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.

[DDay @ Apr 9th 2008 6:07AM]

Lol, you guys must have had great prom dates.

[heyguy @ Apr 9th 2008 6:10AM]

My prom date was small, convenient, and cheap.

[LondonConsultant @ Apr 9th 2008 7:05AM]

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

[Leo @ 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.

[ReggieXuk @ Apr 9th 2008 11:19AM]

lmfao, SLAG!

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

[The Future @ Apr 9th 2008 6:10AM]

This is love at first site

[applefan @ Apr 9th 2008 6:11AM]

nerd juice?

[Hinhale @ Apr 9th 2008 6:13AM]

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

[DiscoCat5 @ Apr 9th 2008 6:25AM]

haha you nerds and your juices.

[DiscoCat5 @ Apr 9th 2008 6:25AM]

haha nerds and their juices.

[DiscoCat5 @ Apr 9th 2008 6:27AM]

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

[Ondra Soukup @ 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/

[Thomas Ricker @ 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

[John @ 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...

[mastakilla @ Apr 9th 2008 6:42AM]

lol

[Derek @ Apr 9th 2008 8:47AM]

Thanks for helping the discussion, mastakilla.

[mastakilla @ Apr 9th 2008 9:38AM]

just couldnt find the right words

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

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

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

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

[Chris @ Apr 9th 2008 8:58AM]

god bless flexible electronics, and flexible slutty girls :)

[Othello @ Apr 9th 2008 9:17AM]

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

[ScreamingSkull @ Apr 9th 2008 11:03AM]

I'm in the same boat!

[Simon @ 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 @ Apr 9th 2008 10:45PM]

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

[Backlin @ 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.

[jperry @ 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

[Nicholas FitzRoy-Dale @ Apr 9th 2008 9:48AM]

OK, Thomas Ricker is officially my favourite Engadget blogger.

[John @ Apr 9th 2008 10:21AM]

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

[Justin @ 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?

[Ana @ Apr 9th 2008 11:01AM]

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

[jsh4ft @ 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

[thezero4 @ 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?

[Sum Yung Guy @ Apr 9th 2008 1:49PM]

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

[BeyondtheTech @ Apr 9th 2008 2:18PM]

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

[Ian @ Apr 9th 2008 2:33PM]

no, no we weren't.

[Ian @ 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.

[Ian @ 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.

[Elijah @ Apr 9th 2008 3:37PM]

I almost thought I was on Gizmodo reading that title.