07-23-2005, 04:00 AM
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TrustedReviews Looks at the Sandisk Ultra II Plus USB
"SD cards aren't the most exciting of products, they pretty much do what they're supposed to - slip into your digital camera, PDA or whatever and act as removable storage. I'm therefore not in the habit of reviewing SD cards, since most of the time there's little to differentiate them from each other, bar read and write speed. But this particular SD card is very different indeed and definitely deserves a closer look. I was attending a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas when SanDisk announced this product and it's taken over half a year for me to finally get my hands on a retail sample. The SanDisk Ultra II Plus USB SD card is very different from any other SD card you're likely to find and it's definitely far more convenient. You see the problem with digital cameras is getting the images from the camera to your computer."
TrustedReviews has just reviewed an SD card. But it's not just any card - it's the Sandisk Ultra II Plus USB SD card (something I'm sure a lot of readers out there would be interested in). Give it a read and I'm sure you'll be impressed with its functionality and design.
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07-23-2005, 08:47 AM
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Sage
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I've been wanting to get my hands on one of these to replace my aging thumbdrive.
It would fit perfect in my Vaja SD case. :wink:
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07-23-2005, 12:24 PM
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I think this design is great. Anytime one can carry less stuff around to accomplish the same job is a good thing. I would like to see 1 & 2 GB cards though. But I think I will pluck down the cash for this one to start.
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07-23-2005, 12:57 PM
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Too sad the design ASKS for the USB connector to be broken!!!!!!!
Have you noticed the groove between the body and the USB connector!!!!
8O
That's crazy design :evil:
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07-23-2005, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by jlp
Too sad the design ASKS for the USB connector to be broken!!!!!!!
Have you noticed the groove between the body and the USB connector!!!!
8O
That's crazy design :evil:
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Not sure what you mean by broken. The body just flips back flush against the other end of the card. What's so crazy about that?
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07-23-2005, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by WyattEarp
I think this design is great. Anytime one can carry less stuff around to accomplish the same job is a good thing. I would like to see 1 & 2 GB cards though. But I think I will pluck down the cash for this one to start.
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Agreed. But does anyone know if it's actually available at this point?
--janak
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07-23-2005, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by WyattEarp
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Originally Posted by jlp
Too sad the design ASKS for the USB connector to be broken!!!!!!!
Have you noticed the groove between the body and the USB connector!!!!
8O
That's crazy design :evil:
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Not sure what you mean by broken. The body just flips back flush against the other end of the card. What's so crazy about that? |
I said "connector", I'm talking about the thingie that goes inside the USB female connector, not the part around it (which I perfectly understand bends away when the connector is inserted into the female USB conector). And between this connector (usually referred to as USB Am) and the top part (the one with the SD connectivity; the one that contains the memory) there is a groove that is the card weakness.
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07-24-2005, 12:22 AM
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Well! I will buy it if I am able to transfer files from other people's flash drives in to This SD card using the USB connector. Therby I do not need any laptop/PC anymore.
I am not sure it can do that. :wink:
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07-24-2005, 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by palur
Well! I will buy it if I am able to transfer files from other people's flash drives in to This SD card using the USB connector. Therby I do not need any laptop/PC anymore.
I am not sure it can do that. :wink:
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Impossible!!
1) neither can supply power
2) neither can manage the transfer commands
3) both are slaves
4) both have male connectors
But by using a USB host capable PPC (e.g. FSC Pocket Loox 720) you could read/write a USB flash drive
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07-24-2005, 01:43 AM
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This is what I mean about the card weakness:
The connector A is part of the SD card body B (same plastic parts) but at the area C there is a groove in the plastic making i thinner, therefore very likely to break!!
So instead of reinforcing this area they design it to be weaker (the groove), hence what I call a crazy design!!
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