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Summary: Satisfy your need for speed!
Review: Assuming that spending the bucks on a memory reader isn't going to cause any heartburn, you won't be disappointed by the USB Flash Memory Reader.Essentially, what you are buying is speed. The USB Flash Memory Reader is fast, fast, fast. I've experienced a screaming 25-50X improvement! Transferring jpeg images files from my Nikon CoolPix to my Windows laptop previously took many minutes via a serial cable connection. Comparable transfers now require just a few seconds. The USB device is plug-and-play and pretty funky looking (think: iMac cool). The drivers for Windows and MacOS are available. CAUTION: I'm told there are unique technical issues surrounding the Diamond Rio MP3 Player's proprietary audio files. In summary, the USB Flash Memory Reader will satisfy your need for speed! (Well, at least, temporarily.)
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Summary: Delightful Hardware
Review: I purchased the Viking Intelliflash a few weeks ago and can't say enough about it. This thing is wonderful! I love the speed, the quality of construction and most importantly the ease of use. The Intelliflash makes transfering/storing files a cinch!! Thank You Viking!!!
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Summary: Compatibility with MP3
Review: "An electronics fan from Fort Walton Beach, FL United States" states that this device is incompatible with MP3. The FAQ at Viking Components states that the Diamond Rio does use a proprietary incompatible format. As far as I can tell, this is the only incompatibility.
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Summary: Viking IntelliFlash USB Flash Memory Reader *****
Review: I use this with Windows 98 and my Olympus D340R camera. I use it both at home and at work. It is portable,fast and effective. I have yet to have any trouble with it. My only complaints are that the USB cable does not detach and the only color available is the trendy "blue" color. This "blue" color actually makes one yearn for the old familiar putty color.
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Summary: Diamond Rio MP3 And The Viking Intelliflash.
Review: ...Viking Tech. As per Diamond Rio's own statements, theDiamond Rio players use aProprietary file format which only their own devices can read. They do notuse the SSFDC or SmartMedia standard format. The Viking USB Card Reader willnot read the non-standard format that Diamond Rio uses. The media must bereformatted in the Rio player using Rio's proprietary formatting software to enable the card to be used in any other device. This software can beobtained from Diamond Rio. Technical Support Viking Components, Inc. SPEED POWER PERFORMANCE
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Summary: plug-and-play with USB Macintosh
Review: I got this card because I have a Nikon Coolpix 950 digital camera and a Rio500 mp3 player. The camera uses a CompactFlash card, and the mp3 player uses the wafer-thin SmartMedia cards. I wanted to have one peripheral to read and write both of these without having to hassle around plugging and unplugging my supposedly-portable camera and mp3 player. This reader fit the bill perfectly. After a one-click driver installation, I was able to mount the CompactFlash and SmartMedia cards on the desktop, just like any hard drive. File management was a matter of dragging files on and off the card in the Finder. And it was perfectly compatible with the camera and mp3 player, not to mention being much faster than either of those. It really is about 50 times as fast as the Coolpix's serial connection. Its transparent blue color also matches my blue and white G3 nicely ;) I recommend this product to Mac users without any reservations!
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Summary: Great tool for downloading pictures.
Review: I suffered with long download times, computer lock ups and using up my camera's batteries until I recently bought this little gem. The Viking IntelliFlash is easy to use and extremely fast. It works like a compact flash drive on your computer. Well worth the price.
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Summary: Apparently worthless
Review: I was just told by the tech support people at Viking that this reader can't be used to read a SmartMedia card once the card has been used in an MP3 player. What's the point of it, if that's the case? If that's not the case, it says something about Viking's tech support people. I have two cards - one SmartMedia, one CompactFlash, and neither would work in the reader - probably because they had "been used" in other devices (MP3 Player and digital camera, respectively, although the CompactFlash was incompatible with my digital camera - capacity not supported). What good is the reader if it can only read its own cards?
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Summary: This product does not work as advertised.
Review: I was led to believe by Viking's web site that this product would work with Windows 2000 and at their webpage they say that Windows 2000 WILL work with this product. It does not. I spoke to Viking's tech support and they indicated that this product might not actually be ready for Windows 2000. In other words, they lied about their product on their website and their tech support is clueless. They may be planning to make this Win2K compliant one of these days, but in the meantime, save your money...
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