On Thursday 28 April 2005 1:23 am, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > AFAICT the hardware folk are more than ready to start providing hand-held > > > > devices (PDA-ish, vs luggable laptops) with USB host capabilities. But > > > > WinCE isn't ready for that yet though... ergo products don't do it yet. > > > > Linux has less trouble, since market positioning doesn't interfere. :) > > > > > > USB zauruses could do that for >2 years now, > > > > Which ones? The ones I know about have a peripheral controller, > > not a host controller. There's a recent iPaq that uses OHCI > > on a pxa27x to contact an on-board bluetooth adapter. But AFAIK, > > PDAs with an USB host _connector_ is pretty rare. (There's a > > CF/IO card adapter I've seen, but that's not quite the same.) > > sl-5500 has peripheral controller, but sl-5600 and newer should have a > host controller. [Unfortunately mine is 5500.] I think you're wrong about all except possibly the very latest ones using pxa27x chips. The pxa25x based products would need a separate controller chip to get host functionality. I know for a fact that even the C-860 doesn't have one integrated; folk use that CF/IO card, with an sl811hs driver, if they crave a USB keyboard or flashdisk. - Dave
