I know I'm late ! (14-07-2005) But I'm a very busy man :)
Two month ago, I was amazed by the speed announced for this new PSD. I immediatly decided to go for it and see how it really performes.
I ordered the product directly at the manufacturer in South Korea. This is not the best/cheapest way for an European like me but it's the only way at this time.
Ten days later the NextoCF arrived in a box with the following item:

- The main Item
- A black pouch
- An USB2 cable
- An IEEE 1384 cable
- An AC addapteur (Voltage compatible from 110v/60Hz to 220v/50Hz)
- A Vehicule charging cable
- A Screwdriver with 4 little screws.
- A Korean/English manual.

I put the HardDrive I ordered in the meanwhile. An HITACHI - Travelstar 80GN - 80 Go - 2.5'' - ATA-100 - 4200 t/mn - 8 Mo

Inside...

The NextoCF look very simple. Only one button !

A very simple 4 lines DotMatrix B&W LCD Screen without backlight.

One CompactFlash slot

An ExtBattery connector + USB2.0 + FireWireIEEE and the AC addapter connector.
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Ok let's start the real thing...

My Cards:

I have 1x512 CF + 2x 2GB CF + 1x 4GB CF. I experience 2 kind of result with my 2GB CF so I have do precise things.

I'll use U40 or U41 to specify which one of my 2 x 2GB CF I use...

CF to NextoCF "In the Field" Transfer Speed:

Note 1: See the two RIDATA 2GB 52x does not perform the same.
Note 2: The more file you have, the slower NextoCf perform. (Common to every PSD)

Comments: Appart from the problem I have with the U40 CF this product is ULTRA FAST and, for the first time, the PSD is no more the limitating factor. CF Card has to be very fast until NextoCF shows its limits.
That's a damm good news :) Of course it support FAT16 and FAT32

NextoCF "In the Field" Autonomy:

Note1: HDrive is formated before every Autonomy test.
Note2: I did not include the last "Battery Low" aborted backup
Note3: With the External Battery and because I have a 80GB HDrive, I had to connect (through USB) the NextoCF to my computer to erase some backup.

Comments: Because CF Card are transfered more than twice the average speed of PSD, Even the small build in battery shows good result. With both the Build In and the External you enter another sphere... MORE THAN 100GB of Autonomy :)

NextoCF to PC "In the Office" Transfer Speed:

Note: I dont know why but sometime my computer shows me a transfer speed of 20MB/s and sometime only 15MB/s. I'm wondering why I got such differences. Perhaps I've got another task on myu PC that create some other access to the HD...

Comments: This is not my personal favorite technical feature but we could applause the developpers. They include both USB & IEEE that acheve at their regular VERY GOOD SPEED. I'm quite sure my PC is not the best, furthermore I think that faster HardDrive in the NextCF could gives us better result.

CF to PC "Card Reader" Transfer Speed:

Note 1: See the two RIDATA 2GB 52x does not perform the same.
Note 2: The more file you have, the slower NextoCf perform. (Common to every PSD)

Comments: Only available with FireWire IEEE, this Card Reader is a quite cool additionnal feature. As you can see, It shows the very limit of each card I try. My other CF Card readers (USB2.0) show similar result. GREAT For IEEE User !

What's Cool about this NextoCF ?

• Good Looking solid PSD
• Small in Size and quite light (small battery).
• AutoFormat procedure in case of unformated harddrive of bad fat format.
• You are warn if you have already backuped the card you insert.
• You can abbort a running transfer.
• Beep warn us about the finished transfer.
• AutoPower Off with last backup status display on next power up
• Two colors (green/red) Power Button
• Ultra Fast CF Backup
• Big Autonomy, Huge with the external Battery.
• External battery recharge when charging the main unit.
• Also the battery fit quite perfectly with the new (holly smell) standard pouch.
• Very Fast IEEE & USB2.0
• FireWire could be use to recharge the unit. (Red light charging indicator)
• External Power block is 110/220 compatible so you can use it mostly everywhere.
• Fat 12/16 and Fat 32 compatible.
• PSD could be operated without remouving the protective pouch
• Very Safe and Easy to operate (Long or Short press on the PowerButton)
• Unfinished/aborted backup are stored in different type of folder.
• Very Reliable PSD (no issue found yet)
• Ultra reactive developper that answer, correct bugs and add new firmware feature. Hi Larry !

What's BAD or NOT THAT GOOD about this NextoCF ?

• CompactFlash only connector but external addapter could be use (I did not love those extra item)
• No Card reader with USB
• Firmware update only avalable with IEEE (Get an IEEE Card to get the best of this PSD!!)
• No microwave oven.

My personnal Advise for this PSD:

If after this cool review you want more informations :)
Have a look to the very good Hans-Jürgen Reggel review
http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/special-nextocf.html

Frederic HOUDE