Using a Smartphone as a Field Viewer?

My Galaxy would need to come out of the otter case, pop the back off, then insert. A pain in the for me, so i gave up. I just carry my Nikon camera and pop the SD card in and view

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My Galaxy would need to come out of the otter case, pop the back off, then insert. A pain in the for me, so i gave up. I just carry my Nikon camera and pop the SD card in and view

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Actually, with what he’s talking about, you’d just plug a cable into the charging port on your phone. That’s the Micro USB.

Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/iKross-Micro-USB-Memory-Reader-Adapter/dp/B00CMM8XZ8

It should work, in theory. It depends on how the phone looks at it though. I doubt that an iphone would do it, but most android phones should be able to browse to it using a file viewer app like Astro and view the pictures without any trouble.

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I was wondering if anyone here is using there smartphones as a field viewer for trail cam photos? If so, where did you get it and how much do they cost?

I’m looking to get an on the go card reader that accepts an SD card with a micro USB connection. Also are the readers phone specific…or do I just need one with a male micro USB and a female SD slot?

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I just bought one for my brother for christmas. There appears to be quite a few on the market, at least enough to make you really look into what your phone is. Most of them are short cords with connection and SD slot. Most all of them appear to be phone specific. In my situation, my brother has the newest I-phone and required a specific card reader. Ordered it from apple’s online store. I just checked my online banking and it was $31, a.k.a. ~$65 less than the portable card reader I bought him two birthdays ago Looks like I have a portable card reader to go find and inadvertently make missing

I do have an android phone. I’ll have to check to see if Virgin caries any card readers made for their phones. I wasn’t able to tell if all readers were made for a model of phone or was that all marketing?

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I do have an android phone. I’ll have to check to see if Virgin caries any card readers made for their phones. I wasn’t able to tell if all readers were made for a model of phone or was that all marketing?

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They’re universal. buy one from Amazon or something, don’t buy one from a store, usually you’ll save quite a bit of money.

Your android phone has a mirco USB port to charge through, and it can also run data through.

Here’s the one I bought last season. Works great.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271266009123?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Very nice to be able to just pull the card, look at the photos, save or email any pics I want to keep,and then I can clear the card or just put it back in the camera.

Grouse