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kruemelmonzta
5th August 2008, 04:30 PM
hello everybody!
tried to find it in the forum, not sure whether somebody asked that before:
Is it possible to extend the storage of the diamond via some usb device? can you buy extensions like that? is it technically possible?

greetinx, kruemelmonzta
darthbane2k
5th August 2008, 05:00 PM
im sure it is technically possible. Would be nice wouldnt it? *sigh*
Bruno_c
5th August 2008, 05:37 PM
The Diamond doesn't have an internal USB Host, so it's not possible.
kruemelmonzta
5th August 2008, 05:49 PM
thanx for the quick answer though i'm not so content with that ;)
can there be a bluetooth/wifi-solution for external storage? would eat loads of battery, for sure...
beemerTPPC
5th August 2008, 07:33 PM
The Diamond doesn't have an internal USB Host, so it's not possible.

Diamond DOES have a internal USB host. The problem is that it is not supported by the software. But in the technical manual (available in the WIKI) there talk abou a Y cable for upgrading ROM.

There are some people working on this...
Chatty
5th August 2008, 07:36 PM
I've seen that adapter too. But that doesn't mean the Diamond's got USB host. It could be a very special HOST-Adapter, which of coz would need special drivers.

Where have you seen people talking about working on it?
glewis101
6th August 2008, 01:57 PM
Hi,

I remember reading an artical on engadget a while ago (few months) and it was about a mobile disk drive (2.5") with wifi/bluetooth access. So you can just browse the HDD from your phone/pocket pc.

I just found a link to the Item

http://www.trustedreviews.com/storage/news/2007/02/01/Seagate-Offers-Mobile-Bluetooth-Storage/p1

Looks cool and a very good option.
Riel
6th August 2008, 02:09 PM
With shared network folder and WIFI I have no probs at all ... :) 1 Terabyte to my use.
darthbane2k
6th August 2008, 02:18 PM
With shared network folder and WIFI I have no probs at all ... :) 1 Terabyte to my use.

so how does this work exactly? Because even I use remote desktop to log into my PC at home. But how can you, lets say play an album from your 1 Terabyte of storage. How can you view pics? How can you do these things on the fly without first remote desktop-ing into your PC, copying to your Diamond and run?
kruemelmonzta
6th August 2008, 02:31 PM
D.A.V.E. seems to be very interesting. you can't buy it yet, can you?
beemerTPPC
6th August 2008, 02:42 PM
I've seen that adapter too. But that doesn't mean the Diamond's got USB host. It could be a very special HOST-Adapter, which of coz would need special drivers.

Where have you seen people talking about working on it?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407229
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=413510

It's no much, but maybe someone could work on it.
Nuri58
6th August 2008, 05:45 PM
With shared network folder and WIFI I have no probs at all ... :) 1 Terabyte to my use.Yes, but does not let you play music from there.