I plugged a 3.5-inch floppy disk reader into my Android phone, and it just worked
A tech enthusiast tested a 3.5-inch floppy disk reader with their Android phone. Surprisingly, the device worked seamlessly without any additional drivers. This experience highlighted the nostalgia associated with older technology and its compatibility with modern devices.
- ▪The author purchased a USB 3.5-inch floppy disk reader for $20 out of curiosity and nostalgia.
- ▪To their surprise, the floppy disk reader worked not only with their Windows 11 PC and MacBook Pro but also with their Pixel 10 Pro smartphone.
- ▪The experience brought back memories of using floppy disks, which are now priced at $30 each in 2026.
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| Original publisher | XDA Developers |
| Canonical URL | https://www.xda-developers.com/i-plugged-3-5-inch-floppy-disk-reader-into-my-android-phone-it-worked/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 18 May 2026 12:00:22 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-18T12:04:56.488Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-18T12:04:56.488Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | wSXrjR4Wm2BK |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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