A twist on the USB stick

Plenty of storage, small and compact

May be of limited use

If you need to regularly swap data between your PC and microSD it's a worthwhile investment but it may have limited appeal

- If you've bought a new laptop in the last year, chances are you've got one of the new express card slots on the side of it. Half the size of a PC card the idea, for those not in the know, is to be able to offer you a chance to expand your offering,

Fit in your Express Card slot, takes power from the computer, works with most memory card formats

No CompactFlash support

Small and light it'll save you having to take yet another cable in your bag

- Similar in style to the Flash Go 2! Reader, Crucial's 7-in-1 card reader is a compact affair that does what it sets out to do.

Covers 88% of card formats to date

Made obsolete by future formats, & omits the most recent

If you don't need xD it's a good buy. Hopefully it'll be updated to give maximum coverage of all formats.