[geeks] Battery-powered, WiFi connected file server

[Rick Hamell]

That's pretty cool. I'd be interested to see how it'd work with the 
iPad. I just received one and haven't played with streaming video much 
yet but in my current network it feels a bit slow.

On 10/23/11 6:25 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> I'm not sure how long this has been around, but this seems like a neat idea
> - Seagate has a GoFlex Satellite storage device that is intended for use
> with tablets to access 500GB of storage over an ad-hoc WiFi connection&  web
> browser or tablet-specific app. It could obviously be re-purposed to be used
> with a netbook or laptop, but I wonder if you could reprogram it to act as,
> say, a stand-alone LAMP server...
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148755&Tpk=Go%20flex%20satellite
>
> The price seems a bit high at $219 ($200 at Best Buy), but I don't think I
> could recreate it for less.
>
> This looked interesting to me, and thought i'd share it here.
>
> Lionel
>

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