Multi-card USB readers – why is this concept more well played? It IS played though, even though it might not be well spread. Here’s a couple for you from Elecom, available in Japan (or over the internet through GeekStuff4U, which is in Japan too, but online, and online is everywhere!) One is the multi-card stand-up reader MR-C27 which reads up to four SD/SHDC or SDXC cards at a time – supporting cards up to 64GB. The MR-SMC06 is a dual-card USB stick or thumbkey which has no internal memory in and of itself but has two microSD or microSDHC slots. Super cute and super handy!
Both of these fine items can be found on GeekStuff4U and I’m sure your everloving nerd friends would just LOVE to have them for a holiday gift – bank on it. The MR-C27 multicard is [here] and the MR-SMC06 seems to be sold out or just gone for the moment, but that link’ll find it for you when it’s back up.
Possibly, possibly not. The image you’re about to set your eyes upon was leaked to Ahmed Omar of Covering Web today. In the image you’ll see several things: first of all, it appears to be a white iPhone 4. No surprise. Then, it appears to show an improved iPhone 4 antenna design fixing the “Antennagate” problem. This is almost certainly going to be a feature whether this phone is real or not. Next, there’s a lack of of a SIM card slot looking right at us (Verizon doesn’t use SIM cards.) Then, what’s that? Oh yes, there’s a Verizon brand marking in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
Real deal leak, or elaborate hoax? If it’s a hoax, what do they have to gain? Lots and lots of money? Not like there’s ever been a fake iPhone before, right? If it’s not a hoax, can we hope for a white iPhone 4 popping out of the Verizon hole before the holidays are upon us? Only the king of all Apples knows for sure.
Unsurprisingly, given the small company and big ambitions behind the project, the Square mobile payments system got off to a shaky start earlier this year. Hardware shortages were resolved relatively quickly, but setting up the proper fraud prevention infrastructure without transactional limits — which, shockingly, were disfavored by merchants — threatened to shelve the little credit card reader for a long while. Not to worry, though, as today the Wall Street Journal has word that Square is looking to be back in business, kicking ass and taking card numbers, before the summer is through. We’re now at an advanced stage of said season, so it shouldn’t be too long before those dongle-assisted microtransactions start flowing again.
When we last saw the AirStash, it was keeping its mystique about it and refusing to disclose any salient details beyond the fact that it’ll function as a wireless SD/SDHC card reader. Today, the fog of war is lifted with the news that the AirStash is now officially on sale for $99.99, and will come with a battery good for five hours of continuous data streaming. Marketed primarily at iPhone OS devices, it creates a wireless network that allows any WiFi and browser-equipped computer to access the storage cards within it. The UI is built around HTML5 and recharging is done via a USB connection, which also turns the AirStash into a simple SDHC card adapter when plugged in. Check out our hands-on with it from CES over here and look for a full review coming up shortly. We do care so very deeply our portable storage.
Panasonic are the latest memory card manufacturer to throw their metaphorical hat into the SDXC ring, and they’ve a capacious duo to show for it. The Panasonic 64GB and 48GB SDXC cards are each Class 10 and can apparently manage up to 22MB/s transfer speeds.
In case you’re wondering, in a compatible camcorder 48GB of storage is good enough for 6hrs 20m of Full HD AVCHD video. Both cards will be available on February 19th, priced at the equivalent of $550 for the 48GB and $700 for the 64GB.
Since you’ll probably want to get your photos and video off the cards at some point, Panasonic have also outed a new SDXC memory card reader . Currently compatible with Windows machines only, the reader not only accepts the new, high-speed memory cards but SD/SDHC and microSD/SDHC memory too. It will retail for the equivalent of $55 and will also arrive on February 19th.
Because nothing says “I ain’t afraid of no recession” like plopping down an excess amount of Benjamins for a Bluetooth earpiece, Vertu has unveiled its V accessories collection. $780 gets you a Bluetooth 2.1-compliant earpiece with 6 hours of charge time (same one we saw hit the FCC recently, we suspect), $490 for a USB memory card reader that as a consolation prize comes with a 2GB microSD card, and as for the ballpoint pen, asking price is a cool $330. For all three purchases, it’s recommended you purchase the special leather case for protection — and if these gifts are already comfortably in your price range, hey, why not?
