SD card reader for iPhone might help bridge the photo gap

It's cool that Apple is getting all cozy with SD cards for the iPad; it helps to sell the idea that the iPad is closer to a MacBook than an iPhone. As useful as an SD card reader is for the iPad, there is one minor hiccup: it probably won't work with the iPhone.

ZoomMediaPlus aims to fill that gap with the ZoomIt SD card reader/application for the iPhone. The ZoomIt is a dongle that plugs in to the iPhone's dock connector and (with the use of Zoom's app) allows you to view and share content stored on an SD card.

According to ZoomMediaPlus, the card reader works in conjunction with its application that can be installed on either an iPhone or iPod touch. The app has a file browser that lets you browse files by group such as documents, pictures, or videos. It's also possible to copy files of any type from an SD card to your iPhone's internal storage.

The ZoomIt iPhone app also has the ability to quickly and easily send photos and documents from the SD card via email. Further, photos on an SD card can be sent via MMS or simply added to the internal photo library.

The ZoomIt SD card reader is available now for pre-order for $49.95US -- which is a savings of over 15% off the final retail price ($59.95US). According to ZoomMediaPlus, pre-orders will begin shipping in April of this year. Of course, by that time, Apple's own SD card reader could be available and surprising us all with iPhone compatibility.

[via Engadget]

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hachu

I think the old Belkin card readers for iPod depended on firewire, which was removed in the 5G.

February 09 2010 at 4:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John.B

I need something similar, but for CF cards...

February 09 2010 at 4:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

joeybeast

It's is extracting full res images or down-sized ones?

February 09 2010 at 3:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Dale

The originals, there is no process in between manipulating your files.

February 09 2010 at 4:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

DANIEL SUZUKI

I shoot news. This will help me so much! I wont have to lug my laptop and the 3G card on location to upload photos back to base.
Zoomit for the FREAKEN WIN!

February 09 2010 at 3:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Josh Wardell

What this really needs is the ability to use the iphone to backup the photos to online storage....this would be very useful for vacations in case you lost your card, or allow you to erase it and take more photos when it was full.

This has the potential to have the features of eye-fi cards, but no need to buy more expensive SD cards, and of course being able to connect anywhere.

February 09 2010 at 3:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

shutter

Any idea if this'll work with an iPod Touch (eg, for photo editing?)

February 09 2010 at 3:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gregg Palmer

The one thing that irritates me is that the moving of pictures from a camera or SD card to an iPod used to be a function that was supported in 4G. This functionality was removed in 5G+. I wish they would restore it. It was a really cool way to offload photos while on vacation.

February 09 2010 at 2:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

PhenomCat

This is huge! Finally I can transfer stuff to my iPhone without the headache...

Plus the MacBooks have SD card readers built in now, which would make the transfer quick and seamless(hopefully).

February 09 2010 at 2:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply