HyperDrive for the iPad, review

One of the very few complaints made against the iPad, is that it is not possible to increase the amount of internal storage built right in. You don't have a large library of music and video files to quickly fill up the 16 and 32 GB models, and also the most expensive iPad, model has a modest 64 GB of storage.

Some people argue that the iPad, should contain a SD card slot so that users can store and access files with the help of expandable storage, something unlikely to happen. Hypermacs new HyperDrive, however, is a genial if expensive way to get around the problem.

HyperDrive is essentially a conventional hard drive, are available in sizes between 320 GB and 750 GB, but it Sports a 3.2 color display indicates a number of icons of the most important controls. You can connect the HyperDrive to Mac or PC with a USB cable and copy pictures and video to it as just a normal hard disk.

HyperDrive also has two card slots that take most types of memory cards (CF, SD, MMC, MS) so that you can quickly transfer files from a digital camera. HyperMac claims that battery life should last long enough to transfer some 250 GB worth of files back and forth.

Finally a solution to store more photos and video files for viewing on your iPad,

Photos that you upload to the HyperDrive can be previewed on its own screen, before you connect it to your iPad,. You can only connect HyperDrive to an iPad, using the USB adapter included with the Apple Camera Connection Kit. This costs a further ￡ 25, but the most keen photographers will probably owns one to already.

You connect to the Camera Connection Kit HyperDrive and then use the screen of HyperDrive to locate the folders that you want to transfer to the iPad,. The contents of each folder are then displayed quite miraculously on the iPad, screen. You can tap on the button import all of the iPad, to import the entire folder or tap individual photos or videos that you want to import. Files are added to the photos app on the iPad, and ready for viewing. Do you have a stock of videos for a long flight? Bring them together in HyperDrive.

But the HyperDrive has a couple of rough edges. The on screen controls are a bit slow, and it was sometimes a pause before it made the connection. You cannot transfer files from the iPad, to either free up space on your HyperDrive.

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