Recent content by BurlyEd

I bought a powered USB hub (D-Link DUB-H7) and connected it to my GT-P3113 using the USB adapter that came with my new Student Edition. This gives me 5 standard USB ports and 2 with extra power for LOTS of storage. I can connect flash drives, etc. to the standard ports and fat32 hard drives to...

I ordered a Student Edition from Amazon at 3AM today. I got free Prime shipping, but I had to pay sales tax!?! If I had waited I could have gone to Best Buy and I would have it now at the same price. :'( I am going to try to put Jelly Bean on my Kindle Fire when I get a round "tuit". :)

I bought an OTG cable and used it to connect to several usb sticks. Then I tried portable hard drives. The ones which are formatted fat32 worked ok, the ntfs drives were not recognized. The Excite can access a thumb drive or a hd without requiring optional external power. Then I bought a 7...

@skatergirl & gaetanolip My hard drive is an old Samsung 500GB USB 2.0 2009.8 it is formatted fat32. It was connected by the single mini-USB cable that it came with, to the Excite 305's OTG cable. I started with the Excite charger cable attached. After a few minutes of watching a movie from...

I bought an OTG cable - SANOXY USB 2.0 Female to Micro USB Male OTG(On-The-Go) Cable Adapter for $2.40 with free shipping from A... I can use usb thumb drives and a 500gb Samsung portable drive! The HD works even without the charger attached. 3 other portable drives I tried did not work. :D

Update - I just saw the new 24 minute review by Lisa Gade at mobiletechreview and got so "excited" that I ordered one. MobileTechReview Forum and News: Toshiba Excite 10 AT305 Quad Core Android Tablet Video Review I am expecting it Tue 15th. I am following your battery test with interest.

Thank you. I called Toshiba. The rep said that Thrive accessories are NOT compatible with Excite tablets. There is an Excite standard dock available for about $57 (cough - rip-off - cough!:mad:), but no multi-dock at all yet. I think I will wait a while.

Thanks for the review of the keyboard. The other accessory I am interested in is the: Amazon.com: Toshiba Thrive Multi-Dock with HDMI for 10.1-Inch Tablet (PA3934U-1PRP): Electronics I can see that it requires a different AC adapter (PA3922U-1ARA), but otherwise, do you (anyone) think it is...