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  Kingston MobileLite Reader

  Frazier Barretto, Sep 05, 2007 1234 hrs IST

  Card reader blues? Here's a plug-n-play device that might help.

  Pen Drive design, Supports the 3 most common basic formats, Price.

  Blocks ports on either side, No Sony Memory support.

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Page 1 - About Page 2 - Features Page 3 - Performance, Read-Write Speed, Conclusion

Features

Kingston's MobileLite is a card reader in a pen-drive form. What makes it unique when compared to the DataTraveler Reader is its ability to read nine different flash memory card types. The list is as follows: MMC, SD, SDHC, MMCplus, MMCmobile, RS-MMC, microSD, and miniSD, MMCmicro. Among the nine, most are just the variants of the three basic formats - MMC/SD, miniSD, and microSD. Henceforth, I'll be using these 3 terms to address the formats readable on MobileLite.

While the DataTraveler Reader had a single card reader, this one houses 2 - one on either side. One section can read MMC/SD cards, while the other side is for microSD and miniSD cards.

When you slide a card into the specific reader, it gets locked-in. To eject it from the reader, there is a hinge provided above each of the 2 readers that helps slide it out. The side that houses the MMC/SD card reader has an LED which lights up when attached to a PC, and blinks to denote activity. The card reader is designed in such a way that it takes up more space than a standard pen-drive, and hence, blocks USB ports beside the ones it is slotted into.

Three Removable Devices show up in Explorer when you plug the reader into a USB port; there is no need for drivers. All three card formats can be accessed simultaneously.

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