Sony's drivers allows the Clie to act as a regular Memory stick reader. You do need to run an app on the Clie but not on the PC.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: Re: Act as a USB memory stick? > In view of some of the responses I just want to clarify that the purpose of > the whole idea is not to need any sort of desktop software at all (including > HotSync), thus being able to go to any PC and download/upload files without > any installation requirements on the PC's themselves (as the USB hard disk > memory is a Windows 2000/XP embedded driver). It is thus not necessary for > the Palm to "understand" the files it carries, just to act as file carrier > between PC's. > > Personally, I'm a bit frustrated over the number of gadgets I always seem to > carry around. I now have a Tungsten W which means that I have at least > decreased the gadget number by one (PDA+mobile phone). I have its USB cable > with me for battery charge from the car, so it would be nice to have a > secondary use for it. > > I looked at the Sony Cli� website but couldn't understand if their USB > memory functionality required some form of Desktop program to be installed, > although the text implies that to be the case. This text is taken from their > web site: > First install the Data Import software and USB drivers from the Install > CD. > Then, simply connect the cradle to your PC via the USB cable and > Microsoft� Windows Explorer will see the Memory Stick� media as a > "Removable Disk." > > /John > > > > "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i meddelandet > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Imagine a Palm application controlling the USB port in such a way so that > it > > announce itself as a USB memory to the PC (instead of as a Palm HotSync > > something). The user would be able to browse/add/delete files on the Palm > > through Windows Explorer just as any other hard disk. > > > > Wouldn't that be a cool application? > > > > Anybody on this forum know if the Palm hardware and/or OS will allow such > a > > USB controlling application? > > > > /John > > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
