Every time I go out, I always bring my portable card reader loaded with a 2GB SD memory. I always copy files from my friends and/or download files off the Internet when I’m outside. There are those who ask me, why I chose to use my card reader instead of my USB flash drive. I have many reasons, but to sum it all up it is because of flexibility and safety.

Here are some of my reasons:

• I’m using a card reader. That means if any of my friends bring along a SD card, lets say from their mobile phone or digital camera, we can easily transfer files between our units.
• I can use my SD card as extra storage for using in a digital camera or mobile phone
• I can use a larger capacity SD card for my card reader, thus I don’t need to buy another unit.
• SD cards have a lock option. So if I insert it in another computer, it wont easily get infected with a virus. Lets see a USB flash drive do that.
  

Bringing along a USB card reader is more flexible than a USB thumb drive due to numerous reasons. Although I have to admit a USB flash drive is more durable than a USB card reader. But hey, I don’t usually drop my gadgets.

And I got both USB device for almost the same price.

Tags: card reader, SD card, thumb drive, USB, USB drive