Memory stick on PC

[choyue]

I am new to the Palm platform with the NX70V. I was able to rip MP3, then transfer to a memory stick via hot syncing except I was not happy with the speed. My previous experience with my laptop and a compact flash card from my digital camera suggested that perhaps a PC card adapter would work. So I got the Dazzle 4-in-1 PC card adapter. Not only did the thing not work - it asked me if I wanted to format the memory stick! Plus it actually screwed up the formating on the memory stick even when I said no to the formating question. What gives? Aren't these things cross-platform? Am I not supposed to be able to use the memory stick on a gadget such as a camera or a PDA, and be able to pop it into a PC and read it? Can someone help me?

[cbulock]

Try running an app on the Clie called MSImport. Your Memory Stick will look like an external hard drive to your PC.

[choyue]

MS Import did not recognzie the memory stick being present.

[mashoutposse]

Read the CLIE manual about the MSImport (on your PDA) and MSExport (on your PC) utilities.

What you're asking for is definitely possible without 3rd party readers; in fact, it was a reasonably important selling point for Clies for a very long time (even now, since the TT requires 3rd party software).

[choyue]

Someone else gave me the correct answer. Below is the message I received elsewhere.

"I don't think it's the Dazzle's fault. Sony released a patch about 2 weeks ago, and one of the things it fixes is card readers not being about to read Mem Sticks formatting on the NX series. You can download it here: http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/clie/nx70v/softupdates/ "

[cbulock]

So the patch worked then? I see that the patch says it fixed a problem related to reading the sticks, but never had heard anyone have that problem until now.

[n2ifp]

Originally posted by cbulock
So the patch worked then? I see that the patch says it fixed a problem related to reading the sticks, but never had heard anyone have that problem until now.

Hmm, I have NOT applied the patch nor did I need too. MS Import flatout flies compared to other MS readers(on 4 XP PC's). It'll dazzzle the Dazzle:)! I can transfer 123mb in just a minute or so using MS Import. Using other readers take a heck of a lot longer.

Other than formatting, the MS should able to be read/write in the camera, Clie, and the PC with no issues. If you have issues, then something obviously is wrong.

[choyue]

Maybe I did not make myself clear. I use a laptop predominantly for my work, and I have a PCMCIA card adapter for compact flash which helped me enormously with downloading pictures from my digital camera. So I thought a similar approach with the Dazzle 4-in-1 PCMCIA card adapter would do the same. Well it did not initially until I applied the patch mentioned in my previous post. After that, the memory when inserted into the adapter in my PCMCIA slot looks like a regular drive to which I can just drag and drop files in Explorer. I'm not sure how fast it goes, but 15 MP3 at about 2-3 MB went in less than a minute. And they play on the SONY. So I am happy.

[mashoutposse]

Well, I'm happy that you found a solution, but we're just letting you know that you could have had the Memory Stick appear on your laptop as a removeable drive and transfer at even higher speeds by placing your CLIE in the cradle and starting the MSImport application. It's not too late; you can still read the manual and figure out how to set it up (it's easy).

[choyue]

I just did an experiment. Twelve MP3 files took MSimport about a minute, but on the PCMCIA card, it took 35 seconds. I presume this is the difference between whatever bus speed the PC card uses vs. the USB. In any case, I am indeed happy with this PC card solution particular since the PC card is far more transportable than the cradle or even just the USB hot sync cable.

[n2ifp]

Great! Thanks for the feedback and sorry for the confusion!