The thrill of getting a high-capacity memory card for your digital camera can be tempered when it takes an hour to transfer your pictures to a PC via the camera's USB connector. Thankfully, SanDisk's new 8-in-1 ImageMate can speed up the process.

Connecting to a PC using USB 2.0, it offers transfer speeds that are up to 40 times faster than USB 1.1 devices (the PC must have a USB 2.0 too). No drivers are required: Windows XP, 2000, and Me recognize four new "removable" drives when you plug in the ImageMate; Mac OS 9.1 or later and OS X display a new drive on your desktop when a memory card is inserted.

The ImageMate has four slots, all of which do double duty: the first handles both SD and MMC cards; the second MemoryStick and MemoryStick Pro; the third CF Type I and II; and the last handles SmartMedia and xD cards.

You can connect the ImageMate to your PC by dropping it into the included cradle or linking it directly via USB cable -- so you don't have to pack the cradle too, when you're on the road with your notebook PC. Either way, it requires a powered USB port.

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Estimated price: $52*

By Sean Carruthers

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