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Summary: Simple and effective
Review: I purchased the Sandisk SDDR-31 after purchasing a Kodak DX3500 digital camera. The camera only supports Windows and Mac with the included Kodak image transfer software. Also, using the camera to dowload pictures drains the batteries and puts wear and tear on the small USB connector on the side of the camera. Since Linux is my primary OS, I had to download pictures to my Windows machine and then copy them to my Linux PC -- not an optimal solution. Enter the Sandisk SDDR-31 Imagemate. I connected it to my Linux PC, mounted the device and copied my pictures directly from the Compact Flash card. No muss, no fuss. This is the way USB should work with every device.
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Summary: Love this little CompactFlash card reader
Review: I've had the Sandisk Imagemate CompactFlash Card Reader (SDDR-31) for a few days now and I am completely in love. I love this little card reader and use it with my SanDisk 256 MB CompactFlash Card that I bought for my new digital camera. I recently bought the Canon Powershot G2 Digital Camera and it came with a 32 MB CompactFlash card that barely held 10 pictures at the highest resolution. I needed more capacity and I ended up buying the 256 MB CF card. The card worked great, but trying to use the camera USB connector to download 100 pictures was really cumbersome and drained the camera battery.That's where this card reader comes in. I plugged this card reader into my Windows XP PC's USB port and the computer instantly found it and loaded all the drivers. The card reader appeared as a removable drive in 'My Computer' and you can access the card as if you were accessing a Zip disk or CD disk. The performance is really great and I've saved so much time vs. using my camera to download the pictures. And the fact that this reader works under Linux is another huge plus. If you have a CF card, you need this reader and you can't beat the price.
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Summary: SanDisk Flash Reader
Review: The SanDisk Flash Reader is a very cool product, very easy to install and use. If your (or anyone else's)PC has a USB port, I recommend simply turning on (i.e. hard booting) the system, and then plugging in the SanDisk Flash reader into the appropriate port. On relatively new systems, i.e. where the USB port drivers are already installed, there is no need to even load the SanDisk software. Just boot up, plug the SanDisk reader into the USB port, the system will recognize the SanDisk reader as a new, removable, drive, and you can automatically bring up your digital pix from your removable memory card. This is especially great for your kids and grandkids, as well as grandparents, who might be trying to economize by saving cost on 35MM film, photo reprints and such. If you experience any difficulty with your SanDisk install, fear not, for SanDisk's help desk is staffed by a very professional and friendly staff. Hint: if there is a problem with the install, it might well lie in the bundled software and embedded marketing stuff that you (perhaps unknowingly) bought with your desktop. I highly recommend trying the install without prior loading of the SanDisk software as a first course of action. It was a most pleasant surprise to find it work so well the first time. I think you also deserve a break today! So go for SanDisk!
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Summary: Nice product BUT does not work with all Macs...buyer beware!
Review: Works like a dream under OS 9.2 after the newest drivers are installed. Fast and reliable!
However, does NOT work for everyone running Mac OS X. As soon as I insert a compact flash card, programs start hanging or crashing and the card reader is NEVER recognized by the OS X finder. I called Sandisk tech support and the tech said that they are aware of this issue with "some" users of OS X and will eventually get around to addressing it. Oh well, I'll keep checking their website I guess... UPDATE: I finally got it working under OS X...Instead of plugging it in to a USB hub, I plugged it directly unto the USB port on the back of my Powermac. From that point on, it has had no problems.
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Summary: It works in Win98 like a charm!
Review: I got this Sandisk SDDR31 reader and it installed no hassle on the first re-boot in my eMachine 366c Win98 PC via the USB port. I am able to see the jpg images from a CompactFlash card as a small thumbnail using Windows Explorer set to "As Web Page" If you don't know about this in Win98: in Windows Explorer: click View, then "as Web Page" to activate the thumbnail preview of gifs and jpgs.
As others have said, one may copy, delete, or move images from the CF card, via this Sandisk reader, to the C drive as if you were doing this to files on the C drive. It works in Win98.
I am wondering if anyone has any experience installing it on a USB equipped PC that is running Win95 B (OSR2) with the USB device drivers installed in W95? I would appreciate hearing.
Other than that concern (where I am shy to attempt the Win95 install) I think this [...] device will save me much more than that in not having to burn my [...]2CR5 battery in my camera while I preview or copy/move images from the camera to my PC.
Get one if you have Win98: it works!! ! ! !
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Summary: Exactly what it says
Review: For a cheap, light, simple device, the SanDisk imagemate reader has been incredibly sturdy and effective. It's done exactly what it was supposed to do, time and again, on dozens of systems. No more having to keep separate cables for my camera and MP3 player and fiddle with proprietry file-transfer software. I just swap the card into this little reader, plug it in, and it mounts exactly like a disk. 90% of the computers I've tried it on recognized it right away, and current OSX and XP computers should be at 100%. It requires no power, has no moving parts to break, and reads and writes super-fast. It's excellent. The one drawback is that it only reads compact flash cards. With flash memory far from standardized, you might be happier with a device that can read MMC and SD cards as well.
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Summary: Battery-saver!
Review: I used to go through batteries like crazy downloading pictures from my camera to my PC. Save yourself the headaches and get a card reader!! I've never had a problem with this one, I didn't even need the driver/software CD that came with it. Windows ME (and XP) recognized it right away.
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Summary: A lifesaver!!
Review: I wish I would have bought this when I first got my digital camera. It saves so much time with downloading pictures on the computer. Before I would download pictures from my camera and several times the batteries would die right in the middle of downloading, bummer! With this little thing I can download the pictures without wasting battery power and it is a lot faster.
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Summary: No brainer for CompactFlash Card users
Review: I bought this when I purchased my digital camera. I have never connected the camera to my PC. I don't need to! The card reader acts as another hard drive and there is no noticeable delay in loading pictures via the reader. Since my camera did not come with an a/c adapter, I don't waste batteries by hooking up the camera to upload pics.
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Summary: A PIECE OF JUNK!
Review: Using Mac G4 and OS 9.2.2. Downloaded newest drivers from SanDisk website. When plugged into USB port won't allow the computer to shut down or restart. Puts 2 icons on desktop when compact flash card is inserted. Very difficult to insert compact flash card. Consigned to garbage can. A complete waste of [money] plus postage. Too bad - I've had good luck with SanDisk products before.
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