Really Cool (IMO) MicroSD Reader for our phone

[Tizbad2k]

I know this is a crappy pic, its 4:07AM and I am not at my best, also its a low light situation and I couldnt use the flash because the stuff is too shiny.

Enough excuses,...,I think this is an awesome accessory for our phone, also it doubles as the worlds smallest (or one of the smallest) usb flash drives, and its upgradeable, just pop in whatever size microsd card you can afford.

Plus the included cover/keychain thing is cool for those people that like to have little "tails" on their phones (not me, im not a Japanese teenage girl).

The only bad thing, is that its so fricken tiny, you may lose it.


Kingston sells these, they come in red or black and come w/ or w/o included microsd cards.

And if you get the sans-microsd version, it only costs $7!!!! and $3 shipping!!. It used to be $5 but then they decided to charge more because I guess they realized how awesome it is. It can be bought at shop.kingston.com - Memory for your Desktop, Server, Workstation, Notebook, PDA, MP3 Player, Printer, Router and more.

Model. FCR-MRB (black one)


PS: If you complain/request nicely, I can upload a better pic when there is daylight and I can hold the camera steady.

[Tizbad2k]

Heres a link to a better pic that I totally stole from some guy who obviously stole it from kingston in the first place, but i don't see how they could complain.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2369/...660a8208_o.jpg

imagine a usb cable, with the cord chopped of at the plug, thats how big this little dude is.

[dayene]

this is nice but i don't really take my memory card out. :)

[Tizbad2k]

Originally Posted by dayene

this is nice but i don't really take my memory card out. :)

Yeah I didnt used to either, and also I had just one. But I was in the market for a good flash drive, and then at the lab where I work this Taiwanese guy handed me what looked like a broken usb plug. To my amazement it turned out to be a flash drive, he said that he got it in Taiwan. So i scoured the internet to find something similar and this is what I came up with.

So for me it kills two birds with one stone. I get a tiny itsy bity upgradeable flash drive, and I also dont need to have my cable with me to transfer stuff to my phone (my newest laptop doesnt have bluetooth, its a long story...). Plus now I can actually use the phone to read stuff which I would keep on a flash drive, like pdf files and office documents.

And also its super cheap.


anywhoo, here are some other pictures.






Whos down with OCD?, yeah you know me

[mariokarter]

Can you confirm micro SDHC (ie 4GB and up) compatibility?

[ginnipig]

SuperMediaStore USB 2.0 SDHC Card Reader - Black

this one is... ;)

[mariokarter]

That ones bigger though, and it looks like it requires using a micro to full size adapter, theres got to be something out there thats like the kingston one and HC compatible. Thanks for the link anyways though.

[ginnipig]

i'm ordering this right now! Welcome to Usb.brando.com.hk

[mariokarter]

Nice, microsdhc compatible. Is this website reptable? Have you ordered from them before?

[Tizbad2k]

Originally Posted by ginnipig

i'm ordering this right now! Welcome to Usb.brando.com.hk

That looks like a non-branded version of the kingston reader, just without the protective case. I would guess that both items have similar if not exactly the same specs. BTW you can remove the protective case without breaking or bending anything, its just like one of those knot puzzles.

Unfortunately I cannot test to see if mine are microSDHC compatible, but like I said above I think the kingston one is likely SD standard 2.0 (microSDHC). However I can find no proof of this even on the kingston site. The only sort of circumstantial evidence is on this page Kingston Technology Company - Flash Memory - microSDHC (High-Capacity) Memory Card with adapters
which is for kingston microSDHC cards, where at the bottom under "optional accessories" they list the part number of the reader that I have.

anywho..

This thing is still as awesome as the day that I got it, but I have lost it twice so far (I found it again each time, eventually )


edit*

Whoops...

I actually took the time to read the specs on the kingston site
Kingston Technology Company - Flash Memory - USB microSD Reader
under Features/Benefits, it says Compliant with SD Specification 2.0

Which is microSDHC, just not spelled out in letters.

BTW
on wikipedia page for SD, Secure Digital card - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
they list the N95 as confirmed to be compatible with microSDHC upto 8GB.