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    No, the Arduino Mega is not a USB host (perhaps you confused the Mega for the ADK?). You can of course add an embedded USB host chip to a Mega, but it is probably not cost effective to do so compared to devices which have that natively. The Due, while still overpriced, is comparatively a good deal since it costs less than a board + host shield and is in the class of things which are far more capable as computational platforms (but still twice what you need to spend on hardware to do this). Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 2:53
  • Thanks for clarifying. I guess I misinterpreted when I read about the Mega. Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 20:40
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    I think you were probably looking at the Mega ADK - not particularly small or cheap -arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMegaADK Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 21:13