[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Okay, slept and took my lady out for dinner.

Now that i'm back, the info is fully copied over and the device is charged.

First impressions are pretty great.

Comes with a proprietary usb cord to connect to a computer with, supports up to usb 3.0 (sweet!)

Also comes with an AC adapter to usb, and a car charger to usb. The coolest tiny little car adapter i've seen on the market to date, btw.

The usb cord that plugs in for just power to the device connects to the device through the tiny, round power input and not a straight usb connection.

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Connecting wirelessly to the device is done one of two ways:

-Any web browser

(mixed results with both opera mobile and the stock browser)

(web browser preferred for downloading content from the wireless HDD to the MT4GS)

-Through the Seagate GoFlex App (preferred for video or browsing content on the wireless HDD)

Browsing the contents of the drive is much, much preferred through the Seagate app, it works much better.

Yes, you can stream media directly from the device to the MT4GS and output to a television. ( As noted above by siani_8 - the whole reason I got the drive in the first place )

Video:

You can play video using QuickPic Which is my current and favorite gallery app, but it falls short on video due to one big failing: no option for soft decoding.

It doesn't matter playing video on the device itself, but as soon as you output to television ( from the MT4GS in general, not just the wireless HDD specifically ) you MUST default to soft decoding on any app you use or you will get skippy video on the television screen.

Can't help it, it's a limitation of the device. The hardware decoding (at least for an .avi file ) can't both output to television and keep up with decoding the video. It's okay, though, because with a dual-core Gen3 Snapdragon and a hefty amount of RAM the MT4GS is more then capable of soft-decoding without a loss of performance.

To this end, i'd love to point you in the direction of Mobo Player - my absolute favorite video player on any android device. Handles .avi and other file formats, is free, and works fantastically well.

So, quick recap so far:

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Pictures:

You can view pictures from the wireless HDD using the GoFlex app.

Trying to download pictures to the MT4GS from the wireless HDD using the GoFlex app is not functional, but viewing is fine. Trying to download pictures or folders of pictures results in force close of the GoFlex app.

Recommend to use the web browser for downloading, but the GoFlex app for viewing.

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That's what i've got so far.

This thing is pretty awesome, i'm happy with my purchase, and watching Hackers as I type this up.

With any new technology, i'm sure there will be hiccups (such as the app force closing when trying to download pictures) but so far it seems pretty solid.

The info is on the device and works on several computers tested on (win xp an win 7) so far through usb.

Tried accessing it from my MT4GS running my own custom ROM, a hacked up version of the stock OS, and also from my Nook Color running the latest CM7 stable.

From both android devices the wireless HDD was no problem to connect with and use, and works just as you would imagine it should when you buy it from the store.

I think this is the beginning of a new future in mobile storage, and honestly, streaming video straight from my pocket to a television couldn't be easier.

Definite win, more info to come over the next few days as I play with it more.