Usb

garcon6

What are the best USB devices for storing about a 1000 photos/videos from my IPhone 4s. Also have a hard drive but I want them on a USB for added protection.

ChiefGrasscutter

A usb powered external hard drive
Google Western Digital Elements portable for one example

kwikbreaks

1000 photos would fit on a pendrive. The size you'd need depends on resolution and compression.

I'd guess at ~ 3MB each so a ting 4GB pendrive costing about £3 to £5 for a good quality one would do it but probably better to go for bigger.

John_Gray

What ChiefGrasscutter suggested plus a 16 GB or 32 GB USB Flash drive.

1000 photos at 10 MB per photo would required 10 GB of space. Your calculations may vary!

grumbler

garcon6 wrote: »

...1000 photos/videos .

There is a HUGE difference between 1000 photos and 1000 videos.

And even "1000 videos" is meaningless as 1 video can easily take more than 1[STRIKE]Gb[/STRIKE] GB.

[STRIKE]1000Gb=1Tb[/STRIKE] 1000GB=1TB

esuhl

Flash memory isn't as reliable as a mechanical hard drive for archiving purposes.

So I'd get an external USB hard drive. I'd also go for a Western Digital one -- maybe one from the Passport range?

John_Gray

grumbler wrote: »

There is a HUGE difference between 1000 photos and 1000 videos. And even "1000 videos" is meaningless as 1 video can easily take more than 1Gb. 1000Gb=1Tb

There is also a HUGE difference (actually a factor of eight) between a Gb (gigabit) and a GB (gigabyte).

Correctors should themselves be correct, or they will get corrected by some pedant or other!

stator

If you want to transfer them directly from a mobile device then you need a USB memory stick that supports "On the Go". You can get them with two connectors, one micro-usb connector for phones, one normal usb for computers.

grumbler

stator wrote: »

...You can get them with two connectors, one micro-usb connector for phones, one normal usb for computers.

iPhones don't have micro-USB ports.
Do they really support "on the go" with an adaptor?

Kernel_Sanders

If you're lucky, you may still find a 32GB USB dongle in Tesco Extra for £6. All were sold out in our store this evening (yellow SEL).

John_Gray wrote: »

There is also a HUGE difference (actually a factor of eight) between a Gb (gigabit) and a GB (gigabyte).

Correctors should themselves be correct, or they will get corrected by some pedant or other!

I believe I did correct him some time ago but got short shrift for my trouble.
(Apologies if I've got you mixed up with someone else, Grumbler!)

wongataa

grumbler wrote: »

iPhones don't have micro-USB ports.
Do they really support "on the go" with an adaptor?

No they do not.