Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27210 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: SanDisk
• Model: SDDR-89-E15
• Released on: 2005-02-09
• Dimensions: 35.43" h x 74.80" w x 74.80" l, .60 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
The ImageMate 12-in-1 Card Reader/Writer is a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Multi-card Reader/Writer that connects to your computer's USB 2.0 port. USB 2.0 provides superior performance to transfer pictures, music, video and data between flash memory cards and your computer.

Because USB 2.0 devices are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports, the ImageMate 12-in-1 Card Reader/Writer will work with all existing USB ports. The ImageMate 12-in-1 provides the ability to write data to and read data from flash memory without connecting your digital device (digital camera, handheld computer, digital music player, etc.) directly to a computer.

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Customer Reviews

Looks great and reads most cards
First of all, it looks great on my desktop with a nice docking station. More importantly, I've tried it with an SLC CF card (which caused problems for other card readers I've tried), a miniSD card and an RS-MMC card, and its worked great with all of them, with a good transfer rate.

The only problem I had was when I tried reading a microSD card via an SD adapter. The ImageMate totally failed here - it did not even recognise that I had inserted the SD adapter. The same SD adapter, however, worked fine in other card readers.

To conclude; build quality is great, and unless you use microSD cards, this is highly recommended!

Better than I thought
I have to say, I wasn't expecting a quality product, not because it's Sandisk (I specifically went with them because I figured they would be the best) but because a card reader isn't something you expect any manufacturer to put a lot of thought into. How pleaseing it was to open up the packaging and find such a well made and well thought through product. It slots into the docking station (which has a decent length cable) with a satisfying click and has a nice short USB cable for when you're using it away from the docking station. I couldn't be happier with my purchase.

Elegant and highly useful quality product
Sandisk released another great reader with the ability to read any memory media format available.

What I like:
1- Portable light sturdy construction. I use it to move large files of data on a CF memory without carrying a laptop.
2- Fast data transfer with USB 2.0 connection.
3- Easy to install. Plug and play with Windows 2000 or XP (I have not tried other operating systems)
4- Stands vertically or horizontally. I was afraid it might not be stable when standing vertically, I was proven wrong. It is very stable even when you are installing/removing memory cartridges; non-slip rubber is used to prevent sliding.
5- Reads 12 different memory media. I can use my camera's CF memory, my other camera's memory stick and my Palm's SD memory all with the same device.
7- Elegant black and silver design that looks great on any desk.
8- Each slot has its own LED (small light) which indicates that the memory media has been inserted properly.

The only drawback:
1- It comes with 2 cables, one for the cradle (vertical position) and one for the reader itself (horizontal position). The cable for the horizontal position is really short, around 9inches, to be used other than directly near your desktop/laptop.