• Kingston USB microSD Reader + Card

    Kingston USB microSD Reader + Card

    Frazier Barretto, Oct 17, 2007 1649 hrs IST

    A portable storage device in 2 capacities

    Small design, Performance, Price

    Just 1 format, Feels a little delicate

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Performance

Single File 700 MB

Read: 37 seconds (18.9 MB/s)

Write: 138 seconds (5.07 MB/s)

Multiple Files (588 MB/766 Files/11 Folders)

Read: 48 seconds (12.25 MB/s)

Write: 392 seconds (1.5 MB/s)

As you can see from the scores above, the card + reader performance is good. The standard read/write speeds exceed what the package specifies.

Benchmarks

I put the card-reader through the hardware benchmarking software SiSoftware Sandra 2007. When I ran the File System and Removable Storage Benchmarks, the card obtained a Drive Index of 17 MBps and Removable Storage Combined Index of 4557 operations per minute.





Conclusion

The Kingston USB microSD Reader is available in 2 options: a 1GB and a 2GB option. While the 1GB option is priced at Rs.850, the 2GB is priced at Rs.1,500. Warranty on the card-reader is 2 years, while the warranty on the memory is lifetime. The prices of the packages are decent, considering that you can get just the memory for about Rs.150 less in both cases. So you just end up paying Rs.150 for the reader, which isn't bad. But given a choice I'd opt for a reader that can read more than just 1 format.



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Discussion Board
(15) Comments
Satish
,Bangalore, on Oct 18, 2007 11:09 AM
HI, THis Memory can be used on SOny Ericsson 750I Mobile device?
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Michael
,Chennai, on Oct 22, 2007 01:43 PM
No Micro SD is used in Nokia Motorola and the latest releasing SE phones... K750i is Mini SD Pro Duo Pro etc.. also available in 2Gb
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Hardnet
,Mumbai, on Oct 18, 2007 09:25 AM
With microSD becoming so popular in Nokia Phones this device will come very handy for read and write at good speeds, though the design should be more robust
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Vedhandha Desig
,Trichy, on Oct 20, 2007 08:44 PM
I felt bad when i, bough 1GB microSD kingston and it did not work on Motorola SLVR L7. I thought a card reader for Micro SD would give me some relief, thanks it is now available. But anyway i formated the kingston microSD 1gb in fat16 format copied all the folders in the old card and now it works fine except tha it shows two entries for each song when seen in the song player prog. anybody any help to resolve this please reply
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kamal chhajed
,kota, on Jun 21, 2008 11:45 AM
DEAR SIR PLEASE QUOTE YOUR RATES 1) FLASH CARD READER FOR LM-370A LETTERING MACHINE QTY 1 NOS 2) 64 MB FLASH CARD ( EXTERANAL MEMORY ) FOR LM-370A LETTERING MACHINE QTY 1 NOS 3) BLACK INK RIBBON (LENGTH -50 METER PER ROLL ) FOR LM-370A LETTERING MACHINE QTY 20 NOS
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sai
,chennai, on Oct 19, 2007 01:29 PM
pen drive
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Vijendra
,Mumbai, on Oct 18, 2007 10:22 PM
nice,but this is only for upto 2 GB.
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mayank
,delhi, on Oct 18, 2007 03:47 PM
well, is this product available in nehruplace, delhi. what other products of kingston available. I want a card reader and a pendrive in one.
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paras
,Kanpur, on Oct 18, 2007 02:59 PM
Require Rate List of PenDrive Sendisk and Kingston
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SUBRAT JAIN
,BHOPAL, on Oct 18, 2007 02:25 PM
I LIKE THIS VERY USB AND WOULD LOVE TO BUY IT........
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Anonymous
,nd, on Oct 18, 2007 10:47 AM
does this work in Linux ?
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morph
,Pune, on Oct 18, 2007 08:48 AM
Damn, reviews after reviews of such a fine products from kingston and no body knows where to get them in Pune!!!!! : / I am looking for mobilite for months now. Still no way to get it. If any of u guys got any source, please let me know..... Thanks in advance.
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Naresh15
,Pune, on Oct 18, 2007 10:10 AM
WELL ALL KINGSTON PODUCTS ARE AVAILBALE WITH US IN PUNE FOR DETAILS CONTACT 40077029/9371038733
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Gadget Guy
,Hyderabad, on Oct 18, 2007 01:08 AM
Instead of all these Separate Solutions you can get a Tech Com 36 in one Card Reader for just 200 bucks which has got some blazing speeds... & reads any dam Format that is available in India...
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morph
,Pune, on Oct 18, 2007 08:53 AM
Hi, i got ur point. But there is point of simplicity as well. For the products like u said, one is required to carry USB cable separately as well, where as for products listed here, is ready to use pen drive. On top of that u get reliability from reputed company 'Kingston'. I have used 2 memory card readers each of same model, may be manufactured locally. Costed me 100 buck for each of them, but there was warrenty and one of it busted in 2 months. There were issues with speed and reliability as well. MMC and SD cards are most common, so its ok get product with limited compatibily with only these two.
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