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Brando 3-in-1 Data Dock Saves Case Space With Multi-Use Trays
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 8:48 PM on June 11, 2008
For those of you with desktop PCs crammed to the gills with peripherals, this slot-loading data dock from Brando might be a neat space-saver solution. It takes up just one 3.5-inch drive bay, but has three interchangeable sleds: one for 2.5-inch SATA HDDs, one with a 4-way USB hub and one a multi-type card reader. You simply chose which you need at the time, and slide it into one of the two slots. Cleverly each aluminum-frame sled also functions as an independent USB peripheral, making them pretty useful portable accessories too. Available now for US$69. [Brando]
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theimmc
Posted 9:04 PM 11/6/08
Looks like someone got a little distracted and added the car cigarette lighter power strip with USB to the gallery.
I guess card reader + hard drive can be useful, if the card reader supports UDMA for CF (unlikely) and SDHC. They can make this much more useful if they sell additional hard drive sleds separately.
theimmc
Pander
Posted 3:10 AM 12/6/08
ARRRRGGGGHHH!
Pander
Pander
Posted 3:09 AM 12/6/08
I think my re-post was filtered out. So I'm Mr. dum@ss. It's SATA and not IDE. It doesn't say anything about SDHC support, however.
Pander
Pander
Posted 3:02 AM 12/6/08
Okay, so I'm a dumbass for not clicking the link. It does support SATA drives, not IDE. Although it doesn't appear to support SDHC cards, however. Why didn't I click the link?
Pander
Pander
Posted 3:00 AM 12/6/08
This looks somewhat promising, but lacking. First, please explain how you use the CF slot in the docking bay without using it as an external USB device. Second, this really needs 2.5" SATA support else it's going to lose out on a lot of sales nowadays. As the previous poster mentioned, UDMA support and extra HDD sleds would be nice as well.
Pander
nXt
Posted 4:48 AM 12/6/08
This is awesome, I just ordered the black one.
I have a WD Passport 250gb I use on my xbox 360 to put high def wmv movies on it, I cracked it open and gonna put the sata drive in this thing, will match my xbox Elite too and my PC case.
nXt
eno
Posted 4:45 AM 12/6/08
Great for those of us that have Shuttle desktop computers...
eno
dancinbojangles
Posted 6:06 AM 12/6/08
Oh cool, I've been waiting for this for a while. For those that don't know, this actually came out in Japan ages ago as the Scythe Kamarack.
dancinbojangles
rlee
Posted 8:38 AM 12/6/08
@pander: I think you're right about the CF card. But since there are only two internal slots, you might want to keep the reader outside anyway.
So, you get everything you need for a USB hub and card reader, and you just have to crack open the "HDD enclosure", insert your internal drive, and connect it with that first cable? And if chose to use this for two drives, you'd need to buy a 2nd HDD enclosure for unspecified $$?
rlee
skullpin
Posted 4:30 PM 12/6/08
WTF? Brando making something useful? That large hadron collider must be coming online soon.
skullpin
Oracle989
Posted 10:22 AM 12/6/08
@dancinbojangles: i remember when giz announced the kamarack. i waited so long for that to come up on a site that I knew of, and today i see this...
Oracle989