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SanDisk Spins SD/USB Flash Combo

Posted by timothy on from the but-where-fit-the-bits? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Flash memory pioneer SanDisk has created an innovative memory card packaging technology that enables memory cards to plug into both SD card slots and USB ports. The new approach eliminates the need to use SD-to-USB adapters when accessing the contents of an SD card on a laptop, PC, or other system that lacks an integrated SD card slot."

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  1. Really, really cool! by BobPaul · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wow! That is really cool!

    SanDisk just went from "Cheap with questionable performance" to "Inovitce product designer"

    Just goes to show you that the best ideas really are the simple ones.

    1. Re:Really, really cool! by BobPaul · · Score: 2, Insightful

      What are you referring to? I really haven't had problems with Sandisk.

      They're SD memory tends to be a fair amount slower than come of the competition. Not a problem if you aren't taking pictures in quick succession, but very noticable on a Palm Pilot. By nature of being SD, they're still faster than the majority of MMC cards but this is a clear instance of "you get what you pay for"

  2. Cool, solves a problem by Lindsay+Lohan · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The new approach eliminates the need to use SD-to-USB adapters
    I think this would be great after taking pics, when you've left your camera's cable somewhere else, and you want to email them from a notebook, PC, etc.
  3. Snap! by lxt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I saw this a few days back on The Register - it's a very neat design, and eliminates this USB reader I've got on my desktop at the moment. The one thing I would be concerned about is how fragile it might be - I can imagine plugging this into my laptop and the connector snapping away from the card, especially given it doesn't have the surrounding metal case around the USB plug. ...still, I suppose that's a risk with most of the USB dongles I carry around, and it hasn't happened yet.

  4. Re:pendrive by Anonymous+Luddite · · Score: 5, Insightful

    >> woo. a pen drive, how innovative.

    a pen drive the size of a fricken postage stamp that happens to fit right inside my camera.

    I'm impressed. and looking forward to owning this - I find myself transferring pictures directly from the camera to a PC often, and it wastes charge on my batteries. This won't.

    So yeah, it is innovative.

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  5. Re:I don't get it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    maybe b/c you don't travel much...

    I can't remember how many times I've taken pictures on vacations and remote locations, and forget to bring the cable with me. I end up juggling which photos I want to keep and which ones I'm willing to sacrafice. Especially helpful when a friend wants the photo as well, you can upload it to them right there without the hassle of having to get the cable.

    Sure this is great for the camera, but I'm thinking about using this to replace my USB key. so much smaller, I could probably hide it in my wallet.

  6. Looks fragile by Doppler00 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't know, but when you start introducing mechanical components to memory devices you're asking for trouble. This device looks pretty fragile, the hinges look like plastic, how long could something like this possibly last?

    This looks more like a solution looking for a problem. How difficult is it really to plug a memory card into a USB adapter?

  7. Looks cool but, by aka_big_wurm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It looks really cool and I want one but they are so small I would worry about losing it unlike my jump drive that takes SD cards.

  8. It would be nice by Jozer99 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It would be nice if they released cards like this in other formats, like CompactFlash.