The Cellet microSD Card Reader provides a convenient interface for copying files to and from those ubiquitous microSD (and microSDHC) memory cards that are used in most phones and smartphones nowadays.
The Cellet reader is small enough to store in a desk drawer, laptop bag or purse, and eliminates the need for any sort of adapter. The reader comes with a plastic USB connector cover, which is terribly difficult to remove for the first week or so, but comes off and on much easier the more you use it. Overall, the unit is very well built, so I don’t have any worries about it falling apart if it takes a bit of a beating while bouncing around with all the other junk I keep in my laptop bag. There is also a small, green LED on the top to indicate that the reader is interacting with the PC.
This reader performs extremely well. In my testing, I was able to copy large files (such as MP3s and .avi files of TV shows that I just have to have with me at all times, for some reason) very, very quickly. On average, I was able to transfer files to and from my microSDHC cards at around 10-20 megabytes per second. Usually, I found that the reader was slightly faster when reading (copying files from the card to the PC) where I averaged between about 12 and 20MB/sec. When writing to the card, I found that the transfer rate usually stabilized at around 12 MB/sec.
Any way you cut it, this is really good. I don’t think you can realistically ask for anything better than that, especially considering that the Cellet product information for this reader lists read rates of “up to 16MB/sec” and write rates of “up to 8MB/sec.” My testing found the reader to be considerably faster than that.
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