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Si 500GB Portable Media Backup (Black)

Si 500GB Portable Media Backup (Black)Brand: MemoryKick
Category: CE

Buy New: $429.95
as of 7/30/2010 09:36 CDT details


New (3) Used (1) from $379.00

Seller: ALZO Digital
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 1 reviews
Sales Rank: 47711

Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4

MPN: 2MK500BK
UPC: 837654648681
EAN: 0837654648681

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Features:
  • 160GB, 250GB, 320GB, 500GB
  • 3.5" QVGA LCD Color Screen
  • Up To 40 MB/s Transfer Speed
  • Built - In USB OTG (USB Host)
  • Photo Viewer / PlayerRAW Decoder / Viewer
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Product Description
MemoryKick Si, The Most Advanced Portable Media Solution on the market!” See, Share, Store, & Play - The MemoryKick Si is the most advanced portable media solution on the market offering the fastest backup and cutting-edge features in a pocket-size, lightweight device at a significantly lower price per megabyte! The MemoryKick Si is a Photo Viewer, Video Player, MP3 Player, Card Reader, and complete portable data backup solution in one compact, stylish device. Large storage capacity, the fastest transfer speed available, reliability, multimedia functionality, and the ability to share quickly is what the MemoryKick Si is all about.

The MemoryKick Si offers the fastest transfer speeds on the market. It can transfer any type of files (photos, videos, music, data, etc.) from memory cards, at blazing fast speeds up to 40MB/s utilizing its proprietary Direct Access File Management System (DA-FMS) technology, enabling it to transfer as much as 2.22 gigabytes per minute.

As many as three memory cards and one USB device can be connected simultaneously to the MemoryKick Si. You can easily transfer both to and from the MemoryKick Si, and virtually all of the memory cards and USB flash drives used today. You can also transfer directly from memory card to memory card, USB device, or computer hard drive.

The MemoryKick Si's 3.5-inch VGA LCD color screen is ideal for vivid, detailed viewing of photos and videos. The built-in G-sensor automatically orients images for horizontal and vertical viewing. With its ability to zoom in and out, create and display slideshows, and view RAW photos and EXIF information, the MemoryKick Si will be every photographer's indispensable digital assistant.

The MemoryKick Si enables you to:

SEE Photos and Videos on a 3.5-inch VGA LCD Color screen. Zoom in and out on your photos. View RAW photos with the RAW image decoder / viewer. The Auto Orientation G-sensor automatically adjusts for vertical and horizontal vie

Customer Reviews:
4 out of 5 stars its good, but needs improvement   May 20, 2010
M. Heltsley (Wisconsin)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I love it, in theory. In practice it upsets me all the time. The resolution of the screen is lower than expected. I don't need it to be great, but good would be nice. The viewing of raw files is painful, but possible. It does not support any of my video files yet. The menu is not intuitive or easy to figure out based on the symbols on the keys (some of which are just parts of the screen). It could stand to take a page from Apple.

That said it downloads faster than any other backup device I have used. Faster than the Epsons by leaps and bounds (those are pretty but slow as molasses). Faster than the Hyperdrive even. Though that has a terrible interface too, I cannot say I prefer this interface, or screen. I do however like how fast it is. What I don't like is that it gets stuck downloading files sometimes, and needs to be hard reset with a pin or paper clip. It happens enough that I tape a pin to it, and use it regularly. I find that it seems to be when I download a card with large video files on it. Usually after a reboot I try again and it works just fine. Usually. Sometimes it takes a few cycles.

I did have a HD failure already, not a good sign but the upside is support was fantastic. They had it swapped out quickly and painlessly. Though they did not ship it back with a tracking number, or even tell me it was coming back, and it did take longer than promised, though faster than advertised originally. I felt confident that support was on my side and that they had faith in the product and the company. They knew what they were doing and how to fix my problems. I have nothing but respect for that. In fact that is main reason I did not resell this and get a hyperdrive.

The battery life is OK, not great, but not bad considering the space available for a battery in there. This entire device is small, smaller than the Epsons, about the same as the hyperdrive maybe a touch smaller. It is is heavy for its size, and the wheel sticks out of the front so it takes more space than you might expect, but all in all this is quite small. I have portable HDDs this big and heavy and they dont have screens or a gazillion card readers.

I like that I can copy a card to a card, to a different kind of card, to a USB drive, to a USB HDD or thumbdrive. I can save around 25 16gig cards to this without worrying. I have copied at most 8 16 gig cards to this at one time and never had a problem, other than that HDD failure which happened in such a way that I did not lose any of my images thankfully.

This device is great for what it is. It has shortcomings for sure, but once they fix those I believe that this can be a really great device. Once they give it the ability to play a .mov video file of my 7D, or import it without crashing at least, and once they increase the screen resolution and give it little pep when viewing large raw files it will be perfect. The UI I can live with, its not a deal breaker. The rest I can wait for, as long as it keeps backing up cards quickly and accurately I am a happy camper.

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