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SanDisk Connect Club

Wireless Media Historian

Drive

Store and Stream HD L.C.A.C.E. Club Historian
History Report, 2/1/14 Meeting
Content across Your By Les Larkin

Mobile Devices LesLarkin@AIM.com

By Gypsy D’Katz Nothing to see here, folks .
. .

Due to very bad weather,
mostly snow, the February
meeting was canceled. I
really hate when that hap-
pens! Fortunately, it is fair-
ly rare.
This is just one of SanDisk new wireless Wi-Fi
stream devices, the other being the wireless Wi- Hope to see you March 1 at our next club
Fi streaming FlashDish. The slick aluminum ex-
terior housing has a non-slip rubber button for
turning on the Wi-Fi and measures 2.6” x 2.6” Windows XP End-of-
which you can easily tuck away in your pocket
I’m not a media streamer, but I enjoy the ability Life
to carry eBook, eManual and photos that I use By Lester Larken
at work and for my photography business. With
up to 8-hours of continuous streaming (much If your Operating System (O.S.) on your
more that I use) per charge, it will get me computer is Windows XP, then you should
through an entire day with now worries. consider the impact that its End-of-Life will
The Media Device come in either a 32GB or have on the safety of your data. WinXP
64GB embedded memory and has an SDHC/ will still work, but it will no longer be sup-
SDXC card expansion slot for additional stream- ported by Microsoft as of April 8,
ing and stowage. The Media Drive creates its 2014. That means there will be no new se-
own wireless network with a range of 150 feet. curity updates or non-security hotfixes. All
You can stream five different devices simultane- manner of internet miscreants are drooling
ously and it works with iPad, iPod touch, and over the prospects of invading the comput-
Kindle Fire and Android devices. For security, ers of those who do not prepare for the up-
the device can also be password protected. coming security risks.
The installation of the Sandisk Media Drive App
application is straight forward, and once con- What are the options? Here are a few:
nected, you can upload or download files to · Buy a new computer, perhaps keep-
your smartphone of table using the Media Drive ing your XP system just to back up
requires a USB 2.0 or higher connection and is your personal data.
compatible with PC or Mac computers running · Upgrade the O.S. to Windows 7 or
Window XP or higher. 8, assuming you older hardware is
The Media Drive includes a USB charging cable adequate.
and AC adaptor which takes about 2.5 hours to · Add the Linux O.S. to your XP sys-
charge. The 32GB sells for $79 and the 64GB tem -- Dual Boot.
for $99.
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