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Old 04-11-2019, 09:10 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Marinolino View Post
Those new android eink e-readers, as any ios or android lcd tablet, should not have much problems with an additional portable storage (without the need for any wired or wifi connecting with our pc/tablet/smart-phone or to any internet cloud service) since there are various affordable and pretty small external wi-fi flash memories available for quite some time now.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Con.../dp/B00ZCFYT5K
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DR8LB...ing=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.colourmylearning.com/201...-flash-drives/
If only it were that simple... The problem in relation to Onyx ereaders, and I suspect many of the other eink ereaders currently on the market, is that they do not have a proper USB host controller. As such, you cannot simply plug in a thumb drive and access the files on it as you are able to do on most tablets. You cannot even use a wired USB external keyboard with these devices.

From what I understand, the ereaders do not provide power to these external devices when you hook them up. I seem to recall that some people were able to get such devices working with their ereaders by using special cables which connected the device to an external power source... Not really an ideal situation.

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