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This thing was only [$]! It does exactly what it says. It's able to read my MS card adapter with micro sd's inside. My Vaio with MSpro magic gate slot, can't even do that. Oh! I also can read some old sim cards with numbers/info I lost. I would get 10 more of these at [$]. WOW I'll baby it cuase it's not the best built/sturdy product. If it holds up, I'll never have to buy another card reader ever.

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Cost me more in time and frustration than $. Would not work with Windows VISTA or Windows 7; memory stick or SD card. [...] That's a sure sign of a lousy product - not plug & play. User installed driver = hack.In my past experience w/ Sakar drivers, they waste more time. Besides, even if they worked, who needs the hassle of cajoling IT Support to come install drivers for a measly card reader?

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This thing is a junk. some people are just getting the few working ones out there. Ive been building PC's since the old pentium days. this thing is just poorly made.

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I bought this in a bind because i needed a card reader for reading my 8gb Micro sd card in my wii. Ive used the thing a total of 2 times.

Tonight i went to go use it, it has been sitting in my desk for about 3 months. It will read my card for about 10 seconds then stop. i can start to copy items and the activity light just stops. Tried a different cable and same problem. GOOD for if you want to use it 1 time and toss it in the garbage. THX for the piece of junk!

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[...]Easy to use and flexible. PLugged right into my USB. I didn't have to download anything, it just worked with my XP machine directly.

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I noticed it had a normal USB port that I could use to plug it in, so I just stuck in my usual USB chord that I connect to my phone, waited a few seconds, then Windows XP said there was a problem installing the hardware. Drivers I figured. I installed those then tried again. Five removable storage devices showed up in My Computer, but when I tried to click on one of them I realized it froze up, so I couldn't click on anything. I unplugged/plugged back in several times but it just kept freezing My Computer. I did a quick Google search and read something about the chords, so I tried the chord that came with it. Problem fixed, but I don't see how that would affect it, it's just plain stupid. What I did like about it once I got it working was how the icons in My Computer lit up to tell you that a memory card was inserted. However that and the fact that it at least works are the only pros, I wouldn't recommend it to anybody, it's cheap. There are much better products out there that are much easier to install and don't have as many bad reviews. Just get something else.

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This thing is junk. I inserted my SDHC card, it worked for 2 seconds and then locked up my computer (Dual core, 2GB RAM, Vista 32-bit). I rebooted, tried to use it again, same thing. It locked up my computer 3 times, and I was done with it. I honestly don't know how this product made it to production. I gave it one star because negative 5 stars wasn't available.

I returned this one for the Targus 32-in-1 which works great. And it's cheaper.

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I called customer service as this was the 2d digital concepts reader I bought and wasn't working.
They asked what size card are you using, I said 4gb, they said that's the problem right there. It almost works, and that's the worst part. You can see the images on the card but not the thubnails, okay, no big deal I just download them and check them out on the hd. That's when the next set of problems start. Buy anything else but stay away from these card readers by digital concepts. Does anybody still use 2gb cards or 1gb cards for that matter. Why don't they put a disclaimer on the package stating it will not accept cards larger than 2gb.

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If you use a m+2 gig xd card it will not work anything after 1 gig is lost

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Used this card reader about 20 times. On the 21st time, a pin came off into my CF chip. I did not know that it came off until my camera would not work. Because the pin was still in my chip it bent the pin in my camera. (deep within my one month old Canon 5D Mk II) BTW, warranty does not cover that. Spent 11 weeks in the repair center. Cost $780. to fix camera. Oh ya. it ruined my $99. 16 gig CF card too. I can see by the design of this reader why it broke. The CF chip well is not deep enough to make sure that you are pointed straight in.
DO NOT BUY THIS CHIP READER

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Digital Concepts 6 Slots Hi Speed 51-in-1 card reader/writer almost got tossed in the garbage, but I tryed a different USB cable that I had laying around, and it works like a dream.BOO Digital Concepts for giving us a bunk cable. other then that its good. [@]

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Won't read 2GB Sandisk SD Ultra II card. First thought it was card but slot in HP printer will read card. Bought another to make sure wasn't me, but new Radio Shack reader will not read card either.

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I'd Only recommend this to people with Mp3 players that come with USB's. It was OKAY, but it caused me so much stress until I found out it was the cable that came with it that was causing the problem. PLEASE NOTE YOU NEED AN OTHER USB CABLE TO GET THIS PRODUCT TO WORK!

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I just bought a MAC and left the reader's USB cable plugged in while the computer was in SLEEP mode. Next morning, the computer had about 100+ error messages, saying the USB port was drawing too much power. The only cable attached was the readers (with no cards inserted) so I picked it up and it was BURNING HOT! All the plastic had warped and began to singe in places.

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I just received my 1st digital camera from a friend, this product was recommended and I love the ease of use and how it can be used with many memory cards.

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After reading several of the negative reviews I was very hesitant to buy this reader but I had a Radio Shack gift card so went for it. I loaded the software and was downloading pics from CF and SD cards within 3min of opening the package. Had no problems with either card and transfered several gigs of image data respectably fast (20-50sec). Will have to see what happens over time.

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It worked for a short period, now it won't load at all. As soon as I plug it in, the drivers installion "FAILS". Dont buy this brand

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everything is, great about this product. but te only thing, is when u pay with paypal. radioshack system will not detect your visa card veryfication.u need it at pick up of you item. [...]but and overall the product is excelent...

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Both of my computers froze every time I tried to transfer photos with the Compact Flash. Then I read some reviews and realized I should try a different cable. Then it worked like a charm. I've been able to transfer a gig of photos in a minute. So if you have a spare cable, it's worth the cheap price.

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Needed a reader fast and got this at the nearby RadioShack very cheap and reading a whole lot of cards. Plugged in without driver yielded no responce. Inserted the mini CD, click'd setup and in seconds itstall finished and it was reading SD cards, eject one and insert the next. Works. Thumbnails appear fast and transfer speed is OK. Red LED indicates it's standby. It doesn't get hot nor fuzzy. Looks tenderly build but this is not a hammer. Treated with care it works. Leave the cable connected and wrap it loosely for transport.

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Works great on Linux and Windows.

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So easy a kid can do it. Don't have to worry about having the wrong sized memory card because its universal.

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it is great i dont know what i would do with out it

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The SIM software flat out does NOT work with Cingular cards.
3rd party sim recovery software will NOT read cards through this device. Don't know how the other cards work (or not) as I am returning it due to SIM not working

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I'm running Vista 64 (I know, my first mistake) and this recognizes SD but freezes when reading XD. As with many cheap electronic products, there's no support. Pay a little more for something trustworthy.

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W2K installation was flawless (no driver needed, SIM Edit on CD installed fine)I was able to read and write all my SD and CF Cards.With SIMEdit 1.5 that came with it, I was able to read and Write my SIM Cards, but this version really sucks.After quite some googling, I found [@]who wrote the software and downloaded version 3.0While still a bit rough on the edges, it worked fine for me.

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Couldn't even get the software to load on XP windows. Purchased this so I could take the simm card out of my camera and take it anywhere and view my photos on any computer. Big Negative, If it did work, would have to load on every computer in order to veiw simm card data/photos. Will be returning it to the store ASAP.

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I tried to use this on my Dell laptop running Windows XP. I followed the instructions to read a compact flash card from my Canon Rebel XT. Plugged in the card reader to USB, then plugged in the CF card. After about 3 minutes, several drives showed up, but no files. I tried about 7 more times and saw files once. I tried to copy them to an external drive that is also USB and I could not write to that drive (it has always worked fine before). I am going to return this today!

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I can't get XP to recognize this thing. I looked on the web site for any new drivers and the drivers link is broken. It's going back first chance I get!

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I bought this for the SIM reader/writer slot. The other memory card slots work fine, but the software required to read/write to SIM cards is pathetic. I could read/write to a SIM card for an old Nokia phone, but it couldn't read anything off of a Motorola C139 SIM card, so I took it back.

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Very disappointed, very slow reading cards, used just a few times, used to read compact flash card after taking a bunch of photos and unable to read, put the card back into my camera and the images were lost, tried another computer and wouldnt work so lost a lot of photos. Took a few quick images, used on another computer they apppeared on the screen, used the card adapter on a different computer and was not able to read and those images were lost by just pulling the flash card into the adapter so the adapter destroyed images. Good job found out now because photographing a wedding and would have lost everything. So keep away from this adapter, piece of you know what Lost some really good images had taken which wanted to use for a slide show presentation so was all lost

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It just doesn't work. Waste my time.

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This reader is the worst I have seen. Will not read CPF cards at all and picks up SD cards when you make the right face. Software loaded fine but no sim reading either. Changed usb cords just incase, after 3 that I know are good, Im done.

If there has ever been a reason to buy USA, this is it. What a rip-off they got going here.

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So far I have used a maximum size of 2Gig for MS, SD, and Micro SD devices and have read a couple of SIMs. The device worked fine on all chips. I did not try it with the included cable because of the previous comments. Construction is better than some and worse than other readers I have used in my business.

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a well let me tell you about the item here its okay it was giving me promblems at first the reason was because the usb that came with the device was making it reall slow.. so i had use another usb cord that i had layed around the house it seems to work faster but i wouldnt recommanded this item to no one real talk

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Bought this for my sandisk memory card and it does not work. waste of time and money.

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I was very frustrated with this because I commonly use SD, microSD, xD, MS Pro Duo and SIM cards. This reader could recognize all the different formats but it would be horrendously slow when copying/transferring files. However, when I replaced the usb cord with one of my own (the one that came with my PSP) the speeds were very decent and I had no more problems with freezing while reading cards. So the reader is cheap, but works, but get your OWN usb cord for it because the supplied cord is junk.

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Bought it in Radioshack for [$].Work with some problems at the begining, the stoped, but after installing CD and rebooting was able to read SIM cards. Read all reviews and used motherboard powerd USB ports, none of them worked with this reader. reintall all USB drivers , still the same issue. CAN NOT READ ANY CARDS. returning it back to RS.

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did not work with data doctor sim card data recovery

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It worked OK with microSD and Sony Memory Sticks for 20 days. Today I tried plugging it in to the USB slot on my computer keyboard (MAC), because all my other ports were taken. The computer screen warned me it was not enough power. The device has not worked since. I don't understand why LOW power would ruin circuits -- is the device too fragile? Don't know.

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Well, I needed a card reader to read my media at once rather than connecting different devices via USB all the time. I figured why not buy this and just insert the card rather than look for the device and the cables. Ok so I bought it. Its fairly small and claims it can read a lot of cards. It doesnt read the sim cards at all. Best of all, it freezes windows or runs extremely slow when connected and will stay that way unless you disconnect it. But if I get it to read a card of mine, here is what I have experienced:

Data transfer is EXTREMELY slow...so slow that I wanted to break it into pieces.

My devices such as cameras read the card in lightspeed compared to this.

I used a PSP to read my Memory stick pro duo and it transers data faily fast...On the other hand, it would take this device 8 minutes to transfer about 5 megs.

The slow speed is 100% the card reader, no question about it.

So if you can tolerate the slow speed and the freezing, this little gadget is your best bet.

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I bought this to read SIM cards. What a disappointment. It did not read any AT&T 3G cards, but it did read an old Cingular card from a Nokia 6340. My advice: if you've got a newer AT&T phone, it probably won't read your SIM card.

Only good feature is the Micro SD slot is easier to use than the adapters needed for most readers.

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For you IT pros needing a SIM reader for data recovery or backup of PALM or SmartPhone Devices, this is NOT the quick reader you need. WILL NOT WORK with DATAPRO Recovery software or BrickWall software.

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I recommend this product for users who are looking for following combination of available slots: XD, CF, SD/MMC, MS, Micro SD, SIM. I bought it because of Micro SD slot so I do not have to use Micro SD -> SD convertor to upload music to my cell. SIM slot looks also useful but I haven't tried it yet. No drivers are required for SD or Micro SD slot in Win XP SP2. Tried following cards: 1GB SD (FAT16), 2GB SD (FAT16), 4 GB MMC+ (FAT32), 2GB Miro SD (FAT16). All worked without problems. I haven't tried other slots or SD-HC cards so no rating on those.

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I bought this to transfer data to my cell phone sim. Seems to work OK, but I have difficulty getting my PC to recognize the USB link. Have to restart/connect/reconnect several times before the PC sees the connection. Also, it will NOT recognize 4 Gig SD-HC cards.

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I've worked in IT for over 15 years and this is not a RTFM or PICNIC issue (despite Joe's suggestion) the driver disk is simply empty.

If you have purchased one - return it and get the Targus version. (Which works on both PC or MAC without the need for a driver.)

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I bought this little thing for really one thing...to back up my GPS SD storage disk, but what a dream. I love the plug n play and quick as a bunny I was finished. Tried it on my camera XD disk too...so cool no running down the batteries in my camera downloading pictures. Woohoo!

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I a work in I.T. and got this for Sim Card editing. It does this perfectly well and more.
I installed and had everything running in 5 mins without reading the instructions, its that simple.

One thing, the included Sim Editing software is weak - but you can find better utilities out there if you look.

So if you were born in the last 30+ years or are familiar with PC's this works just great.

I don't like negative reviews becuase of ID ten T errors.

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Before reading the bad reviews, I bought this CR-75 device for my different cards. Then after not getting a driver on the mini CD, I went to the Internet and found the same results. Device manager said that the device was having problems too. After 5 hours of frustration (and just about taking the thing back), I noticed that one of my USB cables had the same connection as did the end of the usb cable that the CR-75 had, I had a MP3 player connected to the computer on another usb port, and when I connected the one with the CRW reader BANG SHAZAM! the reader began working. And has been working (as drives) ever since (with out the MP3 player connected. It looks like the Reader is using the USB driver that the MP3 player is (now). Also the sim reader works great. - no more problems. I am working with XP SP2 on a DelL Power Edge 400SC.

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I tried to use this Sakar 51 in 1 card reader with my iMac. The computer would not recognize and I was unable to use the mini-CD provided with the CR-75 in my iMac superdrive. The Sakar web site does not even list the product and does not provide a driver either. I hope I will be able to return this off brand item and get a name brand product such as Lexar or Adobe.
This is one more case of trying to save money on a low cost item and recalling the old saying, "the pain of poor quality lives on long after the joy of low price is forgotten".

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I have to give it one star out of five because that's how many times you need to plug it in to the USB port before it works. (One out of ever five times it works) Software? - now there's a joke. Yes it comes with software (a small disk) but it didn't seem to work for me. I was very disappointed with this product. [...]

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The other reviewers didn't read the instructions. If you load the software it reads sim cards just fine. Othewrwise it's like all other card readers. plugh-n-play

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SIM Card read feature is not Cingular friendly does not recognize one and does not read another. It will read and recognize Motorola SIM Cards.
I like the other card reader options. I never know what is going to be thrown at me to review so this is great because of the variety of cards it will read.

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THIS IS SHOWN TO HAVE A SIM CARD SLOT, THE SIM CARD SLOT DOES NOT WORK, I TRIED USING IT WITH THREE DIFFERENT SIM CARD READER PROGRAMS. NO LUCK, IF ONE IS BUYING THIS FOR A SIM CARD READER, DONT!!!

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Software provide for SIM card does not work, overall good for memory cards but not for SIM contacts. Avoid product.