| ??? 07/06/09 13:31 Read: times |
#166778 - how many CURRENT PCs can write 'cards'? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Does the survey also indicate how much the customers are willing to pay for this extra convenience? Not only does talking to a USB device require extra hardware and/or a much larger microprocessor than necessary, there are also additional power requirements (USB pen drives can be power hogs, they're allowed to draw up to 500 mW), which, in case of mobile devices, translates into shorter battery life or larger batteries.
And card readers are cheap. They're <$10, maybe even <$5. And with a card reader, the media work exactly like a USB pen drive. how many CURRENT PCs can write 'cards'? Also the most popular USB app for a micro is not 'pen drive' but USB slave connection, for which none of the above apply. Erik |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| pen drive | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| yes and no | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Vinculum economics? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
generally I would agree | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Does it have to be a USB pen drive? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The market want PEN drive | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Limiting | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| For which applications? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| how many CURRENT PCs can write 'cards'? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| All of them? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| 3 out of 5 | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Agreed. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Does it need a file system? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| it does | 01/01/70 00:00 |