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Originally Posted by Question Mark
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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I'm talking about wi-fi enabled thumb drives & storage here, though, so there is no need for any usb connector or for any other type of wired connection, because those drives create their own wi-fi nework (hot spot), so also there is no need for an existing wireless network either, we just connect those thumb drives to our android/ios tablet using their own wi-fi signal and appropriate ios/android app for our tablet/ereader, or if possible just web-browser.
Regardless of its version 802.11 a/b/g/n, actual download speed over such wi-fi network is not great (usually 1-5 MB/s i.e. 10-50 Mbps), if compared to any faster wired connection, but is still good enough for pdf/ebook file transfer and video/audio streaming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRmuQjLTOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=907AFzQUpNw