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From Digital Living Today
The IntelliFlash USB Flash Memory Reader is a multi-format, memory reading device for that rapidly growing group of Flash Memory users who want to speed up transfers of data, music or images to their PC. Plugging directly to your computer's USB port, the IntelliFlash allows you to achieve transfer speeds of up to 1.5Mb/second, or fifty times that of the interface that comes with most digital cameras or MP3 players. In addition, the Viking IntelliFlash is compatible with SmartMedia, PCM CIA Types I and II, ATA cards, and CompactFlash. So whether you're transferring large files, managing MP3s, or working with images from your digital camera, this fast, inexpensive device is all you need.
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Guaranteed Compatibility
View a listing of PCs, notebooks, PDAs, digital cameras, or other products that are guaranteed compatible with this Viking product. Making sure you have guaranteed compatibility is very important because of the hundreds of different brands, types, and configurations of memory available. As a result, memory that works in one product doesn't necessarily work in another--and there's nothing more frustrating than buying something you can't use.
View a listing of PCs, notebooks, PDAs, digital cameras, or other products that are guaranteed compatible with this Viking product. Making sure you have guaranteed compatibility is very important because of the hundreds of different brands, types, and configurations of memory available. As a result, memory that works in one product doesn't necessarily work in another--and there's nothing more frustrating than buying something you can't use.
Because compatibility is so critically important, Amazon has forged a strategic relationship with Viking Components and created the Memory Finder. The Memory Finder is a tool that can help you find memory that works with your specific product, taking the guesswork out of buying memory.
Benefits of Additional Memory
Below are listed just a few of the many reasons to purchase additional memory:
Increased Speed: Increasing your computer's memory will speed up access times and translates to faster processing speeds. For example, doubling the memory in your computer often results in 50 percent faster data processing.
Increased Power: Increasing your computer's memory will enable it to process more data. You can have more windows and documents open at the same time. Computer game play becomes faster and more fluid, and high-end graphic programs perform more quickly.
Increased Performance: Increasing your computer's memory can decrease the amount of times your computer crashes. The number one reason for "blue screens" in Windows is because the computer runs out of available memory to carry out a function.
Cost Savings: Adding more memory to your computer can lead to dramatic increases in performance for a relatively low price. In some cases, it can even eliminate the need to purchase a new computer thus saving you hundreds of dollars.
Quality Products
Viking Components has registered ISO 9000 certified facilities. ISO 9000 provides a framework for quality management and quality assurance. ISO authorized accredited registrars frequently visit Viking Components to perform internal quality audits to verify that all quality activities comply with documented procedures and to measure the effectiveness of Viking's quality systems, including the organizational structure, responsibilities, procedures, processes and resources for implementing quality management.
Viking has established and maintains documented procedures for handling, storage, packaging, preservation and delivery of product to ensure the highest quality and complete standardization compliance during each process. Viking's ISO 9000 certification guarantees that our quality processes and standards conform to specific requirements to ensure consistency of product for our customers worldwide.
Superb Service
Since 1988, Viking has built customer loyalty and long-term partnerships as the industry leader in customer service. Viking is known throughout the industry for having superb customer service programs for both the reseller/retailer as well as the end user. In fact, focus panel studies conducted by CMP Publications, the industry's largest publisher, have rated Viking first in service consistently every time. When you purchase this item you can expect the industry's best customer service policies including: a lifetime replacement warranty, guaranteed product compatibility, 24/7 toll free technical support, a liberal returns policy, and a 24 hour replacement policy in the unlikely event of a Viking product failure.
If you have any further questions about this product, please feel free to send an email to: amazoninfo@vikingsupport.com
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200 of 205 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
High Quality, Superb Compatibility, Lowest Price,
By BDPRAP (L.A., CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Viking InterWorks IntelliFlash - Card reader ( SM, PC Card, CF ) - USB (Electronics)
I purchased this card reader as soon as I saw it on Amazon.com. I have had it now for about two months and continue to enjoy it on a daily basis for many different uses.1. I use it with my digital camera to transfer images to my computer via the compact flash slot. Viking is completely accurate when they state it transfers information about 50 times faster than the method supplied with my digital camera. 2. I use it to transfer large files between my laptop and desktop via the ATA Type II slot. I am constantly creating presentations on my laptop (larger than can fit on a standard floppy drive) that I need to download to my desktop at home. It is a lot faster than my old method of needing to email large files between my laptop and home desktop, or needing to burn a CD-R to transfer the data. Now I can transfer data at 1.5 MB per second (according to the Viking literature) conveniently. 3. I also enjoy the convenience of using the card reader to transfer my MP3 files from my home computer to my MP3 player via the SmartMedia card slot. This combo card reader that reads all three form factors (ATA Type II/PCMCIA, Compact Flash, and SmartMedia) was an ingenious idea. The ability for Viking to keep the price so low is also amazing! P.S. It took about 1 minute to install this USB device on Windows 98. Nothing complicated, just plug it in and insert the included Viking CD-ROM. I Highly recommend this product!
36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very easy setup, but big problems,
By ChapinCinci (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Viking InterWorks IntelliFlash - Card reader ( SM, PC Card, CF ) - USB (Electronics)
I quite agree with others here about the setup and use of this product. It installs so fast, I wondered if I'd made a mistake. When running, it sets up 2 new drive letters (on my computer drives E: and F:) Thereafter, your flash cards can be used just like a floppy disk can. Very neat and easy.Now for the bad part. The first one I purchased worked fine, but the eject button never popped out, so I had to use fingernails and patience to extract the card each time. No problem--I'd just return it for a new one (and Amazon is great about returns.) But the second one - Yikes!! To make a long story short, whenever I copied files from my card, the reader would delete about half of my files. Deleted. Gone. History. After I lost some irreplacable photos of my kids, I got mad but experimented with what became a blank card. Yep, every time I would select some files and copy them, the last half would disappear forever. Now I don't know about you, but when a product has such a major problem as this, I'm not too understanding. My confindence was gone. I didn't want to risk seeing if the third one would be the charm. I won't use this product again.
48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is an almost perfect little peripheral,
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This review is from: Viking InterWorks IntelliFlash - Card reader ( SM, PC Card, CF ) - USB (Electronics)
Anyone with a digital camera knows that transferring images from camera to PC via serial port is a tedious business - when it works at all. It is painfully slow (taking me nearly an hour to move a mere 16MB card's worth of data), and often irritatingly finicky in accepting the connection. Did you plug in the cord first, or turn on the camera first? Did you boot the special software first, or plug in the cord? Once you got the thing running, though, a download seemed to take forever. As a result, I've had my eye on the Viking IntelliFlash for a long time, and when I ordered a 64MB card, I knew I had to have it. It has, so far, exceeded my most optimistic expectations. The device itself is smaller than I expected, about the size of a deck of playing cards. It has only one cord, permanently affixed to the back of the unit -- no power cord. Nice. There are two slots for the media in the front, a couple of discrete ready lights on the top, and a very subtle silk screened Viking logo. It's an attractively designed peripheral. It comes with a CD. The software installation was very simple, with the usual few caveats for installing USB devices. Reboot and your Viking IntelliFlash is good to go. Once the drivers are installed and the unit is plugged into a USB port, Windows sees the IntelliFlash as two new removable drives (in my case, D: and E:). Two drives because the IntelliFlash handles both Smartmedia and CompactFlash in separate slots. These new "drives" show up in Windows Explorer or 3rd party file managers. To transfer digital pictures (the only experience I have had), you take the card from the camera and stick it in the IntelliFlash. You then open the appropriate drive for your media and there is your data. Move the files with your favorite method - cut and paste, drag and drop, or menu commands. That's the beauty of this device. Media on your card looks just like files on a disc. So, instead of proprietary software to suck the data through the narrow straw of your serial port, you can manipulate the data like any other files on your computer. Oh, and being USB, it's hot-swappable. To prevent dust from drifting into the slots I keep it in my drawer. When I'm ready to look at pictures, I pull it out, plug it in, and wait ten seconds or so until Windows recognizes the connection and displays my new favorite drives, D: and E:. I open My Computer, navigate to Drive E:, copy the files over to My Pictures in drive C:, and I'm done. What used to take an hour (and sometimes a few cuss words) now takes less than a minute. This is really a great little device, and it works so well that it goes way past luxury gizmo toward real necessity. I would encourage anyone who has to move data from flash media to a PC via serial to make this purchase. I have had zero trouble, and great results.
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