A lot of otherwise good styluses unfortunately shred a bit too early in their life. Thus far, the Box Wave EverTouch has combined the two features quite well. The standard stylus comes with a ring, promoted to hang on your keychain, but it's really far too big for that. This allows for charging from or connecting to any USB port.
Small as the NomadKey is, some people might simply not want to add any bulk to their keychain. Or maybe they see times when they won't have their keychain with them. The ChargeCard is the size of a credit card, though perhaps double-thickness, and fits in your wallet. There is a USB cable "inserted" inside the card that you push out - again, one version has a micro-USB connector, and another comes with an Apple Lightning connector.
It stays attached to the card, but swings out. It's very solidly made, though I found the cable almost too tightly connected. In many ways that's a good thing, since it keeps the cable from flopping around. But it was nonetheless more pressure than I'd have preferred. The NomadCard was a very good device and would be something I'd consider carrying around as a back-up cable if it wasn't for the NomadKey which I found far superior.
It not only was more easily accessible - but attaching a tiny cable to a keychain strikes me as far preferable to making one's wallet thicker. If you always keep your wallet in a purse or coat pocket or attache, that's less an issue. But the NomadKey is so simple and well-done, that I find it best and a no-brainer for always have a cable with me.
Ultimately, that's the thing about both these products - they're extremely well made and give the security of always having a charging or sync cable with you, which you can then plug in anywhere that has a USB port. That brings us back to Nomad, which as I said is an interesting company that, among other features, even has had a barter system in place as an alternative way for customers to buy their products.
At the time of writing this, the website is under construction, so there's no guarantee that bartering will return, though the company rep I spoke with says it likely will be revived. 25. More than most basic cables (though Lightning cables can be costly), but with far more convenience. Popular and versatile as tablets are, they don't have nearly the capacity of desktop computers.
Connecting to the cloud does have increase capacity, but that requires being able to access connectivity. A device like Kingston's MobileLite Wireless G1 can help. There are limitations, but the extended capacity is flexible to your needs, within reason. At its core, the MobileLite Wireless is a card reader that connects to your Android or iOS device, creating its own short-range personal network.
It's able to read USB Flash drives, or SD and microSD cards (coming with an adapter) - simply plug your Flash drive or card into the MobileLite, make the network connection, and launch the Kingston app, and you're all set. It's very simple to make the network connection. Just press the On button for three seconds. Find the Kingston network in your phone or tablet's WiFi listing - the same as if you were connecting to any WiFi network or hotspot - and you're done.
Creating its own wireless network, that means that it can broadcast to any number of devices. If you want to play a movie file, for instance, it can be streamed to up to three people within range - who have the app. With the app, you can copy-and-paste files from the Flash card to your handheld device, handy for backing up important files. It just uses a lot of steps, which can be a bit convoluted. Previously, Kingston made a product call the Wi-Drive, which I quite liked.
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