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All posts tagged "storage"


Monday, July 11, 2011

Expand Access To Storage For Windows Mobile 4.x to 6.x Devices

Posted by Brad Wasson in "Windows Phone Talk" @ 09:30 AM

http://www.kernsafe.com/product/win...r/overview.aspx

"WinCE iSCSI Initiator can be used over existing wired and wireless (Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G etc.) networks to create storage area networks (SANs). That will help iSCSI Initiator device to expand their virtual storage without any additional hardware requirements which is a huge benefit for home and business solutions."

Most of our articles these days are focused on the Windows Phone 7 platform and ecosystem, but if you are still working away in the Windows Mobile "legacy" environment (and there are lots of you out there!), then you may be interested in this free app. WinCE iSCSI Initiator helps to connect your mobile device to network-based storage to create a storage area network. The product enables connection to a computer that is running any iSCSI SAN, like iStorage Server, from any Windows CE based device. It can be can be used over existing wired or wireless (Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, etc.) networks and can be installed on any Windows Embedded device or Windows Mobile phone.


Tuesday, November 16, 2010

How Much Storage Do You Need in your Windows Phone 7?

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Windows Phone Talk" @ 10:00 AM

My last survey seemed to court some controversy because people wanted it to ask the question of why someone needed removable storage; I simply wanted to know if people basically bought a storage card and left it in the phone for long periods of time - taking it out only to upgrade to a bigger card - or if they needed to take it out regularly to achieve certain functionality/scenarios. This question is similarly focused: if you're planning on buying a Windows Phone 7, how much storage do you need/want in your phone?


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

How Important is a Removable Storage Card to You?

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Windows Phone Talk" @ 12:41 PM

It's poll time! As you know, Windows Phone 7 devices do not allow for removable storage cards in the traditional sense; even if you happen to find a phone with a microSD card slot that you can access, once you put a card in that slot it will force a hard reset. If you take the card out, it's unreadable on any device but your phone - the data on it is encrypted for speed and security. That essentially makes it non-removable storage. So the question is, does this matter to you? For me, it doesn't - I have an 8 GB microSD card that's inside my HTC HD2, and it literally hasn't been taken out from the day I put it in there. Before that, it was in my Samsung Jack, again never getting removed. For some of you though, this is an issue - you need to be able to remove the cards and use them in your laptop, desktop, etc. Vote in the poll - please generalize; I didn't want to cover every possible time frame - and sound off in the comments. Will the lack of removable storage stop you from buying a Windows Phone 7 device?


Monday, October 11, 2010

Some Windows Phone 7 Devices Will Have Removable Storage?

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Windows Phone News" @ 03:33 PM

http://www.wpcentral.com/removable-...7-samsung-focus

"Okay, lets get some of this confusing stuff out of the way: the Samsung Focus has "only" 8GB of storage available. In talking with Samsung, their position was basically so much of this phone is "cloud based" that 8GB may be sufficient for most people. However, they're more than glad to suggest that 16GB and higher are probably on the horizon."

Hmm. This article states that the Samsung Focus has a removable storage slot and that you can take out the 8 GB microSD card, put in a 16 GB microSD card, hard reset the phone, and the card will be usable. The contents of the card are digitally encrypted for performance and security reasons, so you can't take it out and pop it into another device, but this painful-but-doable method of upgrading the storage on your phone is quite interesting, and quite surprising. I wonder how many other Windows Phone 7 devices will be able to do this? Fingers crossed that HTC is enabling the same type of thing on their phones...(in fact, let me email HTC about that right now).


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