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This may not be
the smallest or
most advanced card reader out there, but the Deskscape sure has the weirdest look. Outside of that, its reading abilities are limited to memory sticks, MMC and SD cards, and it clocks in at $30.77. If you think the unusual design and multiple color options are worth that much cash, knock yourself out. I'll stick with smaller readers with more functionality— thank you very much. [
GeekStuff4U via
OhGizmo]

SanDisk has begun shipping its 8GB microSDHC and M2
flash memory cards. The company hopes that they will find a market among users of memory-card-ready
mobile phones. Available now for $140 and $150, respectively. [
Electronista]

Nokia, Samsung,
Sony Ericsson and others pitch Universal Flash Storage, "a unified removable memory card that can be shared among various mobile, portable and other CE devices without the need for any adaptors." Yeah, just like SD, CF,
Memory Stick and xD before it. [
CNNMoney.com]
flash cards get boinked
We likes us some crispy crunchy toast slathered with creamy butter around here, so we were immediately attracted to this Toastit flash card reader from Boynq. The
product's site says it's
pour homme, which is fancy Frenchie talk meaning "for man," and we can see why, because it has the word "tit" in it and it also mentions boinking, although they really need to learn how to spell that word.
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