> > No, all picture files will not stay in the unit. The unit will be used > to store files while on the road if I should fill up the card(s). We're > talking about uploading to the computer less than 1 gig at a time.
Then just buy an extra gig of storage (microdrive, CF cards, whatever). No extra device to keep charged, and if you do decide you want a nicer unit later on the extra memory cards will still be useful. (And it never hurts to have a spare CF card for when you drop the first one in the mud)
