Is there a portable storage device that accepts a USB connection?
I’ve seen them for memory cards, but can’t seem to find a USB-compatible one. A: The Flip camera, with its USB connector, is itself a portable storage device. To a computer, it looks just like a flash drive or external hard drive. You can’t transfer files directly from one USB storage device to another. And even if it were technically possible, it wouldn’t work, because USB devices need a computer to supply their power. So you’re stuck with the 8-gigabyte storage capacity of your Flip UltraHD, which gives you two hours of video recording. If you plan to exceed that, I’d recommend getting a netbook computer with a 160-gigabyte hard drive and using that to store your videos. By the way, not all pocket video cameras rely solely on onboard storage. Sony and Kodak models use removable storage media, effectively removing limits on the amount of video you can shoot without a computer handy. Q: Our daughter is heading off to college in a few weeks. She has a good notebook computer and a smart
