Is this suppose to be a faster method of uploading information to the card rather than using the USB cable that comes with the bookport? ----- Original Message ----- From: <chris.BP.FL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:33 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers > there are several kinds of external writer/readers, some only for compact > flash, others also for more memory types. a writer/reader for cf only is > just enclosing the card, so let's say 1 centimeter (.4 in) thicker, longer > and broader than the card, the other ones are somewhat larger. > > an external writer/reader is not connected to the BP, but to your PC, > depending on its interface with a USB(2.0) or firewire(400/1394a) cable. > > there are also cf cardbus (PCMCIA) adapters. then the adapter + card fully > disappears in the cardbus slot. > > some newer pc's may have a built-in writer/reader. > > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of DOC > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 15:39 > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers > > Can I get a description of what the card reader looks like and where is it > plugged into the bookport? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <chris.BP.FL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:05 AM > Subject: [bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers > > > > > > in my previous post i wrote about card reader/wrriter interfaces usb 2.0 > and > > firewire. i forgot to tell the transfer speed with the current cards is > > limited by the card, and not by the interface. > > the fastest cards (for consumers) i knnow have a speed of approx. 20 > > megabytes/second, while the USB 2.0 and firewire 400/1394a are in the > order > > of 50 megabytes/second. > > > > Chris S. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Bruce Toews > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:36 > > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bookport] Can't Say enough for Card Readers > > > > One thing's for sure, the bigger your memory card, the more glad you can > > be for card readers. It's so much faster dumping audiobooks on MP3 onto CF > > cards via a card reader. And with the improved navigation for unfiltered > > cards, what can I say, APH, great job. > > > > Bruce > > > > -- > > Bruce Toews > > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx > > Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net > > Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/242 - Release Date: 1/26/2006 > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/242 - Release Date: 1/26/2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/242 - Release Date: 1/26/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/242 - Release Date: 1/26/2006 > > > >