1src Forums - LifeDrive to offer Camera Support

05-19-2005, 05:46 PM	#1
Joel 1src Co-Founder Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Guam Posts: 4,515	LifeDrive to offer Camera Support PDA Mexico shows the USB On the Go Box, a device that connects between the LifeDrive and a digital camera. [details]

05-19-2005, 06:33 PM	#2
JAmerican Why Does Palm Disappoint? Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,905	Interesting. Wonder how many megapixels. If 3 or more, then its worth it, since its much bigger than a built-in or SD camera. JAmerican __________________ JAmerican Handspring Treo 90 --> Royal RG135nx --> T-Mobile Sidekick --> T-Mobile Sidekick Color --> PEG-UX40 -- > PEG-UX50--> Samsung T629 (Returned) -- > Palm TX (SOLD)/T-Mobile Sony Ericsson T610(Defective) --> T-Mobile Dash(Broken Screen) --> ASUS EEE 1000H Black/Treo 800w/PEG-VZ90 Accesories: Transcend 16GB SDHC \| 8GB Transcend microSD

05-19-2005, 06:49 PM	#3
evildude Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 70	So...The Lifedrive has camera support, yet you cant connect a camera directly to it? Since Palm doesn't make cameras, this means its camera support is nothing more then what already out there in the dozens of picture viewing programs out there. While not having usb host, it would be nice it its supported Pictbridge for quick and dirty uploading to the device (card compatibility not required). I guess it will find a home with people that money to burn. I still may wind up getting one, only if i can find good gps software, and have all my maps in the device at once.

05-19-2005, 07:36 PM	#4
edeab220 My T\|X is my friend... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: South NJ Posts: 673	A little OT, but did anyone notice that PDA Mexico's LifeDrive...is NOT the current LifeDrive? Take a look at the very first pic with the magazine and the sunglasses...the top says "Tungsten\|...". Looks like this was one of the pre-release models... __________________ Senior Editor and Webmaster of PalmForums. Check out my Palm OS-focused podcast at PalmForums.org! HS Visor 2MB > Visor Deluxe > Palm VIIx > Visor Prism > Clie NR70 > Palm Tungsten\|T3 + Nokia 3650 > Palm T\|X +Nokia 6681

05-19-2005, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by edeab220

A little OT, but did anyone notice that PDA Mexico's LifeDrive...is NOT the current LifeDrive? Take a look at the very first pic with the magazine and the sunglasses...the top says "Tungsten|...". Looks like this was one of the pre-release models...

They've already erased the Tungsten logo

05-19-2005, 09:11 PM	#6
Reggie 1src Founder Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Charleston Posts: 1,957	This accessory is not a camera. It is used to transfer files from cameras to the LifeDrive. Basically, you connect the digital camera via its USB cable to to USB-on-the-Go box, and connect another cable from thr box to the LifeDrive. I would think that you will be able to access USB flash drives and USB hard drives with this device. __________________ Reggie Suplido 1SRC

05-19-2005, 09:35 PM	#7
modernmystic Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 447	So, I suppose that this thing is really just a host usb processor since when you plug in a usb cord into most digital cameras, it automatically switches to Mass Storage Device mode so that you can access the camera's memory through a computer. If this is true and this thing just acts as the middle-man just as a computer would (camera>Box/computer>pda), then there seems to be a lot more potential here than for this one intended purpose. Hopefully somebody else sees this as well. Either way, basically what I am saying is that (if left unhindered by pda mexico) this thing could essentially connect any two mobile devices together and allow them to communicate with each other. For a couple of examples, I'll use the beloved UX50: UX & a jump drive UX & any other usb pda UX & a card reader or card acceessory (SD FM radio, etc.) (of course) UX & a digital camera (and possibly even) UX & an ext. CD/DVD player or Floppy drive Well, maybe I'm just dreaming, but from what I've been told, the only thing that keeps pdas with a usb port from doing all of these things is that their processors are not able to handle both its own functions and the other devices' functions, not to mention the power required. And, well, this thing seems to fix this little problem, (as I said) as long as pda mexico hasn't specified their device to only handle cameras and only connect to the lifedrive. Well, I can still dream. -mm __________________ I'm here to live my life and help people along the way

05-19-2005, 10:24 PM	#8
SonyStyle Clie Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,977	i dont think anyone would buy it __________________ Currently Own: UX50/U, TH55/U, NX70V/U, NZ90/U, Sony PSP, ipod vid 30GB Motorola RAZR V3, Nokia 8801

05-19-2005, 11:04 PM	#9
modernmystic Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 447	My idea or the Box? lol -mm __________________ I'm here to live my life and help people along the way

05-19-2005, 11:37 PM	#10
cesarcardoso TG50 Thumbboard Lover Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Brasília - DF, Brazil Posts: 29	This is a logical companion to LD. You can discharge your photos directly to LD, without a computer around. Or use your LD as a MP3 repo and copy them to your MP3 flash player for jogging. Hope on LD 2 this functionality is built-in __________________ - Cesar Cardoso Sony Ericsson T610 (nearly oldie but still goodie) + Sony Clie TG50 with Wi-Fi MS (they rock hard!!!) Bluetooth believer

05-20-2005, 02:00 AM	#11
Richard Lee Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1	Hi, Joel & Reggie! For more details, Http://www.kpalm.net/lifedrive-korea/dcadapter.html FYI

05-20-2005, 05:54 AM	#12
Adrenochrome Evolving... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: New York Posts: 545	I agree that this should have been built-into the LD, but I won't complain. If it's relatively cheap, then it may be worth it. Says it's an LED display, so that means cheap. It also says it's compatible with various MP3 players, etc. Wonder if that means that you can hook up the LD to an MP3 player to move music back and forth. Again, that's something that should have been built into the LD. But the compatibility might mean that you can hook up different devices to each other, which would mean that P1 is marketing this to anyone who would like a device to act as a USB host. That could also mean that with it, you could use a full-size keyboard or other peripherals. Sounds interesting...

05-20-2005, 07:11 AM	#13
GadgetGuru Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philippines Posts: 337	Something that Apple also ome up with for their ipod photo...but ipod photo 30/60 GB seems more suited than the 4GB of the Lifedrive... If you own a multi-megapixel cam,, chances are your storage card is allso multimega/gigabyte too. __________________ Get Firefox and take back the web

05-20-2005, 08:15 AM	#14
fillg2002 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 13	This thing looks like much more than a camera connector to me. Why does it have a screen? and what are the tree buttons at the top? Are they buttons or are they rca jacks? and If so could this be a video capture device? Just some observations, anyone who knows more about it may be able to clarify.

05-20-2005, 09:19 AM	#15
evildude Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 70	There have been several products over the past two years that allow you to dump just use your 64 M card in your camera, dump it into the box, and take more photos. The box stores the photos (with its own hd) and you can upload them to you computer later. On this box the "Screen" is nothing but led idiot(status) lights, has no HD, and has two USB "a" connectors, meaning the box is probebly nothing more than a big and expensive host mode translator thing that probebly only does cameras, talking specific athena talk on the connector to the palm.