Thanks so much to everyone that helped me with this thread. I really appreciate the help and I have already ordered the 5" version. I am anxiously awaiting my new reader. I have already loaded about 300 books onto a 16GB SDHC card...
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Originally Posted by gastan
I did get the USB 1.1 specs on the EZ Reader from the Astak website but I didn't intend to make anyone mad when I asked about it. I thought it might be significant since USB 2.0 is like 40 times faster than USB 1.1. If experienced users say it doesn't make any difference I'll defer to that experience.
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Originally Posted by Robertb
I did learn that there actually is a USB 3.0 which is faster still but have not heard of it being used.
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USB 3.0 is still not finalized. The products are probably not going to come out this year. In theory USB3 is supposed to be upwards of 5Gbps. In reality it's closer to 1-1.3GBps.
USB wireless has also been abysmal in terms of performance. Belkin did have a USB wireless kit for about 2 weeks and then promptly canceled all the orders and yanked it off the table. Apparently it interfered with just about every wireless device.
USB 2.0 has a max operating speed of 480Mbps. USB 1.1 started out at like 1.5Mbps and peaked at 11Mbps.
Bare in mind those above numbers are Mbps, not MBps. To understand what the little "b" will mean in terms of actual speed, it's the same relationship when figuring what your ISP speed actually can theoretically do. If you are downloading something on your internet connection and getting 400KBps, then you are connecting at a 3.2Mbps speed. Effectively you multiply your rate by 8 and get the rated speed. So if you can transfer something at 480Mbps, then in theory you should see a max of 60MBps transfer speed. However the average speed of a USB transfer at best, is about 25-30MBps.... Also bare in mind that a 1.1 USB device in a chain, will negate all 2.0USB devices to operate at the weakest speed. So a 1.1USB based eReader in a chain will make a USB 2.0 device that is inbetween the link to the computer (not including a dedicated HUB/Switch or a second USB port) operate at 1.1USB.