Digital Home Thoughts: Tech Domain Reviews the Sitecom USB On-The-Go Copy Box

"The Copy Box is a small USB-host device for transferring data between USB devices, without having to use a computer. Boy, oh, boy is this thing small! The unit itself measures just 55mm x 70mm x 15mm, so it would easily fit in your pocket or camera bag. That’s a standard 3.5” floppy disk beside it, just to give a reference of size. Powered by 3 AAA batteries, it’s a stand-alone unit that doesn’t rely on your USB devices to provide power, but can connect to externally powered devices, such as external HDDs. Controls are minimal, with a combined power/start button and a file/folder copy selector switch. Then there’s are also the source and target USB sockets."



This is a device I've wished I've had many times in the past. Direct PMP-to-PMP copying is the first use I can think of for this. Imagine copying a song from your iPod to your friends'. I think USB host capability should be built into every PMP, but that's just me. In the meantime, there's the Copy Box. The downside: lowly USB 1.1 speed connection speed. Even copying all the pics from your camera to your iPod would take forever using a 1GB card. It's also unclear how someone selects the file to be transferred. However, for less than $20, all those issues seem moot. Anyone here own one of these? What do you use it for and what do you think of it?