newbie question about memory storage

Greetings

I have an Olympus Digital 600 with a 256Mb card. I'm looking at storage
solutions whilst on holiday and am looking at purchasing a 1Gb card.
Whilst on the Olympus website i was directed to a 'MAUSB 300' but
cannot really tell what its function is - is it purely an interface
between PC and memory card or does it provide storage external to the
camera? Can i download data from the camera card to this (or other
device if available) and then effectively re-use the memory card?

Many thanks for any info.

Looks like its just a USB XD card reader

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/mausb-300.asp

http://pcworld.pricegrabber.com/sear...terid=7918390/

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Greetings

I have an Olympus Digital 600 with a 256Mb card. I'm looking at storage
solutions whilst on holiday and am looking at purchasing a 1Gb card.
Whilst on the Olympus website i was directed to a 'MAUSB 300' but
cannot really tell what its function is - is it purely an interface
between PC and memory card or does it provide storage external to the
camera? Can i download data from the camera card to this (or other
device if available) and then effectively re-use the memory card?

Many thanks for any info.

wrote:
Greetings

I have an Olympus Digital 600 with a 256Mb card. I'm looking at storage
solutions whilst on holiday and am looking at purchasing a 1Gb card.
Whilst on the Olympus website i was directed to a 'MAUSB 300' but
cannot really tell what its function is - is it purely an interface
between PC and memory card or does it provide storage external to the
camera? Can i download data from the camera card to this (or other
device if available) and then effectively re-use the memory card?

Many thanks for any info.


Looks like a shameless ploy by Oly marketers to get you to buy THEIR "XD
Only" card reader. A far as I can tell, it can't do anything that a much
more versatile and cheaper 9-in-1 card reader can do.
Bob Williams