[Leica] 1.5GB in a shirt pocket IPOD! aaaaaaaaaaaccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jonathan at openhealth.org (Jonathan Borden)]

Bryan Caldwell wrote:

> ...

>   The reader doesn't use a conventional FireWire plug. Instead it uses 
> a  plug that goes into the Apple "dock" socket at the bottom of the 
> iPod.  You can see a picture of it here:
>
> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore? 
> productLearnMore=T7418LL/A
>
> Also note that its listed speed is only 300Kbps per second. Nowhere  
> near FireWire speed (or even USB 1).


Ughh. I wonder what would happen if someone tried to connect the Lexar 
CF Firewire reader to the iPod. I am not sure if it is the iPod that 
"pulls" the images across or the Belkin that "pushes" them.

>
> As simply a portable hard drive, somebody might be able to come up 
> with  a decent way to download memory cards to the iPod without a 
> computer,  but I don't think the Belkin card reader is it.
>
Yes you'd think so, and agreed.

Jonathan