http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/ Engadget Comments for Buffalo's "28-in-1" card reader http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Magicgate Memory Stick
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how about expresscard?]]>Jul 21st 2006 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/
I don't think I coulda come up w/ all those
I think SD is starting to get annoying w/ 4 different kinds, but at least 3 have different form factors, which count a 3 different card IMO
And I accept SDHD, as a different format, I'm not sure why, but it just seems right too]]>Jul 21st 2006 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/
doh]]>Jul 21st 2006 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 21st 2006 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/ Agreed "Beanie". 3 - 5 should be plenty. Micro SD / SD / CF. CF is cheap and good for devices as well as dtat storage (mechanical or flash). SD is trim and ubiquitous. Mini SD is good for the tiniest of devices. The rest are either obsolete, redundant, or proprietary (to the extreme).

"Does it create 28 drives in Windows?"

Heehee, wouldn't that be amusing ? Mine has something like 17 formats (it was only $12), but only 5 physical slots. Thus it creates 5 drives and doesn't bother trying to deliniate between media that is physicaly the same or at least similar.

"I just want 1 of these where I don't have to disable the entire device in order to remove the card."

Did you install the drivers your reader came with ? I didn't for mine at first, since the windows drivers got me access to the card, but I had the same problem with mounting and unmounting media. Then I had to rebuild my system (I think I was tinkering with something else and I messed it up) and ended up installing the drivers my reader came with. Bingo! Now I can just right click the drive and select eject and I rarely ever get the "That drive is busy...try some other time" message. And I never have to stop the entire device unless I want to physically unplug it...

Just a thought...]]>Jul 22nd 2006 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 22nd 2006 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 22nd 2006 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/
And you can have more than A-Z drives using a method similar to *nix style mount points but it's not supported by most programs, defeating the point...]]>Jul 22nd 2006 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 22nd 2006 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 22nd 2006 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/"Our friends in Japan should be able to pick the reader up now"

Anyone near a Fry's Electronics in the USA can pick one up right now too. A generic equivalent is in Fry's advertising flyer this weekend. All Buffalo does is rebadge stuff.]]>Jul 22nd 2006 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/
No, since it only has four slots, it will only show up as four removable drives.]]>Jul 23rd 2006 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/Jul 23rd 2006 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/
You just need to use 'eject' from the My Computer screen rather than the 'Safely remove hardware' gubbins.

'Safely remove hardware' is for USB flash drives, not card readers, as once you've finished with a flash drive, you'll probably want to take it out of the machine, (removing the hardware).

with something like this, the card reader is the hardware, and the media you put in it is like a disc, hence 'Eject' on the menu. It should more accurately be 'dismount' but people tend to be happier with eject.]]>Jul 25th 2006 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/buffalos-28-in-1-card-reader/
That said, I want one already. My 5-in-1 can't read the cards my new camera uses. Or my dad's memory sticks. It reads 5 kinds of cards that I don't use! So really, the more cards the better.]]>Jul 25th 2006 5:02PM