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LaCie DataShare Turns Puny SD Cards Into Burly Thumb Drives

Posted 04/29/09 at 05:32:33 PM  by Andy Salisbury

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You’ve got a digital camera, you’ve got a cell phone, and along with these you’ve probably got a few SD cards laying around that you just don’t use anymore. It looks like someone at LaCie had the very same issue, and decided to turn them into an extremely easy to use flash drive.

The LaCie DataShare is compatible with all SD and MicroSD cards currently on the market (SD/SDHC/Class 1 to 6), and comes with two separate sides, that let you discern your private data from your public data.

If this looks like something you could make use out of, be sure to check it out on LaCie’s site here, where it’s currently on sale for $9.99.

 

Image Credit: LaCie

COMMENTS:6
TAGS: Flash Drive, flash, Memory, consumer electronics, LaCie, sd card, SD, Micros SD
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avatarMake an SD RAID storage device.

Submitted by FRAGaLOT on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 2:31am

i already have a zillion diffrent SD card readers, what will this let me do that's any diffrent?  I have a bunch of small-capacity SD cards that are useless because the size is way too small. If I could stack a bunch of old low-capacity SD cards of various sizes, and combine thier storage into a single USB drive (like a RAID) would help extended (and recycle) those old memory flash cards. Yet still keep it small enough to let me drop it into my pocket, or keychain.

 

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avatarThe design is stupid. It

Submitted by Vano on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 5:04pm

The design is stupid. It will require removing the whole reader from the usb to change the card.

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avatarThere are plenty of

Submitted by Pentium 0 on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 3:57pm

There are plenty of thumb-drive formfactor card readers out there like the sandisk mobilemate sd that are much more...slimline.

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avatarThe one $9.99 piece is two

Submitted by GBH on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 2:55pm

The one $9.99 piece is two parts. One for the MicroSd's (white) and the one for the SD's ( red )

 The big rectangle hole on the left sides of both pieces make it possible to connect both the red and white to carry around.

 

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avatarCan someone help me out,

Submitted by roninnder on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 2:40pm

Can someone help me out, what exactly is going on in that picture?  Which of those things is what LaCie is trying to sell me, that floating USB nub?  I find the right side of the illustration most confusing.

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avatarroninnder, click the link to

Submitted by FRAGaLOT on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 2:34am

roninnder, click the link to the site, and there's a flash animation that shows you how it works. All it does is both halfs combine together for portablility, but i find it useless.  At least it dosen't cost $50, if this was designed by Apple it would.

 

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