cards -- esp. if you'll be creating "orig. material" like important pix and/or video.) If you ask me, this even tops the much-lauded HS BackUp SB, which is $39 (and usu. gets kudos as being the most cost-effective SB).
As is well known by now, "full" CF req. more voltage (or was it amps? -- it's the amps that kill you, right?) than the Visors currently supply. So if you want all the "wonderful" (read: LIMITED) solutions CF can provide (nowhere NEAR what the SB community has produced IN JUST ONE YEAR ... after, what, about 5 YEARS for CF?), you'd prob. be happier w/another platform.
But for the rest of us -- everybody go out and buy the CF SB HW/SW solution today!
(P.S. I'm not affiliated w/any of the HW or SW dev.)
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02-24-2001 01:42 PM
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