Card readers are devices you can plug media cards into to store their data. They are a good alternative to carrying around your laptop!
Here are some transfer speed comparisons for common card readers...
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USB Card Reader |
500 KB/s |
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USB |
780 KB/s |
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SCSI Card Reader |
1,000 KB/s |
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PCMCIA |
1,300 KB/s |
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FireWire Card Reader |
2,200 KB/s |
You can also get a Floppy Disk Adapter - A device that resembles a 3-1/2" floppy diskette and allows a SmartMedia cards or Sony Memory Stick modules to be read in a standard 1.44MB floppy disk drive.