USB Flash Memory Drive.

USB one end and Apple approved 30-pin dock connector the other.
Has anyone used one of the above and if so how good are they? Can you load films on the drive and watch on the New iPad (3)?

theoretically, you can hook up a USB flash drive via the camera kit and import movies. BUt there are a lot of hoops.
First, I've literally had a 50/50 success rate. most drives pull more power than the 30 pin port can handle so be prepared for trial and error finding one that works.
Second, all video files must follow a very strict naming convention. There must be a top level folder labeled DCIM and all video files must be inside that. In addition, those files must have a 8 character name. (MOV34567.mp4 for example)
Presuming you find a flash drive that works and load those video files onto the flash drive in the appropriate manner, then when you hook it up you will not see any names. You may not see thumbnails either. All I ever see is black, but that may be because the first frame is black.
Third, you cannot view off the stick, nor can you preview. You must import the video into the photos app, try to open it in the photos app which will then open the video app. So you must have enough free space on your iPad to allow you to import the video. You then, in essence, blindly import, watch and delete.
If you use an SD card instead of the USB you do remove the issues with the drive pulling too much power, but you still have to follow the naming and importing convention.
So it does work, but you're basically making a system do something it wasn't designed to do so you have to have the patience to find the work arounds. If you're fairly tech savvy you can pull it off (I have a small collection of SD cards with videos on them and it does work), but if someone isn't tech savvy then they may want to just stick with apps or buying from iTunes etc. A person has to have the time and skill to make the work arounds work. (And be willing to adapt when/if Apple again tweaks things...for example, back on 2011 the 30 pin port used to put out more power but then a software update reduced that and reduced things that used to work with the iPad, so you never know how long work arounds will work, may be forever, may have a limited life span)

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