Music and photo storage

I use the iRiver PMP-120. It's a 20GB MP3 and video player with screen. It also has the ability to plug in USB devices like a card reader with which you can transfer photos from the camera to the device.

Austravel,

I've got an X-drive which I use for backing up photos. I got it about six years ago so it's not the most 'up-to-date'.

Your memory card from your camera fits in a slot on the drive and with the push of a button saves all the photos to the inbuilt hard drivge of the x-drive.

You can store and play music (it came with head phones) but I think the newer ones have been improved to play mp3 and display photos etc. Mine doesn't have a LCD screen to display the photos - only basic lettering to show folders etc.

Do a search on google for X drive or XS drive.

Cant go wrong with IPOD!! i have an IPOD photo (20gb). has every cd i own on it along with every digital photograph. i also bought an ITRIP to plug into it. it sends the music to any stereo with an FM tuner. Yep, will work in your car too. I basically have my own Radio station setup and tune the car into it. works great when camping. i just have it on random but keep the ipod in my top pocket whilst sitting around. if we want to change the song, dont have to get up ;-) IPOD tends to have more genuine accessories that most other brands.

i would suggest the ipod with a line out cable to the stereo (to line in) along with the belkin media card reader to back up your photos to your ipod

dave
The Grey Nomads

Theres too many options out there....
For music in the car I convert to MP3, put them on CD (get 8-10 albums per CD) and play them in my Pioneer MP3 stereo.
For photos, my computer that I use for mapping has a CF card reader, and a 20 gig HDD, so they get backed up there.
For walking or riding to work, I use a 2gig Sandisk Sansa - I prefer it to an Ipod because it also has voice recorder, FM radio etc, and it also plugs into my work and home computer for storing files, and it recharges while doing so.

Follow this, and you'll be as confused as I am :-)))

Just to add to the confusion I have heard of people using PSP for this. It is wireless capable and will store anything your computer will. Transfer either way using the wireless connection and access internet.

I don't know the full range of capabilities but I will by tea time Christmas day as my son will open his gift from Santa early that morning.

Duncs

There are so many solutions to these problems.
Pic's
I have used a few different methods. One was just to go to an internet Cafe and burn the pic's to CD. Lots of them have card readers built in. Where the didn't I had a plug in USB card reader. I would burn them twice. Take one with me and post the other to my sister. She got an update and if the one I carried was damaged I still had a copy.
I also had a nifty device that was a portable CD burner that had every card reader known to man built in. So could just burn from card to CD, no PC required. The other bonus that it had a USB2 port and you could use all the readers and CD Burner on your PC.
I must admit that I often thought a cheap laptop in a Pelican case would be the way to go. The case is shock proof and water proof. I'm not sure I would risk a $5k laptop though.

Music
After the CSR with 8 tapes we have decided to get an iPod and FM Tx. I know there are plenty of equivalents that are cheaper. My thoughts are that Apple tend to over engineer there stuff and spend a lot of time on the human interface. I usually use a PC not a Mac but I can tell you that until recently Mac's had more inovative GUI's and more powerful processors. Basically they are the better product but more expensive. A bit like Beta/VHS tapes. Beta was the better technology but VHS became the more dominant.

Steve

Thanks everyone. I'll now try wading through all the info.

Regards