>But I did run into something hardware-wise that might reduce the >demand. Just the other day, I got a SanDisk SD-HC card (4GB) >at Costco, and it included a tiny one-slot USB adaptor, not much >bigger than the card itself plus the USB connector on one end. If >those tiny readers become givaways (or nearly so), it would become >less inconvenient to take them along, since they'd take practically no >space >in one's laptop case. Indeed, I'd say they blur the line between an >SD card and a USB memory stick.
I think those mini-USB sticks are nice. But cameras / music players are not too likely to adopt them, are they? The best thing about the SD card reader is to move pictures directly from camera to laptop without need for the USB cable.
