Sonnet's Qio eSATA controller / all-in-one card reader
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Apr 22nd 2009 1:37PM
posted Apr 22nd 2009 1:37PM
Sonnet's a fun little company -- when not hustling iPod chargers and transmitters, it's providing the world with more sober, serious hardware, such as its RAID storage solutions. Among the company's newest kit is Qio, a media card reader / writer that includes a E4P SATA host controller, four eSATA ports, and the usual array of P2, SxS and CompactFlash slots. If that weren't enough, this device also includes an adapter so that your SD and XF cards don't feel left out. Available for both desktop (PCIe) and laptop owners (ExpressCard), the HDD controller supports port multipliers allowing users to access up to 20 drives. Available sometime next month, pricing to be determined.
That would look great on my desk!
My cell uses micro-sdhc/micro-sd cards and my camera uses sdhc/sd cards. Are the other formats out there really that popular? Am I in the minority here and other people need a unit with all these other slots?
I love my Dell E4300 - it has an SD slot on the front. Sweet!
Most pro cameras take CF, most Sonys take Sony MC just depends what you own.
If this isnt too expensive, i could use eSATA and a nice card reader..
And an eSATA card reader sounds awesome to me :)
p2 will probably push this one up in price, it's not the biggest of markets and it's one you can demand deep pockets of.
I want one.
Mines getting out-dated. dosent even have sd-hdhc.