Rob,

I hadn't forgotten the excellent and easier-to-use OTG adaptor. You are absolutely right that it is a much easier way to attach USB accessories than the method in the tutorials. You just plug it and it works, which is as simple as it can get.

I did agonise over whether to go with that or the F-F/software option, and in the end I went for the latter. It was partly because F-F adaptors are so easy to find, partly because the F-F method works with the N810 too, but partly also because I was worried some people who don't read the article properly might try to use an unmodified version of the OTG adaptor (because some adaptors look like the OTG but aren't).

However, what I thought I'd do is get one or two more USB tutorials (I'm going to try an externally-powered HDD next, and then if I can get it to work your suggestion of networking too) and then do a special tutorial dedicated to the OTG adaptor, along with links to this article in the other USB articles, and instructions on where people can get the adaptor. I want to make it clear to users that they can only use the modified adaptor, not adaptors that look the same but are unmodified.

-krisse