brizzolatti
Contributor
Thought I'd let you know how I'm finding this option for storing digital images as there are often queries on the board and I have looked into it myself with help from the board.
I was looking for a solution which involved a small machine which would save me taking my laptop with me (which is old and hasn't much memory anyway) so that I could store digital pics if my memory cards were getting full.
I checked out portable hard drives and things like the Archos jukebox but none of them were really what I wanted or the price I wanted. I was not that bothered about seeing the pictures on a screen, I was just interested in storage capacity.
Then I found out about a gadget that reads media cards and then transfers images to an Apple Ipod. I already had the Ipod so I thought I would look into it. So I did and now have purchased a Belkin Media Reader for the Ipod. I have tried it out and it seems to work fine. The reader is slightly wider than the Ipod but about the same height. You slot in your media card (takes 6 types - but not XD though there is an adaptor), connect to Ipod, press the button and your pictures are transferred onto the Ipod for storage. You can then clear your card with your pics stored and in due course copy them to your laptop or desktop.
I had read that the reader was slow to transfer but it seemed ok to me. Granted I only had about 30 photos but it did it in seconds. It was all very smooth and easy to operate. The media card reader takes batteries so doesn't need charged. Storage capacity will depend on the storage capacity of your IPOD.
Overall I would say that if you have an Ipod already, this is maybe worth thinking about as a storage mechanism. If you don't, it's more cost effective looking at other methods because by the time you buy the Ipod, you could buy an alternative storage method.
But for me, it's just what I'm looking for. Small, easy to operate and reasonable capacity (15gb on my Ipod).
You need to have the Ipod 2.1 software, which is a freeware download from the Apple site and an Ipod with a docking port (as this is where the media reader is connected).
I was looking for a solution which involved a small machine which would save me taking my laptop with me (which is old and hasn't much memory anyway) so that I could store digital pics if my memory cards were getting full.
I checked out portable hard drives and things like the Archos jukebox but none of them were really what I wanted or the price I wanted. I was not that bothered about seeing the pictures on a screen, I was just interested in storage capacity.
Then I found out about a gadget that reads media cards and then transfers images to an Apple Ipod. I already had the Ipod so I thought I would look into it. So I did and now have purchased a Belkin Media Reader for the Ipod. I have tried it out and it seems to work fine. The reader is slightly wider than the Ipod but about the same height. You slot in your media card (takes 6 types - but not XD though there is an adaptor), connect to Ipod, press the button and your pictures are transferred onto the Ipod for storage. You can then clear your card with your pics stored and in due course copy them to your laptop or desktop.
I had read that the reader was slow to transfer but it seemed ok to me. Granted I only had about 30 photos but it did it in seconds. It was all very smooth and easy to operate. The media card reader takes batteries so doesn't need charged. Storage capacity will depend on the storage capacity of your IPOD.
Overall I would say that if you have an Ipod already, this is maybe worth thinking about as a storage mechanism. If you don't, it's more cost effective looking at other methods because by the time you buy the Ipod, you could buy an alternative storage method.
But for me, it's just what I'm looking for. Small, easy to operate and reasonable capacity (15gb on my Ipod).
You need to have the Ipod 2.1 software, which is a freeware download from the Apple site and an Ipod with a docking port (as this is where the media reader is connected).
