The USB Smart Cable: cheap and flexible, just like your prom date

We like small, we like convenient, and we love cheap. As such we're dripping our super-happy nerd juice all over this new $9.00 USB Smart Cable. The charging cable doubles as a microSD card reader (take that Plug It!) and is available in three versions supporting mini-USB, mini 18 pin, or Nokia DC 2.0 devices. Sassy.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:07AM]

Lol, you guys must have had great prom dates.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:10AM]

This is love at first site

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:10AM]

My prom date was small, convenient, and cheap.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 7:05AM]

So, there are Essex girls in the US as well...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 8:38AM]

I've gotta tell ya, my mum is an Essex girl - the stereotypes are founded on 100% truth. Bless her slutty heart.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 11:19AM]

lmfao, SLAG!

This Thomas guy should write for family guy. Hes an edgy bastard.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:11AM]

nerd juice?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:13AM]

Most of my nerd juice ended up on my keyboard after reading that post. Must stop drinking before breakfast.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:25AM]

haha you nerds and your juices.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:25AM]

haha nerds and their juices.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:27AM]

yes i did realise that i would probably fall into the nerd category and so changed my comment appropriately

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:26AM]

this has actually been here before...

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/plug-it-makes-usb-adapter-cables-even-more-convenient/

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:33AM]

Almost, this version adds microSD support. Plug it carries it now too but calls it the BeetleSD. I updated the post to be more clear.

Thomas

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 8:51AM]

Ah, Thomas!

Glad to see you still got to keep your job after yesterday's abortion debacle. Your titles are still the funniest...

[jegormeister Posted Apr 9th 2008 6:42AM]

lol

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 8:47AM]

Thanks for helping the discussion, mastakilla.

[jegormeister Posted Apr 9th 2008 9:38AM]

just couldnt find the right words

[John Stracke Posted Apr 9th 2008 8:58AM]

The "just like your prom date" was annoying, but the "nerd juice" was disgusting.

[insertAlias Posted Apr 9th 2008 11:57AM]

Oh, grow a sense of humor, you wet blanket.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 8:58AM]

god bless flexible electronics, and flexible slutty girls :)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 9:21AM]

Never mind the jokes and innuendo - I'm actually interested in the product!

Anyone know if this is truly USB2 (i.e. fate transfer speeds) and if they are available in the UK? I need a small USB cable like this for my 3G modem...

[Wolfticket Posted Apr 9th 2008 10:45PM]

Ditto. (although I imagine it is 2.0, in this day and age)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 9:17AM]

What? Nooo, I just bought 2 PlugIts last week, and these are even cheaper!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 11:03AM]

I'm in the same boat!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 9:48AM]

OK, Thomas Ricker is officially my favourite Engadget blogger.

[Branhower Posted Apr 9th 2008 9:48AM]

Wait a minute! She may have been flexible, but my prom date definitely wasn't cheap!

That night cost me about $200.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 11:13AM]

If that night only cost me $200...I would be ecstatic...

Now that I think of it...It would have been cheaper to just buy a hooker...

Depressing

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 10:21AM]

So...the MicroSD card actually fits inside the USB plug? Is that how it works?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 10:47AM]

Does anyone know if the mini 18 pin cable is compatible with the LG vx8500. My phone has 18 pins, but I don't know if the form factor is the same. Any Ideas?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 11:01AM]

Glad to see misogyny is still considered valid doctrine among techies.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 11:11AM]

i would buy one if it was miniusb and nokia dc 2.0 together

doesn't seem like it would be that hard... guess i might buy one anyway

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 12:41PM]

Wow I was looking for something exactly like this, ordered I like how the Micro SD fits in the bottom half of the USB plug and gets jammed into the computer, I wonder if you can use the reader and sync the phone at the same time?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 2:18PM]

What, no iPod connector? Blasphemy! (C'mon, you guys knew you were waiting for someone to mention that...)

[monkeyontherun4 Posted Apr 9th 2008 2:33PM]

no, no we weren't.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 1:49PM]

Am I the only one who read this and thought "Nerds, with prom dates?"

[monkeyontherun4 Posted Apr 9th 2008 2:36PM]

yea i have to say my prom date was not cheap either, what with the tux, the ticket, the limo, the dinner, and the flowers. must have cost me at LEST 250. Jperry was right it might have been just cheaper to buy a hooker to go.

[monkeyontherun4 Posted Apr 9th 2008 2:36PM]

yea i have to say my prom date was not cheap either, what with the tux, the ticket, the limo, the dinner, and the flowers. must have cost me at LEST 250. Jperry was right it might have been just cheaper to buy a hooker to go.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 3:37PM]

I almost thought I was on Gizmodo reading that title.