SD

SanDisk slotRadio – a thousand songs for 10¢ each, player included

19:22 August 18, 2009 PDT

SanDisk's slotRadio gives you a stylish player and 1000 songs preloaded on an SD flash car...

As flash memory card capacity increases exponentially and prices fall equally fast, manufacturers are looking for new ways to innovate. SanDisk, one of the world’s biggest makers of memory products, has partnered with the Billboard charts in order to compete with music players like the iPod. The SanDisk slotRadio is a small, stylish player that comes bundled with a micro SD flash card pre-loaded with 1000 chart-topping songs for just USD$99.99. It’s certainly great value, but the big drawback is the music won’t play on anything else. Read More

MUSIC

Zoom's highly portable R16 multi-track recorder

By Tim LeFevre

00:52 June 29, 2009 PDT

The Zoom R16 - recorder, interface and controller all rolled into one neat portable packag...

Multi-track recorders allow home users to get professional results on a budget and Zoom Corporation takes this a step further with the versatile and truly portable R16. The diminutive R16 rolls a 16 track recorder, audio interface and control surface all into one. Perhaps the most notable feature is the ability to record to an SD memory card (supporting up to 32GB on an SDHC card). Not only does this add to the R16 portability credentials, but also avoids the pitfalls of hard drive crashes and associated problems. Read More

PERSONAL COMPUTING

LaCie DataShare SD and MicroSD Dual USB Card Reader

By David Greig

23:21 May 17, 2009 PDT

LaCie DataShare SD and MicroSD Dual USB Card Reader

The clever creation of 5.5 designers, LaCie's latest data sharing offering is a twin-barreled USB Card reader designed to bring a new lease of life to old SD and MicroSD Cards. Read More