Sometimes you come across gadgets that you don’t understand why never became a success. The SanDisk SD Plus memory card series is one such gadget, and while they don’t seem to be in production anymore I finally got my hands on one – from eBay.

I always have a fast 4GB SDHC card in my netbook for transferring files, backing up etc- but sometimes I come across situations where I need to transfer something to or from a computer without a card reader (or one of my own computers and I can’t find the card reader). I’ve been using a small microSDHC card reader with a card to act as such a “shuttlecraft”, but it’s nowhere near as quick as the Ultra II SDHC card I use and it takes up an extra USB port.

The solution I’ve known for ages to be this SD Plus series of Ultra II cards from SanDisk, but they seem to be out of production as I’ve ordered them from several palces and gotten cancelled orders (twice) or the wrong item. I finally found a UK seller on eBay selling them for a decent price, and jumped on one.

The concept behind the card is simple: It’s a full size Ultra II SDHC card, but hinged in the middle to reveal a USB connector. That way it fits into any standard SD card reader – such as the completely flush one on my 1101HA – while acting as it’s own card reader. Awesome.