Experience acquiring and using the iTwin gadget
When I came across a description of an interesting gadget called iTwin , I thought for a while - it scared away the price of $ 99 - but later it matured and ordered.
For those who still do not know: iTwin is an “Internet flash drive” . By inserting different halves of the device into different computers, you can share files between them. The exchange is protected by encryption - during the initialization process, paired devices synchronize encryption keys over a separate hardware bus.
From the flash drive in it form, and the content is somewhat similar to services like DropBox and SkyDrive, with the only difference - the files are not stored in the cloud, but only transferred from computer to computer.
Delivery costs $ 5, the parcel goes from Singapore, and to Russia - about a month. Payment is possible by payment card.
Warning: under the cut a lot of pictures.
ITwin arrived by Post-Demand Russia, after which I calmly took it from the post office.
')
Inside the lightweight package - a layer of "pimply polyethylene" - air-filled film.
In addition, in fact, the gadget, there is a waybill.
iTwin is packed in a box of dark cardboard, tied with plastic
Inside the box is a block of foamed plastic. It may be neoprene, but I'm not sure. The twin iTwin rests inside the cutout made in this block.
There is an instruction. Russian language is not offered.
To start using, you need to connect the paired iTwin to the computer.
A new CD drive will appear in the system, from which you will be asked to install drivers for an unidentified USB device.
After installing the software, you will be prompted to name your pair.
However, this can be done later.
In case of loss, the pair is blocked using the so-called disable code, which is proposed to be sent to the post office.
Well, in the Explorer there is a new folder. Even two - iTwin Local Files and iTwin Remote Files.
Then you can disconnect the pair iTwin and take with you:
Like any gadget, iTwin has its pros and cons. I'll start with the last.
1. Everything that you put into Local Files actually appears on the desktop. That is, in this way it is easy to trash the profile, and as a result, to cause indigestion in Windows.
2. What you had on the desktop before installing iTwin is not shared. It is necessary to take the file and copy it in Local Files.
3. Sometimes the detection of a connected pair gadget slows down. In my practice, there was a case when the nearby “halves” could not detect each other via 3G for three to five minutes.
4. Actively eats the laptop battery. I sin on cryptography.
5. 3G is not enough for him. As a rule, writes "SLOW CONNECTION (<1 Mb / s)". He likes lokalku very much.
6. Sometimes there are problems with the detection of the device after the software update. It is treated by restarting or rebooting.
1. Share files on one computer, pick up on another, in which case - block a couple and don’t worry that someone will view the Complete Works ofKarl Marx Tinto Brass.
2. Built-in connection speed meter.
3. I like it. Elegantly, gracefully, technologically.
For those who still do not know: iTwin is an “Internet flash drive” . By inserting different halves of the device into different computers, you can share files between them. The exchange is protected by encryption - during the initialization process, paired devices synchronize encryption keys over a separate hardware bus.
From the flash drive in it form, and the content is somewhat similar to services like DropBox and SkyDrive, with the only difference - the files are not stored in the cloud, but only transferred from computer to computer.
Delivery costs $ 5, the parcel goes from Singapore, and to Russia - about a month. Payment is possible by payment card.
Warning: under the cut a lot of pictures.
ITwin arrived by Post-Demand Russia, after which I calmly took it from the post office.
')
Inside the lightweight package - a layer of "pimply polyethylene" - air-filled film.
In addition, in fact, the gadget, there is a waybill.
iTwin is packed in a box of dark cardboard, tied with plastic
Inside the box is a block of foamed plastic. It may be neoprene, but I'm not sure. The twin iTwin rests inside the cutout made in this block.
There is an instruction. Russian language is not offered.
To start using, you need to connect the paired iTwin to the computer.
A new CD drive will appear in the system, from which you will be asked to install drivers for an unidentified USB device.
After installing the software, you will be prompted to name your pair.
However, this can be done later.
In case of loss, the pair is blocked using the so-called disable code, which is proposed to be sent to the post office.
Well, in the Explorer there is a new folder. Even two - iTwin Local Files and iTwin Remote Files.
Then you can disconnect the pair iTwin and take with you:
Brief summary
Like any gadget, iTwin has its pros and cons. I'll start with the last.
Minuses
1. Everything that you put into Local Files actually appears on the desktop. That is, in this way it is easy to trash the profile, and as a result, to cause indigestion in Windows.
2. What you had on the desktop before installing iTwin is not shared. It is necessary to take the file and copy it in Local Files.
3. Sometimes the detection of a connected pair gadget slows down. In my practice, there was a case when the nearby “halves” could not detect each other via 3G for three to five minutes.
4. Actively eats the laptop battery. I sin on cryptography.
5. 3G is not enough for him. As a rule, writes "SLOW CONNECTION (<1 Mb / s)". He likes lokalku very much.
6. Sometimes there are problems with the detection of the device after the software update. It is treated by restarting or rebooting.
pros
1. Share files on one computer, pick up on another, in which case - block a couple and don’t worry that someone will view the Complete Works of
2. Built-in connection speed meter.
3. I like it. Elegantly, gracefully, technologically.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/136634/
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