Connecting an external har drive to a tablet
Coz21
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If a tablet has a USB port, is it possible to connect a pen drive or an external hard drive to it, to be able to view photos and watch video clips from the pen drive/hard drive?
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It depends if the USB port is multi-function or if it's just for charging. A couple of examples of tablets that can do it have already been mentioned.
I haven't yet managed successfully to connect either of my external HDDs this way but apparently it can work depending on the model/type.
Also use a USB Hub that's mains powered so that the hard drive doesn't try to draw it's power from the nexus 7 as this is the usual cause of it not working!