Flashe Reviews

This only works with Lyra players, but it comes with the player. Overall it is excelent.

Just plain awsome storage for your camera small and portable , very fast and easy to use ..always keep 2 or 3 in your pocket

I always end up fishing for my flash media in my camera bag, purse, pockets, or wherever else I manage to stash them. I am easily able to hold 8 pieces of flash memory in this wallet. The flash media cards, inside their protective plastic cases, fit snuggly into this case making them easier to find. The wallet keeps them in one place rather than spread out through the camera bag, the purse, pockets, ect... I use this item to carry CF, SM, and MMC media although I'm sure it could accomidate almost any form of flash media. It is nicely constructed and well worth the price.

SanDisk is one of those companies that has never failed me. In my line of work, I sometimes put my camera and media cards to the test. Every SanDisk card I have ever used has been able to keep up with the demands I've place on them. They are some of the best products I have ever purchased, unlike a PNY card that broke after only one use! Regardless of what format you need, I highly recommend this and other SanDisk products.

Good quality product. Works faster than any reader. Readers are painful to carry, plug etc.

This is a quite a solution. If you can afford another memory other than the one in your dig cam, this can act as your backup hardrive for important files. that;s how useful this is !!!!

I have couple of sd memory cards and they all work great with this product..Worth to buy..

I had been meaning to get a USB flash storage device for some time. My local computer accessories store had these units for sale at a reasonable price, so I picked one up. I was slightly nervous that my operating system would require some fiddling with to recognise the device, but my fears were misplaced. I simply plugged it into a spare USB port, and it was immediately mounted on /mnt/removable (I use Mandrake Linux 9.2 on a Dell Precision P4, and the USB mass-storage drivers are part of the base distribution). This is a supermount directory, so you don't need to worry about creating it. I also tested it under Mandrake 8.1 on my other computer and it worked almost identically. Data transfer is a bit slow, but it's a lot faster than floppy disks and the speed is a consequence of the underlying storage hardware and not a fault of the unit.

The device itself is small (8 x 2.5 x 1 cm), about the size of a disposable lighter or a lipstick. It weighs about 17 grams. There's a loop on the end through which some parachute cord could be passed so you could attach it to a keychain.

All in all, recommended.

I use this card reader with a Simpletech 256 MB SD card and my Canon SD10 (Digital Elph). The card lives inside my laptop, and it essentially creates a SD port. I don't own any of the other types of media that it supports, but for my SD card it is perfect. I don't have to worry about keeping track of the messy USB cable that came with the camera--I just pull the SD card out of the camera and slip it into my laptop, and Windows XP immediately recognizes it. Couldn't be easier. It also uploads the images to my computer MUCH faster than the USB (1.0) connection.

Hey! I have been using these SimpleTech 256 MB compact flash cards and they are great! By the way THIS IS A PACKAGE OF 2 CARDS, so if you thought the price was expensive, think again!! I have these cards, and I have two of the SanDisk 256 MB (regular - NOT ultra II or Extreme) cards. These SimpleTech cards are MUCH faster than the SanDisk cards. I also have one the Viking 256 MB card. It is almost as fast, but I must say that the SimpleTech cards win for speed. I use them all with the Lexar Media 6-in-one USB 2.0 card reader (ASIN B00008RW8B), which is excellent. It takes about 12 minutes to move the contents of one SanDisk card to the HardDrive, while the contents of a full SimpleTech card can be copied in 5 minutes, and the contents of a full Viking card in about 6 minutes.

I have shot over 20,000 pics on a Canon G3 in the last year using these cards. I had one card failure with a SanDisk card, and it was replaced under the warranty. It wasn't too much trouble to get the replacement, but I'd rather not have the failure in the first place.

One more thing - You'd definitely rather have two 256 MB cards than one 512 MB card, in case of failure. That way, you still have something to take pics on if you are in a place where you can't get a replacement quickly. I always have 3 to 5 cards with me, so when one failed, it wasn't too much of a problem. Also, although I don't speak from first hand experience, I have heard that these baseline cards from all the companies perform faster in the 256 MB sizes than in the 512 MB sizes.

You won't notice a speed issue with anything less than a 4megapixel camera, either. I have shot with dozens of digital cameras from 2 to 6 M-pixels and the only thing that slows you down under 4MP is the camera buffer/cache itself. At 4MP and above, especially with the faster cameras, the card speed can become an issue. But, for example, this card can still keep up with the Nikon D70, although I hope to get some high-speed cards for that cam.

Of course, regardless of the camera speed, the slower cards can still make you wait longer while downloading the images to the computer. If you still use USB 1.1 (120 kBps), then don't worry about card speed. But if you use USB 2.0 (480 kBps) or firewire (400 kBps), card speed will make a difference, as I outlined above.

Hope this helps you!

The new Sony Micro Vault 128MB flash drive with fingerprint access may seem overly expensive at first, but when you consider its super-accurate fingerprint ID feature, it's well worth the price.

The package consists of a 128MB flash drive that works over USB 2.0, which means fast read and write speeds, a "docking station" that's bascially a USB 2.0 extension, and a program called Sony Fingerprint Access software that, once installed on a Windows computer (no Macintosh compatibility), allows you to use the fingerprint reader on the flash drive. The fingerprint reader is a small piece of silicon that scans your fingerprint. When matched, the fingerprint access program allows you to 1) lock and unlock files and folders, 2) save login names and passwords for websites (but, only one login per site allowed), 3) secure your screensaver, and 4) securely transport your Favorites folder, so you can take your favorite links with you. Of course, to be able to use the fingerprint access features across PCs, you need to install the software on all the PCs you are going to use. Luckily, Sony allows you to intall the program without restrictions.

Installation went without a hitch, and the fingerprint software is very easy to use. First you register your fingerprints for up to seven fingers. Sony recommends you register at least two fingers, lest you lose the precious one in an accident, I presume. (Oh, in case you unfortunately do lose all your fingers, you can still use the access program via a master password. Obviously, safeguard that password well!) Fingerprint registration is really painless. The program prompts you to press the fingerprint scanner, lift your finger, repeat a few times, and presto, you are done. The fingerprint IDing process is also largely transparent. Say you saved the login info for your bank website (via an Internet Explorer toolbar icon -- sorry, doesn't work with Netscape or Opera), the next time you are back at the site, a fingerprint access window pops up automatically and asks you to either subject your finger to a scan or type in your master password. Fingerprint scanning usually takes less than a second, but you'll notice the slight delay. But considering how much hassle it saves you from remembering logins, this is a very convenient feature.

Truth be told, fingerprint access is probably more geeky-novel than an everyday computing necessity. Like I said, everything can be done via the master password, and you can do all the things Sony's fingerprint access software does with either Windows built-in functions (screensaver and file encryption) or free software (e.g., Roboform). Is the novelty factor worth the price? For a gadget freak like myself, it is, because it's just so cool to use your finger to access your own PC. Oh, of course, you do get about 115MB of storage on the flash drive. BTW, Sony's flash drives are really reliable, which is a good thing in itself, of course.