Buffalo's "28-in-1" card reader

Digital cameras and PDAs come with a wide assortment of memory cards. Hooking up these devices via a USB cable and possibly having to install software can be a real bother. This device from Buffalo allows you to directly insert into your computer any memory card likely to come your way. Any card that can behave as a hard drive -- and most of them can -- will simply appear as another drive letter.

This is potentially a huge time saver and it does not cost very much. By the way, many newer computers offer these drives as add-on options. Well worth the few extra bucks if memory cards are in your environment.

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Buffalo's "28-in-1" card reader - Engadget