http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/ Engadget Comments for DIY "adapter" for Memory Stick PRO Duo cards 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/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Apr 10th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/May 5th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/May 5th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
But then you wouldn't be able to use the card in a Pro Duo device anymore...]]>Aug 30th 2006 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
wtf is up with these memory devices the size of a grain of rice? I have human fingers! I fscking hate the fact that i have to bust out my CSI-The Home Game kit every time i want to take the Micro-Mini SD card out of my wife's digital camera.

My IDS Mark II has a Compact Flash card. I can grab it without an electron microscope, and it fits in the palm of my hand without being heavy.

FSCK Sony and everyone else for their asstastic memory formats the size of pencil leads. there's no need for it - some things should not be so small as to be lost as easily as pocket lint.]]>Aug 30th 2006 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
For this to work, your reader must have contacts specifically for Duo cards. Of course, the "mod" would not be needed if the corresponding slot were designed as the proper length/depth for insertion and retrieval of the Duo stick, so this mis-match of technologies is the only way this would ever come in useful. The fact that I have been doing something similar almost a full year with my PSP's 2GB Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo (so I don't have to carry an adapter with my laptop) means that, sure, such miss-matches do exist for this to be useful. However, incorrect reporting is never useful. You can't just shove one of these in an old Sony Photo Printer or an MPD-AP20U DVD/CD Burner MP3 player or even a Sony XBR910 TV (the XBR960 has one slot but fully-inserting push-to-eject functionality for both types). Believe me, I've tried.

My MSPD just has tape folded over to leave a tiny bit exposed from my reader. Only a fingernail is required for full insertion. The tape tab folds over into the slot with the MSPD while in my PSP. This particular stick gets very hot, so the tape adhesives may insulate heat more and may liquify leaving your stick stuck in. I tried not to cover the stick too much but gave it adequate surface area to remove without it pulling off (as long as it's cooled down).]]>Aug 31st 2006 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 31st 2006 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
Apple being sued by Creative
Apple sueing Creative
McDonalds sueing Apple over the Mc-iPod
Apple sueing Burger King
White Castle sueing Wendys
7-11 sueing White Hen
Wal-Mart sueing Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton sueing her parents for conception
Steve Gates sueing Bill Jobs
George W. Bush becomes American President ]]>Aug 30th 2006 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/hey steve, i agree, cf is the perfect size, or sd cards

Aren't SD cards roughly the same size as Pro Duos? I saw them displayed side by side in Office Depot and there seems to be no significant difference in size.]]>Aug 30th 2006 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Sep 3rd 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 31st 2006 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
Some of you are just old-skool :)
Filed under ghettomods.]]>Aug 30th 2006 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
But then again, I`m a computer programmer with no life.

Pash the wine please.]]>Aug 30th 2006 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 30th 2006 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 31st 2006 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
OOOh nothing... Just saved the world... From the robots... but I couldn't find the adaptor... Man that one was close.]]>Aug 31st 2006 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Worked for me.]]>Aug 31st 2006 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
SD forum is pretty open about what, why and how they do. Introduction of "mini SD" and "micro SD" was first and foremost targeted at mobile market. When plugged, normal sized SD card still draws power, thus shortening battery life. Mini and micro were specifically developed to draw as little as possible power when plugged. That came with the price of the tiny size - to shorten length of wiring and thus reduce resistance of the card.

You can have Micro SD plugged all the time in the phone - and you wouldn't notice any degradation of battery life. On other side, power consumption of CompactFlash is very noticeable - what can be observed on most modern PocketPCs.]]>Aug 31st 2006 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 31st 2006 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Aug 31st 2006 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/Sep 1st 2006 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/30/diy-adapter-for-memory-stick-pro-duo-cards/
Memory stick is a dying memory standard.. nothing besides a SONY product supports it, really except a super-multi flash reader.. but the influence of the memory stick is declining due to lack of innovation by Sony!]]>Aug 12th 2009 7:59PM