5 in 1 Card Reader for iPad

by Newgen

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004HT6TS2
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (204 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #8 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Touch Screen Tablet Accessories
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 2, 2011

Product Description

Up for sale is a new gen iPAD/iPAD2 connection kit featuring image/photo transfer via SD,MicroSD reader or USB cable of your camera. In addition,it supports standard keyboard input as well as USB flash drive to iPAD/iPAD2. The Connection Kit supports standard photo formats, such as JPEG and RAW etc. Through this new gen 5-in-1 iPAD/iPAD2 connection kit, the image/photo transfer from your camera to iPAD/iPAD2 becomes incredibly simple and efficient. Connect to iPAD directly, no software installation needed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

84 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great improvement over Apple Camera Connection kit. . ., January 19, 2011

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Brianpxm "brianpxm" (Valencia, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 5 in 1 Card Reader for iPad (Electronics)

First some background. We own two iPad's, oldest since July of 2009. We were fortunate enough to receive the Apple Camera Connection kit on Christmas Day, and had great fun importing photo's that we'd just taken of our family festivities. Never really saw the utility as a necessary accessory before then.

This kit improves over the Apple kit in one important way. It's ONE device as opposed to TWO to carry around! You see the Apple Kit has a separate dongle for USB, and another for SD Cards. This merges them all into one kit.

The benefits of this are more compatibility with a broader array of input devices (including some USB keyboards, etc. that you will read about with the Apple Device). . . and 1/2 the chance of losing this important accessory.

Now, we have grown to use this kit during photoshoots, and it allows us to view comp's within seconds on the iPad screen, rather than removing the memory stick, uploading to the desktop computer, viewing, etc. etc.

Improves a photographer's workflow 1000%, and improves over the Apple kit by at least 100%.

Keep in mind our testing of the kit with the Micro-SD slot was limited, however the SD Card and USB slots work like a charm.

128 of 140 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Did not work, June 28, 2011

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Pilar Binyon (BELLEVUE, WA, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 5 in 1 Card Reader for iPad (Electronics)

At first glance I was suspicious because the device felt flimsy and cheap, not at all like an Apple product.

After inserting an SD card LESS than 1GB, it didn't recognize it. I then tried the USB option and received an error message "not enough power" or something similar.

I returned the product...very disappointed. Days later I purchased the 2-device Apple product at Best Buy and it worked perfectly right out of the box. It was sturdy and met my expectations.

117 of 132 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Way better than i was expecting, April 1, 2011

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Aztek - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 5 in 1 Card Reader for iPad (Electronics)

Its very rare that I would go out of my way to write a product review but after using this today with some time to spare, I decided why not give it a shot. I have an iPad on 4.2.1 and really wanted the connectivity kit but wasn't sure what was legitimate with all the fakes and incompatible devices everywhere. Fortunately after I stumbled on this one my guts just said go with it, and they were right.

- It is fully compatibe with my micro SD, and SD cards
- Can also utilize USB flash drives if you happen to be jailbroken
- Keyboard support (I am writing this on my iPad with my external Mac keyboard)

Summary:

I am very Pleased with this product and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone else who owns an iPad and is looking to enhance the experience.