On the go USB

[Dster]

Anyone know what the deal is with this?

I have heard stuff like 'you will be able to download from cameras that support on the go USB', and 'you will be able to download from any USB device'.

I don't really care which is the case, but does anyone have any intuitions on whether I will be able to dump photos from my Canon S40 onto the ihp 300 series?

[Poppy]

If your camera supports On the Go USB, yes. Otherwise, you'll need a computer.

[Dster]

Originally Posted by Poppy

If your camera supports On the Go USB, yes. Otherwise, you'll need a computer.

Wrong. Why make stuff up?

I decided to get off my lazy a$$ and figure this out.

Maybe the ihp 300 series will support my camera, maybe it won't. It will depend on the ihp side much as USB plug and play now depends on the drivers present in the operating system. The following is from

http://www.usb.org/developers/onthego/USB_OTG_Intro.pdf

"Q. Does USB OTG have to be in both products in order to connect and operate?
A. No, USB OTG products will connect to all PCs, and will also have host functionality to connect to the specific USB peripherals it supports among the 1.4 billion USB enabled products shipped to date."

So, the 300 series will support whatever USB devices iRiver decides to support. I would assume that the most popular digital cameras sold for the last few years, of which the S40 is one, would be supported for transferring photos.

[Poppy]

I wasn't making stuff up. I don't sit around pulling answers out of my a**.

I simply took my info from iriver nordic

[Dster]

Originally Posted by Poppy

I wasn't making stuff up. I don't sit around pulling answers out of my a**.

I simply took my info from iriver nordic

Ah. Thanks for that. Since I think a**-pulling is transitive, I must insist that in this case you did pull that answer out of your a**. The USB OTG site is clear in many places that the whole point of it is to allow connections to legacy USB devices.

Now, unless iRiver is really really dumb, they wouldn't have included this technology without using it for its main purpose. Since I don't think that iRiver is really really dumb, I can assume that the nordic site pulled this blurb out of their own ass, without verifying it. If it's any consolation, they do say that 'this is preliminary information and may be changed'. I expect it will.

[seadzz]

I must insist that in this case you did pull that answer out of your a**

This is not really the way things are done here. On the iRiver Forum maybe its okay....here we frown on this.

enough said.

sdz

[jeff]

Originally Posted by seadzz

This is not really the way things are done here. On the iRiver Forum maybe its okay....here we frown on this.

enough said.

sdz

Exactly, if you guys want to get into flaming over a simple misunderstanding then take it offline but not in these forums. Thanks

Jeff

[coreman]

A word to the wise...any information related to non-iRIver products contained on the iRiver sites should not be accepted as "truth" until verified separately.

iRiver posted some battery information that was taken in part from the battery manufacturers but left out important information such as the batteries have built-in protection circuits that will protect against damaging levels of discharge or overcharge.

The USB 2 Go comments on iriver nordic are probably in the same vein...I also believe that USB 2 GO depends on the receiving unit and not the transmitting unit otherwise it doesn't make much sense.

Again I caution about iRiver comments regarding non-iRIver products or features...same goes for other makers sites, sometimes the featuresets aren't properly understood by the guys in charge of the websites..

[Dster]

Originally Posted by jeff

Exactly, if you guys want to get into flaming over a simple misunderstanding then take it offline but not in these forums. Thanks

Jeff

Wow, sorry for the silliness. I kind of thought that was more silly than flaming but I guess, gee, I could have been more sensitive.

Anyways.. if people find out more about USB OTG and its implementation in the 300 series, I would be keen to find out. I actually bought a GMINI 220 because of its ability to dump photos from compact flash cards, but I returned it because it sucked too hard in other respects. For me, the ability to back up photos on the road is high on my list of priorities for a portable player.

[Skeeve]

Now, unless iRiver is really really dumb, they wouldn't have included this technology without using it for its main purpose. Since I don't think that iRiver is really really dumb, I can assume that the nordic site pulled this blurb out of their own ass, without verifying it. If it's any consolation, they do say that 'this is preliminary information and may be changed'. I expect it will.

I think the biggest bit of prelim information on that site are the release dates for those players, unless iriver do seriously intend releasing a dozen new players within the same month.

[Skeeve]

Originally Posted by Dster

Anyways.. if people find out more about USB OTG and its implementation in the 300 series, I would be keen to find out. I actually bought a GMINI 220 because of its ability to dump photos from compact flash cards, but I returned it because it sucked too hard in other respects. For me, the ability to back up photos on the road is high on my list of priorities for a portable player.

Doesn't the ipod do that with some belkin addon, obviously you'd have to copy them over quickly before the battery ran out on the ipod.