Anyway to connect a USB jump drive to the ipad?

Is there an adapter for the ipad that lets you use a USB device?

While the camera Connector Kit does provide a physical USB port, it is not yet clear the scope of devices that might be accessible to the iPad.
It is clear that there is not general USB support
For example, while the USB Camera Connector will recognize a Compact flash reader when attached to it, when a thumb drive with photos on it is plugged into the iPad it says "The attached USB device is not supported".
Steve

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    jrburrows wrote:
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    I want to format a USB jump drive in Fat32 so that I can use it with a Archos 700 (a video recorder/player)
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