Mass Sale: DigiMate Portable Photo Storage Bin

[sykestang]

Have got ready stock of 10pcs of this DigiMate II-Plus Photo Storage Bin for sale @$148each. This is just an empty casing and you'd need to purchase a 2.5" Notebook Harddisk of any capacity in order to use it. Beside being a portable harddisk, this is also a photo storage bin for copying photos from Memory cards directly into the harddisk on the move as it comes built in with a Lithium-ion Battery.



This case is very well design. The front is made of sleek aluminium with large LCD display with bluish back-lighted for easy reading. The side of the casing is made of hard plastic and give you a rugged rubbery feel. This case comes with a PVC carrying pouch, International auto-switching Power Adaptor, screws & screwfriver, Manuals and all necessary USB cables.

The following are the specifications of the DigiMate II-Plus:

Flash memory Cards Supported
- CF Card Type I/II (CFI/CFII)
- Microdrive (MD)
- SmartMedia (SM)
- Memory Stick/Memory Stick Pro Duo (MS/MS-Pro)
- Secure Digital Card (SD)
- Multimedia Card (MMC)
- xD Card (XD)

Hard Disk Drive
- Form Factor 2.5"

Power Supply
- Internal lithium-ion rechargeable battery
- Full-charge charging time: 3 hours
- Battery life: full charge can copy over 3.6GB of data
- Tested Transfer speed of 1GB / 6.5minutes
(using Lexar 40x CF and DigiMate running on in-built battery)

USB Interface
- USB 2.0 (up to 480Mbps)
- USB 1.1 campatible

File System Support
- UNICODE long file name
- FAT32 support for hard disk drive
- FAT12/16/32 support for memory cards

O/S Support
- Windows XP Home/Professional Edition
- Windows 2000/Me
- Windows 98SE (drivers required)
- Linux Kernel 2.4 and above

Weight
- 145g (excluding hard disk)

Contents
- Digimate II Plus unit
- Soft carry case
- USB Cable
- Universal AC adpater (100-240V)
- Driver CDROM
- Screwdriver and screws
- Manual (Chinese/English)


Selling for $148 each. Interested, please leave your name and contact no on this thread.
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[sykestang]

Upz for the day...

[sykestang]

Anybody? Upz...

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

big screen but can't view pictures? so used to view filenames?

[sykestang]

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Selling for $148 each. Interested, please leave your name and contact no on this thread.
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[flowerpot99]

Erm can the battery be replaced? or is it fixed? What other function does it have?

[flowerpot99]

When will the closing date be?

[Shodan99]

more details pls?
like wty and how long can the battery last on a single charge.

[AJ23]

Being the 1st guinea pig... er 1st buyer, let me share some of the findings.

On the average, each charge last about 4.5GB to 5GB of transfer. Speed wise, I am using a Lexar 2GB 40x CF, transfer rate is about 5.5mins for 1GB of data. And no, the lithium battery is built in and cannot be removed.

I might be building an additional power pack to extend the power. Should be able to extend it at least 5 fold.

As for the big screen, it shows the amount to be copied, space left on the hdd, copying status and type of card. Like the big screen and big fonts though as it's clear.

All in all, a good value as most other storage bins costs $200 (w/o hdd) and above. I just throw in a 3 year old IBM 20GB and it's up and running.

And not to mention, it can be used as a USB 2.0 multi-format card reader.

[Shodan99]

Thanks for the feedback.. But with only max 5Gb of transfer, I think its a little to energy hungry...

I got a 40Gb hdd leh.. then what to do with 35Gb of empty space leh?...haahaa

[AJ23]

Originally Posted by Shodan99 Thanks for the feedback.. But with only max 5Gb of transfer, I think its a little to energy hungry... I got a 40Gb hdd leh.. then what to do with 35Gb of empty space leh?...haahaa

Haha, but u don't shoot more than 5GB at one go right? 5GB of RAW or JPG is a lot of files...

Smaller battery means less power, but also means less weight. Alternatively, can use a battery pack to extend the power at least 5-10 times.

[bwilly]

kind of power hungry..

comparing to the compactdrive, available at ard $330
w/ 40G harddisk.

[alechim]

just BUY BUY BUY first..then think later

[alechim]

Originally Posted by alechim just BUY BUY BUY first..then think later

Upz for skyestang bro

[sykestang]

Originally Posted by bwilly kind of power hungry.. comparing to the compactdrive, available at ard $330 w/ 40G harddisk.

Just for some reading sake... maybe you'd like to read this article before you jump to conclusion, http://www.compactdrive.net

[tiong78]

so is your product the 1 that the website is referring to?

[espn]

Originally Posted by tiong78 so is your product the 1 that the website is referring to?

The picture on the website is not the same as the one sykestang has posted right?

His is the DigiMate storage bin, the one on the website is the CompactDrive storage bin. Different.

[tiong78]

Juz wondering.cos the website said they will be bringing in another product.

[madmacs]

Originally Posted by sykestang Just for some reading sake... maybe you'd like to read this article before you jump to conclusion, http://www.compactdrive.net

maybe all should read this response from eastgear first http://forums.clubsnap.org/showpost....0&postcount=19

[EastGear]

Official Statement regarding compactdrive.net (18th March 2005)

EastGear (Singapore) Pte Ltd is the Manufacturer and International Sales Representative of the CompactDrive PD7X.

It has come to our attention that several websites that claim to be the distributors of CompactDrive have stated to have “discontinued the supply of CompactDrive PD7X” due to “high failure rate”

The statements can be seen at:

www.compactdrive.net
www.compactdrive.info
www.compactdrive.us
www.compactdrive.jp
www.compactdrive.co.nz
www.compactdrive.co.uk
www.compactdrive.com.tw

We wish to state for the record that ALL of the above domain names and websites are owned by one single entity, the former New Zealand Distributor for CompactDrive PD7X which goes under the trading name of CompactDrive International Co. Ltd / Top International Limited / Heard Park Group of Companies (here from referred to as Heard Park)

Heard Park has no point in time represented any distribution channels for the CompactDrive PD7X other than within New Zealand itself. Heard Park have been sanctioned previously because they insist on misleading consumers and companies by pretending to be distributors of other countries (namely United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan) and parallel importing into these countries when their distribution area is only limited to New Zealand.

We hereby denounce all statements made by Heard Park as totally false and erroneous. We wish to state for the fact:

1. That till this very day, Heard Park has not returned a single unit to the manufacturer for repair due to failure of any kind.
   
2. The manufacturer has always listened to end users feedback and kept in close contact with our distributors. We have never “given up or ignored” issues pertaining to the unit’s reliability. In fact, the CompactDrive is one of the most reliable portable storage device in the market. Till this day, no user has ever lost any images or data as a result of any systematic reliability problems.
   
3. As recent as 11th March, 2005, Heard Park was still in correspondence with the manufacturer to export stock to EU. The order was delayed indefinitely due to disagreement in payment issues.
   
4. As of Christmas 2004, Heard Park has a very low stock count and has not reordered since. They have complained about poor business due to increasing competition from other distributors in the region and on the Internet.

We urge all discerning readers to see past the product discontinue statement as a veiled attempt to discredit and tarnish the product and product brand name and at the same time, to promote a competing product.

The CompactDrive PD7X was never discontinued at any time. In fact, all other distribution channels around the world are enjoying brisk and healthy sales of this product. The CompactDrive PD7X continues to be the fastest selling portable storage device in Asia, Europe, US and the rest of the world.

The CompactDrive continues to be one of the best portable storage devices in the market. It has the world’s fastest transfer speed as well as longest battery life in the market.

In fact, the CompactDrive PD7X recently won the prestigious DIMA (Digital Imaging Marketing Association) 2005 Innovative Digital Product Award, at the recent PMA (Photo Marketing Association) International 2005, held in Orlando, the biggest photo equipment trade show in North America.

For more information see:
http://pma2005.pmai.org/Convention_D...?news_id=25260

The CompactDrive PD7X has also won a string of other awards which can be seen here:
http://www.compactdrive.com/reviews.htm

The manufacturer has a highly vested interest in the CompactDrive trademark and regards these statements as highly defamatory and slanderous. We are currently seeking legal advice from our lawyers and will go all out to protect our trademark and seek damages from entities that choose to spread lies and false information

We regret Heard Park decision to abandon their CompactDrive PD7X customers and to simply blame poor businesses on “high failure rate”. EastGear Pte Ltd (www.compactdrive.com) will undertake all support issues from Heard Park customers.

With immediate effect, Heard Park and any of their holding companies will cease to be the distributor of the CompactDrive PD7X and will not be allowed to trade using the name CompactDrive.