Addonics announces iPod hard drive accessories
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
May 12, 2008 at 8:08pm
Addonics Technologies has announced a pair of accessories that allows users to convert their iPod into a Compact Flash-based player, as well as use the Toshiba 1.8-inch iPod hard drive with any computer.
The Addonics Toshiba 1.8-inch ZIF to 2.5-inch IDE hard drive connector converter allows iPod owners to connect their iPod hard drive as a regular 2.5-inch hard drive to other computers. With the choice of a ZIF or original iPod connector, a user who has a defective iPod can also export data off the drive.
It can also be connected to the standard 40 pin IDE cable common found on any desktop computer, server, and most industrial computers by adding the Addonics 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch converter kit. With the new Addonics converter any Toshiba 1.8-inch hard drive can also become a read-only drive by using the standard IDE Write blocker.
The list price of the Toshiba 1.8-inch ZIF to 2.5-inch IDE hard drive connector converter is US$17.99 for ZIF iPod hard drives and $14.99 for original hard iPod drives. Addonics iPod accessories are compatible with any operating system that supports IDE storage.
With the Addonics 1.8-inch ZIF – CF Adapter users can make their iPod more shock resistant and achieve fast throughput by replacing the ZIF hard drive inside their iPod with Compact Flash media, according to the folks at Addonics. The $23.99 adapter supports several types of Compact Flash media, including PIO, DMA, UDMA4 for up to a 40MB/s transfer rate. In addition to iPods, the adapter supports any laptop computer or portable device that uses a 1.8-inch ZIF connector.
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Luther Lindsey Says:
This is a great device and could come very handy for our data recovery projects.
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