SanDisk Connect 16GB Wireless USB Flash Drive

29.7GB of storage but limited video format compabitility
As with most storage devices, the quoted amount of storage isn't quite what you get. Only 29.7GB of the 32GB is available for storage.

That's not a major problem. But the limited video formats that it's compatible with IS more of a limitation.

INSTALLATION
Simply plug the SanDisk Connect into your computer's USB port and you can drag and drop music, photos and videos to the SanDisk's flash drive. The flash drive writes quite slowly at around 4MB/second, so transferring say a 1GB movie can take 3 or 4 minutes.

On my Android tablet, I also installed the SanDisk Wireless Flash app from the Google Play store. This was very straightforward.

When your SanDisk Connect is fully charged (2 hours, the instruction leaflet says), you simply unplug it from your computer and press the power button for a few seconds. You then select the SanDisk wireless network on your tablet and start up the SanDisk app.

The SanDisk app brings up a simple...

SanDisk Connect 16GB Wireless USB Flash Drive

FLASH! Ahhh ahhh! The saviour of the universe!
So, it's a USB Flash Drive, much the same as the traditional 'memory stick' that we all know and love. The difference is that you don't need to plug it in to access it.

Basically, the Flash Drive includes an inbuilt WiFi capability so that you can connect to it wirelessly from your smartphone or tablet. In this way you can read from or write to the drive without the need to plug it in. This is especially useful as most tablets and phones don't come with a standard USB connector and require a special adapter to make the hard connection.

You will need to download a special Sandisc app onto your phone/tablet to facilitate the interface (easily done from the Google Play app store - search for Sandisk WiFi App). After some blundering, whereby I struggled to work out how to use the app, I managed to crack it.

The 'front page' of the app gives you the choice of A) connecting to the Flash Drive so that you can download it's files to your tablet or B) exploring...

SanDisk Connect 16GB Wireless USB Flash Drive

Ideal for extra iPad storage
Like most people I always need more storage on my iPad, mostly for large files such as movies when I'm on the go and don't have access to an internet connection. I've been aware of the larger external hard drives that you can buy that act in the same way as this USB drive but I've always needed something smaller and more pocketable.

As you would expect the USB drive is similar in size to most others, not tiny like some can be but it does house a rechargeable battery. The actual storage is added by means of a microSD card that comes with the USB drive, so I would imagine that if you want even more storage you could simply buy a larger card and add it to the USB drive. Adding content to the USB drive is as simple as plugging it in and dragging and dropping content over, there are folders already created on the drive but you can of course create your own. There's also a few tutorial videos loaded onto the drive to help you get started. When the drive is connected to your...

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