Question 1

Windows 7?

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Yup! On win 7 works great logged right on and opened and/or downloaded the users manual. Worked as described. Plugged it into my usb port and it works just like any other flash drive. Not real fast on wireless for file transfers but nothing else is anyway.
You can't upload from a pc wirelessly but just plug it in and it works great.
Didn't get this for my pc but my wife's ipad and iphone and the bonus is she can store and share files and photos with the kids on there I-stuff but I can help her manage the files on my pc.
Win 7 no problem and it is a really slick little toy.

Question 2

Can I move photos fm my flip-phone to the drive then to my computer?  Thanks!

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Not sure about a flip phone.  It uses propriety software to communicate w/ the drive which comes in mac, windows, iphone and driod versions.

Where is the memory stored?  Isn't it on SD type card?  Couldn't you just take that out of the flip phone and stick it into a computer?

Question 3

How to download music that's on my PS3 to my mobile phone?

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I don't have a ps3 but I believe they have a micro sd card slot.  You'd have to take the micro sd card out of the sandisk connect and put it in the ps3, copy over the music you wanted and then put the micro sd card back in the Sandisk connect.  Then you could connect wirelessly to the sandisk connect and get the music from your phone.  You will need the phone application to do it.  The only thing I am unsure if is if the Sandisk and the ps3 have different types of formatting.  FAT32 vs NTFS. Either way I guess you could always format it!

Question 4

What is the read and write speed of this device? Will it take a long time to upload my pics, music and videos from my android phone to this device?

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It depends on the speed of the micro sd you put in it. As I recall, it comes with a mid range 32gb memory card, that Ireplaced with a high end 64gb Sandisk micro sd. I loaded the card to capacity in less than two hours; mostly a music and video library. It was fairly fast; certainly faster than burning plates.

Question 5

dosmode?

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Not so much

Question 6

I plan to plug this into one device constantly. But, I want to be able to edit files on there from another device, is this possible?

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By plugged in I'm assuming to a device like a pc. Once this drive is connected to a usb port that carries data with the power like a pc does it disables the wireless capabilities. Some usb chargers do that as well but not most. So if you plan to keep it plugged into a pc its not going to work for you that way.
On the other hand if you have it plugged into a wall charger that doesn't disable the wireless function, any I-thing or Android thing should be able to upload or download data from it using the app or logging on with a web browser. You just can't upload to it wirelessly from a pc right now, or connect to it wirelessly with any other device when it's plugged into a pc.

Question 7

It is stated that this drive "powers down" after ten minutes of inactivity. I would appreciate some clarification:

Does the drive have a low-power mode from which it can be activated wirelessly? (so that one can use drive remotely without having to press button)

If so, is the four hour battery life defined as four hours of constant read/write access or as four hours of such a "standby" mode?

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You actually have the option to set the Auto-Off Timer in the smartphone application.  You can set it to None, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hour.  I haven't tried using the drive for 4 hours constantly, but I haven't really had any problems with the battery.  I plug it in quite often when I need to use it with a PC instead of a phone or tablet.  One thing that isn't really explained very well is the fact that you can read and write files via wireless from the smartphone / tablet applications, but only read files via wireless from a PC browser.

There is a neat feature to allow your drive to basically connect to your router and still access the internet and the drive at the same time, but when using a PC you still only have the option to read the files, and not write them.  You need to plug the drive in to write files to the drive.  When using the internet mode, anyone who has access to that wireless network will also have access to the drive if they have the app or browser address.  I have installed the free SanDisk SecureAccess Manager from the website to encrypt personal files for this reason.

Question 8

Does it require to disconnect from your current wi-fi  network, causing you to lose connectivity from the rest of the internet?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you will lose your Wi-Fi connectivity when this device is in use. If you are using an automatic Wi-Fi switching program on your device, you will need to turn it off. This will keep your device from always seeking a stronger connection from other sources which will play havoc on your device and may lock it up. Then you will have to restart you device.

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