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Can a SmartPhone or PPC/Phone read a USB flash drive?
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| William Fields 2006-03-15, 7:01 pm |
| Most SmartPhones and Pocket PC Phones have a USB port for
syncing/charging... If I found a cable that had the proper ends, could a
SmartPhone or PPC/Phone read the contents of a USB flash drive?
Thanks.
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William Fields
Code Contortionist
MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
US Bankruptcy Court
Phoenix, AZ
".dll hell - .rpm hell - whatever.
The grass is always greener"
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| Monolithix 2006-03-15, 7:01 pm |
| Afraid not, we are as yet to see a Smartphone that can act as USB host
unfortunately!
Monolithix
"William Fields" <Bill_Fields@azb.uscourts.gov> wrote in message
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> Most SmartPhones and Pocket PC Phones have a USB port for
> syncing/charging... If I found a cable that had the proper ends, could a
> SmartPhone or PPC/Phone read the contents of a USB flash drive?
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> Thanks.
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> William Fields
> Code Contortionist
> MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
> US Bankruptcy Court
> Phoenix, AZ
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> ".dll hell - .rpm hell - whatever.
> The grass is always greener"
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| Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] 2006-03-15, 9:58 pm |
| >> read the contents of a USB flash drive? <<
If you are looking for a way to read a flash drive you currently carry,
you might rethink your approach.
There are a number of very small SD card readers available... for years
I have been using memory cards in place of memory keys, and where the
cards can be read directly by the wm device, the card reader essentially
converts the memory card into a usb key.
Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
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| To expand a little, USB comes in two flavors, Host and Client. You need a
host (PC) to talk to a client (PPC, SP, USB drive) A client can't talk to a
client. While there are some PPCs that have Host capabilities, it is correct
that at this point, no SPs have.
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Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
"William Fields" <Bill_Fields@azb.uscourts.gov> wrote in message
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> Most SmartPhones and Pocket PC Phones have a USB port for
> syncing/charging... If I found a cable that had the proper ends, could a
> SmartPhone or PPC/Phone read the contents of a USB flash drive?
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> Thanks.
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> --
> William Fields
> Code Contortionist
> MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
> US Bankruptcy Court
> Phoenix, AZ
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> ".dll hell - .rpm hell - whatever.
> The grass is always greener"
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| William Fields 2006-03-16, 7:00 pm |
| Thanks for the clarification.
> While there are some PPCs that have Host capabilities
Anyone know of PPC models that have Host capabilities?
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William Fields
Code Contortionist
MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
US Bankruptcy Court
Phoenix, AZ
".dll hell - .rpm hell - whatever.
The grass is always greener"
"Sven" <sejohannsen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> To expand a little, USB comes in two flavors, Host and Client. You need a
> host (PC) to talk to a client (PPC, SP, USB drive) A client can't talk to
> a client. While there are some PPCs that have Host capabilities, it is
> correct that at this point, no SPs have.
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> Sven
> MVP - Mobile Devices
> "William Fields" <Bill_Fields@azb.uscourts.gov> wrote in message
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| At least some of the Fujitsu Loox series do
http://facts.fujitsu-siemens.com/in...t&lid=50&page=4
is one.
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Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
"William Fields" <Bill_Fields@azb.uscourts.gov> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the clarification.
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> Anyone know of PPC models that have Host capabilities?
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> William Fields
> Code Contortionist
> MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
> US Bankruptcy Court
> Phoenix, AZ
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> ".dll hell - .rpm hell - whatever.
> The grass is always greener"
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> "Sven" <sejohannsen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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