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On 22/12/12 08:54, Rob Beard wrote: > On 22/12/12 08:21, tom wrote: >> Just wondering about portable drives for devices with no sockets - >> thinking about a Nexus when they come on sale again >> Could one not make a bluetooth or USB connected drive that would be >> accessible to the device or are they just too slow? >> Tom te tom te tom >> > > http://www.howtogeek.com/129800/how-to-use-usb-drives-with-the-nexus-7-and-other-android-devices/ > > > You need an OTG cable, MicroUSB one one end and a USB type A socket on > the other end. Looking at the link though it appears the device has to > be rooted, I don't know if that's the case with other Android tables. I've got an OTG cable for my Nexus 7. It works really well with Stickmount, but that needs the device to be rooted. Supposedly you can also use USB drives without rooting if you use the right "media manager" app, though that might limit it to whatever "media" the app handles. Anthony -- Author of C++ Concurrency in Action http://www.stdthread.co.uk/book/ just::thread C++11 thread library http://www.stdthread.co.uk Just Software Solutions Ltd http://www.justsoftwaresolutions.co.uk 15 Carrallack Mews, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7UL, UK. Company No. 5478976 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq