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By Tony Kicks on February 10th, 2010 SD Card Dock Connectors are back from the dead. Years ago with the introduction of the iPod Photo (the first color screen iPod) came a great idea, the ability to add photos directly onto an iPod while on the go. Since SD cards were so expensive for a very small amount of storage space this was huge break through for casual and professional photographers alike. Apple was the first to add support with it’s own SD Card Dock Connector followed by a few 3rd party makers. Slowly the need for the adapter died off as SD Cards became drastically cheaper. zoomMediaPlus has given the concept a rebirth with the release of it’s new product zoomIt for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Paired with it’s free app, also named zoomIt, the SD reader adds new features the vintage versions never could. The zoomIt app, essentially a file manger, allows you to copy photos and other supported file types, music, movies, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF’s, etc., both to and from an SD card. Any of these can be viewed/listened to through the zoomIt app only photos have the ability to interface with another native app (the camera roll). zoomIt also includes built in support for sharing files via e-mail, Facebook and Flickr and the newest update has added the ability to read write protected SD cards. The reader will be shipping in April for $59.95 but pre-orders are being taken now with a $10 discount. It’s worth noting though that Apple also announced a similar dock adapter which includes usb support for the iPad at only $30. Currently there’s no telling whether this will work on an iPhone or if the zoomIt will work on the iPad so it may be worth holding out until March when more details will surface before taking the $60 plunge. Read More

This is probably the first charging port accessory that I’ve found interesting. It works a lot like the USB-based SD card readers you likely use with your desktop machines, but this one plugs right into the charging port on your iPhone and interfaces with its own custom-made app to view, share, and transfer your media. If the software really is as capable as it sounds, then there are quite a few possibilities that this little gadget opens up. You’re apparently quite free to move files to and from the card and the in-app File Manager. However, the standard Apple limitations still apply: the only external app that ZoomIt can interface with is the camera and camera roll. You can save pictures straight to the SD card, and you can transfer photos between the camera roll and SD card. Everything else has to be done shared or viewed within the ZoomIt app. I’d usually use Pastebot to transfer files to and from my MacBook Pro, but when you’re out and about – or at somebody else’s house if you have real friends (I’m working on this) – then transferring via SD is much easier than convincing your friend to please buy-a-Mac-and-install-PastebotSync, please. ZoomIt isn’t out yet, but you can pre-order it (supposedly ships April) now for $60, and the app is available for free on the App Store. By the way, I looked at the App Store and somebody has already reviewed the app and given it five stars. I wonder what “Rava68″ did with the ZoomIt app without using an SD card… Read More

Natuurlijk heeft je iPhone voldoende opslaggeheugen voor muziek, foto’s en filmpjes. Maar het zou handig zijn als je die op een eenvoudige manier, zonder tussenkomst van de computer met iemand kan delen. Voor dit probleem heeft ZoomMediaPlus een oplossing bedacht: zoomIt. Dit is een zogenaamde application enabled accessoire, ofwel een stukje hardware dat samenwerkt met een speciale applicatie die je kunt downloaden in de AppStore. In dit geval is de hardware een externe SD-kaartlezer en de software een speciale file-explorer. Via deze explorer kun je eenvoudig foto’s, video’s, muziek en documenten tussen de geheugenkaart en je iPhone of iPod touch uitwisselen. Bij het inlezen van gegevens worden foto’s en video’s direct in je camerarol geplaatst. Op die manier zou je bijvoorbeeld je iPhone als image-tank kunnen gebruiken voor het tijdelijk opslaan van de vele foto’s die je tijdens een vakantie maakt. De foto’s op de geheugenkaart kun je via de explorer-applicatie ook delen met je vrienden via Email, Facebook of Flickr. ZoomMediaPlus werkt ondertussen al aan een update waarmee ook de zogenaamde protected content ondersteund wordt, zodat je bijvoorbeeld je muziek kunt delen. De zoomIt gaat $59,95 kosten, maar de eerste 250 klanten die een pre-order plaatsen krijgen $10 korting en een 4GB SD-kaart cadeau. Short URL voor dit artikel: Read More

8 Feb 2010 alle 18:15 ZoomMediaPlus ha da poco annunciato , un nuovo accessorio che permetterà all’iPhone di leggere e scrivere su schede di memoria SD. L’accessorio, insieme all’applicazione gratuita ZoomIt [Link iTunes] vi permetterà di: La commercializzazione di Zoomit SD è prevista a partire da aprile per 60 $, ma in attesa è possibile effettuare il pre-order dal sito ufficiale. Read More