Memory Stick Springboard Released
Portable Innovation Technology has released the MemPlug Memory Stick, a Springboard module which allows Handspring Visors to read and write to Memory Stick flash memory cards. It works with both regular Memory Sticks and MagicGate ones with built-in security. It is available now for $70.
It can only handle memory cards, not input/output devices like the Memory Stick digital camera released by Sony in November.
The Springboard comes installed with applications to backup the Visor's RAM to the Memory Stick, copy or move applications and databases to and from the memory card, a JPEG viewer and an eBook reader, and even a registered copy of gMovie for playing movies from the card.
It also comes with PiDirect, which allows users to access read-only apps and databases on the card, and PiVFSMgr, which allows Palm OS 4.0 VFS-supported applications to run on the Visor just like they would on the m500 series or Sony Clié.
Its onboard ROM is flashable so it can be updated by the company with new versions of the applications.
It works with the Visor Neo, Pro, Edge, Prism, Platinum, Deluxe and Solo.
Portable Innovation Technology also makes versions of the MemPlug that can use SD/MMC cards, SmartMedia cards, or CompactFlash cards.
Related Information:
- PIC: Add-ons Forum
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RE: Great
RE: Great
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When you have a Clie shoved up your mouth, you can only talk in vowels.
RE: Great
The VHS/DVD analogy really doesn't apply. A proper analogy would be more like a DVD player vs. a DVD player with upgradable codecs.
You Handspring fans have got to admit that either Springboard is not an in important feature of Visors or that they left an important feature out of the Treo. Take your pick. Either way you lose in my opinion.
RE: Great
> they left an important feature out of the Treo. Take your pick. Either way you lose in my opinion.
I agree. Leaving out a slot (for memory) of any sort on the Treo was a big mistake. Even an MS slot would have been better than nothing.
Backing up is the killer app! Improving the battery standby time above 60 hours or whatever it is won't mean much if you have to lug a notebook around to hotsych to.
Seems like everyone else is going from 1 slot to 2, but these guys chose to go from 1 to none. Ouch!
MS - Actually becoming Standard?
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
Give me SD or give me death... MS sucks
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
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When you have a Clie shoved up your mouth, you can only talk in vowels.
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
Get rid of your wanna be pda's on E-bay, and get with the Clie program!!!!!! hehehe
See ya losers
lmao
GH DAVALL
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
Thanks for listening.
STOP FLAMING PLEASE
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
-actually there is nothing else to discuss o compare,
even my son says why should I pay $399 for a m505 when for the same price I can buy a slim Sony with a bright hi-res, 16 mb, +infrared and outstanding quality?
L.K.
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
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...Call 1-800-555-SHOPCLIE now!
Use your credit card and get a free 8MB MemoryStick!!!
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RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
Ummm, no. Sony isn't even in the top five handheld makers. They are a niche player.
RE: MS - Actually becoming Standard?
Move
RE: Move
RE: Move
Probably thinks M125 is a neat handheld??? lol
Get a life ya loser!!!! And burn those Visors, since
they gonna be camp fire 'ready' in another 6 months anyhows!!!
LMFAO
GH DAVALL
RE: Move
RE: Move
At least, In the Asylum they treat me with respect
Portable Innovation = Great Company
I suspect that the SD slot will eventually be the dominant player in the flash memory market, but while we have a choice of four popular formats, it is great to know there is a company to support them!
I would not doubt if PI eventually figures out a way to make IO devices work in their adapters.
Doug
RE: Portable Innovation = Great Company
RE: Portable Innovation = Great Company
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When you have a Clie shoved up your mouth, you can only talk in vowels.
PiViewer App
How about the other way round
RE: How about the other way round
They're probably hoping (IMHO, quite rightly) that the sheer product excellence of the clies will make people buy them, inspite of the fact that only MS can be used in clies.
RE: How about the other way round
On the other hand 64mbCF is UKP17.99, and MS UKP60. No contest.
RE: How about the other way round
MStick Block Size Warning!!
I managed to virtually *fill* the Stick with just 2.5MBs of text files!!
How is this possible? You must see the details at
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U36D4295
-- it's too long to go into here.
RE: MStick Block Size Warning!!
So every file is allocated X blocks for its storage, not the exact number of bytes. Those blocks range anywhere from 4kB up, depending how large the storage device is and how many addressable blocks it can support.
If you put 1000 1 byte files on a device that allocates space in 4kB clusters, you'd realize that your 1kB in total data is taking up 4MB in space.
A crime? No, that's just the way the technology works.
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Great
Nice move Handspring...