14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that Kingston is not the only company with new card readers up for sale, as Transced also released one, more or less at the same time as its rival, though it seems to have an advantage as far as pricing goes.
Most mobile computers nowadays usually have a built-in memory card reader, since it is not really convenient for their owners to need to carry around a bag of extra accessories.
Desktops, however, don't have such a feature as part of their default configurations, and even laptops don't usually support a complete range of memory cards.
As such, there is always a market for such things as the Kingston Media Reader, which was just a short while ago presented.
It so happens that there was another company that offered something of similar purpose, though the looks and workings, as well as final price, are different.
Bearing the name of RDF8, it relies on the same connectivity standard as the Kingston Media Reader, namely USB 3.0.
For those that want a reminder, the standard is also known as SuperSpeed USB and features a theoretical maximum transfer speed of 5 Gbps.
That said, Transcend made sure that its product supported even the latest, fast formats, like SDHC UHS-1, SDXC UHS-1, UDMA6/UDMA7 CF and MSXC.
This is made possible by the existence of four distinct slots, so that all card sizes may be accommodated without much trouble.
Finally, just in case a card or another might malfunction, Transcend threw in a free download of the RecoveRx software, a data recovery tool that works on Mac and Windows systems and will recover deleted or damaged photos that would otherwise be lost forever.
Backed by a two-year limited warranty, the Transcend RDF8 USB 3.0 multi-card reader has a price of $24 and should already be in stores.