I just want the device to transfer my photos/videos from my Camera/Camcorder to either wireless storage (Kingston Wi-Drive?) or high capacity flash drive, for backup. If it can do that, I can leave my Notebook PC at home while travelling. I would also...
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This device works well for SD card to backup media and is quite fast, transferring a 4GB 20MB/sec SD card full of photos in about 5-6 minutes, 10-12MB/sec. The SD card as well as the receiving media need to be faster than the hub for this, but you won't get much better performance unless you were to use a dedicated photo vault. The advantage of the wireless hub is that all the tablet does is launch the transfer - the hub does the rest. Note, however, that this device is most effective when transferring whole cards (by selecting the directory on the SD card using the app and copying it to the backup media). You can't group-select individual files for transferring. If that's not too much of a hassle for you, this product works well on either iOS or Android.
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Yes. You'll need this device if you want to transfer data from a flash card, another sd card, or a memory card too large to fit in the phone. I'm very glad I bought it, because it's so versatile and extremely easy to use. I back up my phone's data such as contacts an other documents onto a flash card, so it doesn't end up in a "cloud" for someone else to view.
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I haven't mastered the wireless feature either. I take my card out of the camera and put it in the slot on my laptop. I have my portable hard drive connected to my laptop and I cut and paste directly from my card to my portable HD. I know I didn't comment on using USB compatibility...but the way I do it indirectly answers that question...I think using USB (flash drive or like my portable HD) is the same. I did have to name my camera and once I did that...the card/HD worked.
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Hello, we have yet to test it with Network Attached Storage, but if it's treated the same as an external hard drive, you can record to it but only on continuous recording mode. As it is right now, we support recording right to a PC on the network via IE browser (with ActiveX enabled) or iSpy, which is a third party IP camera recording application. We do have a cloud-based storage solution in the works...we're currently about 3 weeks out from going live with it.
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With the "WD Photos" iOS app you can upload to the drive from anywhere. I'm not sure about the PC/Mac capabilities while mobile.
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You can use it with anything that has a USB port but for me I bought it for device that doesn't have a USB port and wanted to be able to download pictures off my iPhone and iPad without using my laptop via wireless. I went on a trip recently and if it wasn't for this device I would of ran out of storage to hold my pictures on my iPad. I hope this helps any other questions feel free to call. I absolutely love this device.
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Nah man nah. You need a thumb drive to put pictures on it and it needs to be dedicated. There is only enough memory on the device itself to hold a few pictures I think.
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Yes you could but one has to ponder how much space is available. I'd rather use a portable USB3 drive off one of the newer NUC's as we are using. Keep the C w/ os & maybe b/up partition on the internal drive as clean as possible. Keeps things EXTREMELY fast. You can then take that USB3 portable "movie" drive with you "on the road". We record HD and analog productions using Hauppage encoders and need portability.
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It doesn't, but should. This product would be utterly fantastic if you could record directly to hard drive. I don't like monthly-yearly bills. Oh well--this companies lack of foresight is another companies opportunity. Yes--I feel wifi enabled home security will be huge in the future. I am currently working on a home security systemusing raspberry, or ardino. When completed I will post the free schematics on physibles.com
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it's a webcam, why should it have storage? you just plug the USB, and then use it when you need.... but if you are talking about other technic stuff, I am sorry i am not sure what you're asking about, to my knowledge, it has no storage
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That was once possible, but no more (for apple products). Kingston stopped supporting this product and when IOS and OSX were updated the widrive ceased to function on the updated operating systems. I also own a kindle fire and we were never able to stream videos on it. It was still a good product until Kingston abandoned it and left their customers hanging without recourse. I still use mine as a portable hard drive for documents and pictures and occasionally to extend wifi range by placing in between myself and the wifi source, but the media streaming capability that we purchased it for is no longer supported and according to Kingston will never again be supported. That was once possible, but no more (for apple products). Kingston stopped supporting this product and when IOS and OSX were updated the widrive ceased to function on the updated operating systems. I also own a kindle fire and we were never able to stream videos on it. It was still a good product until Kingston abandoned it and left their customers hanging without recourse. I still use mine as a portable hard drive for documents and pictures and occasionally to extend wifi range by placing in between myself and the wifi source, but the media streaming capability that we purchased it for is... » Read More That was once possible, but no more (for apple products). Kingston stopped supporting this product and when IOS and OSX were updated the widrive ceased to function on the updated operating systems. I also own a kindle fire and we were never able to stream videos on it. It was still a good product until Kingston abandoned it and left their customers hanging without recourse. I still use mine as a portable hard drive for documents and pictures and occasionally to extend wifi range by placing in between myself and the wifi source, but the media streaming capability that we purchased it for is no longer supported and according to Kingston will never again be supported. « Show Less
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most internet cafes (at least those I've been to in Europe and Mexico) won't let you use your own hardware/peripherals. And I doubt you will be able to dump your camera directly into this drive, since it doesn't have its own power source, and only connects via usb. You're probably better off buying extra memory cards for your camera.
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Only for pictures...as long as the flash drive or memory card has a "DCIM" folder...you can transfer pictures too and from the media outlets...also majority of the time it's best to use the power supply included...
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Hi Rye! I think that is not compatible because this device has his own software: WD smartware (that is very easy to use) and bring an USB cable, you only have to install it and it'll do all work . This device can save all your info(videos, images, file, etc) automatically, you only have to connect it to your pc. Take care!
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I use it as memory expansion on my laptop - I currently have 100gb active data on it - it is convenient to move primary data between my two laptops. I have been told that it is possible to exceed the read/write capacity of the device (wear it out electronically); but it still works ine in my application.
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Uploads are managed by your phone or laptop, you cannot upload to anywhere but Samsung's service directly from the camera. Using Wifi, I can run the battery down very quickly (about 4 of hours, 200 photos, some remote viewfinder, some auto backup to the phone and one movie.). The battery is rechargable LiIon, so with decent management will last years. If you want more battery life, transfer files with the usb to your laptop (It will charge at the same time), or use a lower resolution for faster transfers. I currently use a Duracell portable power pack that can recharge my phone and/or the camera while not near a charger.
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Ronald I'm not 100% sure, I know there was some items that allowed to be upgraded, been a while since I bought, I use an external drive for tons of video and pic's, works like a champ got a 1 terabyte drive with USB