Axxen kicks out trio of portable HDD enclosure / card reader hybrids

It's just impossible not to love a little consolidation done right, and Axxen's trio of new devices aims to give you a good reason to ditch that easy-to-misplace flash card reader and pick up an external HDD enclosure while you're at it. The A-3500, A-2500, and A-1800 all sport a sleek, black casing, and can handle your choice of 3.5-, 2.5-, or 1.5-inch hard drive, respectively. Aside from functioning as your run-of-the-mill external HDD, the drives also serve as a memory card reader for CF, SM, xD, MS, MSPro, MSDuo, SD, miniSD, MMC, and MD cards, and it interfaces with your computer via USB 2.0. Notably, each unit also boasts a "one-touch" backup function to keep your files sufficiently duplicated, and while we're not sure how much Axxen plans on charging for these nifty multitaskers, they should be hitting South Korea real soon.

[Via MobileWhack]

[machfive @ Jan 2nd 2007 6:02PM]

So now, in addition to owning a computer with a built-in memory card reader, a monitor with a built-in memory card reader, and a printer with a built-in memory card reader, you can have an external hard drive with a built-in memory card reader! Wow! I hope you have a lot of memory cards that need reading, lawl.

[Brad @ Jan 2nd 2007 11:25PM]

Hmmm... perhaps the perfect accessory for that 20G Ps3??

[Funkstar @ Jan 3rd 2007 4:53AM]

for the little one, have a look at the Thecus YES Nano N1050 looks to be exactly the same. I've had one for at least 6 months now. 5v external battery back, or is powered from USB. Includes a USB host for transfering from any other USB device.

[nikster @ Jan 3rd 2007 11:05AM]

The conspicuously named A-1800 surely is probably for 1.8" HDs not the exceedingly rare 1.5" ;)

[nikster @ Jan 3rd 2007 11:07AM]

err.. that wasn't even English - sorry. I am unable to get a sentence right the first time, I am completely dependent on edit mode...

[Robert Mason @ Jan 3rd 2007 1:44PM]

Agreeing with 'Funkstar' - the smaller 2.5" unit has been available here in the unit under the Thecus brand for some time. Have bought 3 of them for friends/family and think they are great. Although the external battery pack is a little ungainly. Should be noted that this unit does not have a card reader built in, but thanks to its OTG functionality can be connected to a card reader (or camera/flash drive etc) for backup to the internal disk. All in, a great little unit.