N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

The original N800 OTG adapter was far more popular than I'd ever imagined but it wasn't ideal; the biggest concerns that I heard in the forums were about the physical akwardness of having to have your USB device sticking way out the side of the tablet, and of concerns about how much stress that put on the connector itself and how it reduced the mobility factor when using USB devices (you really can't carry around a tablet with a thumb drive sticking off an OTG adapter... it's just not practical). This led to discussions about short OTG dongles, with the main argument being that they could be used to place USB devices in the fabled "behind the tablet" position, but it still required a length of cable to be used, and meant carrying it around was more of a pain. This, so far, is the best of both worlds: The new N800 360 OTG adapter:
http://www.electronicproductonline.c...oducts_id=2043

Unlike the original adapters these have been custom manufacturered, not modified, and so have the OTG short internally. The stucture of the adapter is designed to allow you to place your USB device in any position, either beside the tablet, or even behind it tucked away nicely! (See my "Action shots" below).

The obvious question of the kickstand comes in, and if you'd like to be able to have your USB device attached and tucked away without having the kickstand out then all that's required is a small Torx T5 screw driver to undo the two screws that hold the kick stand to the tablet. In the next day or two I'll also be offering these for a few dollars for anyone who's interested and doesn't know of a local source.

Finally and most importantly of all, this adapter finally brings the ability to connect and leave connected while carrying various USB devices... a bit of velcro on the back perhaps to keep your favourite thumb drive in place as you walk around, or maybe even, say, a Phidgets USB Accelerometer? ;-) heck, even a small USB hub if you're really in the mood for it!

Adapters are $11 Canadian. Shipping costs are the same as before ($11 international, $9 US, $5 US if you're not worried about time for delivery, and $4 within Canada).

These can also be used in combination with the short Micro-Mini USB converter cables to allow OTG functionality on the N810:
http://www.electronicproductonline.c...oducts_id=2004

From the community for the community, and all that good jazz!

Thanks,
-Rob

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

COOL! I'm in for 2. What do I need to do next to order a couple?

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

Just follow the link, add 'em to the cart and checkout ;-)

http://www.electronicproductonline.c...oducts_id=2043

Thanks!
-Rob

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

Would these happen to work with the n810 also, or no?

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

No, N800 is mini-B, N810 is micro-A/B.

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

Unfortunately for the 810's because of the micro USB connector you still need the adapter cable:
http://www.electronicproductonline.c...oducts_id=2004

Connect Swivel OTG adapter to Mini-Micro cable and you're good to go. Not as slick as on the N800, but it does work (in time I will try to get an N810 version, but right now the costs/volumes required just couldn't be justified because the Micro connector is still quite rare in manufacturing circles).

Thanks,
-Rob

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

Do these work for the old 770 ?

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

Time to start counting my pennies....:D I NEED one of these!

@joluis: Since you seem to have the right connections for cool/useful/hard to find adapters...

Have you ever seen a RJ45(male)->SWIVEL->RJ45(female) adapter?

My wife's new laptop has the Net connection on the side which puts a lot of stress on the Cat-5 sticking out the side vs out the back like her old laptop.

TIA

Matt

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

Actually the answer is yes, with the adapter (as Rob noted). :p

Re: N800 Swivel OTG Adapters
 

I don't have my 770 anymore (brother ran off with it when I got my N800 and I haven't seen it since), but I'm tempted to say probably not. From what I recall the 770 didn't put out any power on the USB port and actually had to have external power fed into it to make it activate host mode (or something odd like that). So theoretically if you had a powered hub and jury-rigged some connections it could work, but certainly not just plug-and-play like with the N8x0's. (Anyone else got more information on this?)

Snoshrk, afraid I've not heard of an RJ45 swivel adapter. To be honest with you I don't know how much stress it would actually take off of the RJ45 jack on the laptop anyways because it would still have to be plugged in and sticking out as much as a regular RJ45 mod end to work. About the only thing I can suggest would be a retractable RJ45 cable and a female/female adapter. The retractable cable uses very thin/flexible wiring so would make the best option, but you need the female/female if you're going to connect it to an existing patch cord rather than a wall jack as the cable only comes in male mod end to male mod end configuration (like a regular data patch cord).

Thanks,
-Rob