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By: duh

duh — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:24:49 +0000

The standard way to flush fit without a separate eject button is a push-click to latch, a second push-click to unlatch and eject. The MicroSD slot on the Motorola SLVRs use this, recent Nokia models, etc. just like the cabinet doors that pop out when you press on them.

Inflated claims of 88-in-1 “with adapters” is annoying, but far less annoying than the lack of a flush fit installed card, like the old PCMCIA to CF adapters. The recent mini & micro SD, rs, etc adapters are all flush fit.

A little first-hand experience with USB memory sticks, having to lose state, frequently close/reopen files & applications to un/mount the device any time you relocate, taking care to not accidentally bend, stress, or break the stick or port while it’s mounted, and it becomes pretty clear that the only reasonable configuration for a notebook slot miniature memory reader is flush fit, aka fully hosted – it shouldn’t stick out at all with a memory device inserted.

So there are no less than 8 brands out there right now that all leave them hanging out, exposed. Delkin, Belkin, Griffin, Apiotek, SIIG, Sewell, Kensington, Y-E data. Good Grief.

Fix that and add the obvious environmental cover that works with a card installed as well, and you have a passing grade in undergraduate industrial design project.

It’s got to be some sort of sick joke. I’d be totally happy with “1-in-1″ SD ONLY, as long as it was flush-fit with a cover.

Am I the only one? I fully expect prior art credit & licensing for my “innovative invention” from the first company that manages to hand in a passing effort. Oh, and the due date was 6 months ago.

By: starron

starron — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:19:42 +0000

If the SD card totally fits into the reader, how could you take the card out when you want to read something else?

By: karrock

karrock — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:15:55 +0000

I picked up a 12-in-1 off of eBay for $23 or so including shipping. Same deal though — you need the adapters if you want to insert MicroSD or any of the sub-sized cards. Works great, though sometimes it’s picky about the alignment of the memory card in its slot.

By: Mitchell Oke

Mitchell Oke — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:05:18 +0000

I don’t actually have a 4GB card unfortunately, but if this reader kept the SD card fully inside the laptop I would buy one!

By: Christopher Spera

Christopher Spera — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:52:57 +0000

Unfortunately no. Like yours, the inserted card sticks out quite a bit. I’ve got a 512MB thumb drive that does the same thing as your 4GB SD card.

By: Mitchell Oke

Mitchell Oke — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:55:36 +0000

You got USB2.0 speeds probably because these readers are actually USB2.0 ones. The ExpressCard standard has USB, and my adapter that looks identical to yours registers as a USB2.0 device.

These readers are great!! Gives the MacBook Pro (and the MacBook too) the internal memory reader they sorely needed.

Does the cards on your reader fit fully in the slot? On mine SD cards stick out about 1cm which is a shame, because it would be nice to be able to leave a 4GB SD card formatted with FAT32 in the reader for transferring stuff between my XP and Mac partitions!!