1. Introduction
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- Introduction
In
day to day operations, a large part of our storage
needs are covered by memory cards. With this in mind, Traxdata recently released
the 11in1card reader with
USB2.0
interface,
that intends
to cover
all our needs, especially since it supports almost all available memory card
formats. Low priced, TraxData's 11in1 Card Reader is a very
attractive choice.
- Features/Package
The TraxData 11in1 Card reader supports reading/writing for 11 memory card
formats and uses the USB2.0 connection interface.
The supported memory card formats are:
- CompactFlash Type I&II (CF)
- MicroDrive (MD)
- SecureDigital (SD)
- MiniSD
- SmartMediaCard (SMC)
- MultiMediaCard (MMC)
- RS-MMC
- Memory Stick (MS)
- Memory Stick Pro
- Memory Stick Duo
The TraxData 11in1 Card reader package is quite small and includes the
memory card reader itself, a USB2.0 connector cable and a CD with drivers
for Linux,
Mac and Win98/2000.
This means your card reader can be used with the most popular operating systems.
The reader takes its power from the USB2.0 interface so no external power is
required. According to TraxData, the 11in1 reader has
2 years warranty and sells at the recommended retail price of €17.99.
We are not so sure about which chipset is being used in the particular models,
since discovering its internal secrets wasn't very easy...
2. Installation
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- Installation
For our tests, we used WinXP SP2 Operating System and after plugging in the
11in1 card reader, Windows recognized it as a USB Storage device. Aafter
a few seconds,
we had
four (4) additional storage drives, with different names, where each device
represents the corresponding connection port:
Have you noticed anything unusual? The last port is recognized
as "XD
USB Device", but according to the specs, XD is not supported, or is it....?
Unfortunaly, we didn't have an xD memory card handy, but according to
some rumours, it is supported 100%, so maybe we should call the 11in1, the
12in1 card reader
:-)
The 11in1 card reader, has a led at the top left corner, which blinks
orange when a memory card slot is being accessed (reading/writing). After inserting
a memory card, the card is recognized instantly and you can access the memory
card contents like any normal storage device performing actions such as rename,
copy, delete, format, etc. We tried
a SanDisk 16MB and TraxData's 1GB SD cards and both worked without any problems
with good reading/writing results.
We used FD Tach beta 0.9.0.3 and we checked the performance with the SanDisk
16MB secure digital card
As we can see, the results are very good in terms of reading/writing:
The results with the 1GB SD card were also very good, confirming the drive's
USB2.0 connection to the host PC.
- Conclusion
Without any doubt, TraxData's 11in1 (or 12in1) memory card reader is a very
good product, low priced, full of features and with very good performance.
At a price tag of €18, you can buy a fast memory card reader with USB2.0
connection that supports virtually all memory card formats. Even more, it
also supports Linux and MacOS operating systems, making it a versatile and
universal computing product.
TraxData's 11in1 reader is highly recommended for all users with
digital cameras, and we will certainly keep it connected to our PC since our
daily need for transferring photographs is quite high :-)