[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] mtran2988:
There's a handful of these usb+5-1 card readers on amazon/ebay wherever you look. I was wondering if anyone has one of these, and if so how does it work. If not, i'm planning on getting one (feel like it's a good investment.. especially for 5 or 7 bucks).

http://www.amazon.com/QQ-Tech®-Came...3VI6/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1331906071&sr=8-6

I picked this one because it has prime shipping, that's the only reason why. I also ordered another one because it looks a bit shorter. I don't know if it's picture angles or what, but here's the url to that one too.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-CONNECT...6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1331911494&sr=1-6

I'll post back on this. Some are saying it's very delicate, or it gets in the way.. but I don't feel like I'm going to be leaving this in the tab very long. Just to pull things from the SD to the tab. We'll see. Hopefully I can drop a review of what I think.

Hope to get back after testing it a little.

Testing:

Firstly, I apologize if this review isn’t in some sort of coherent format. This is my first review of a product... be gentle.

Here’s some pictures so you can compare the two.

Sorry for low lighting, but i think it's good enough so you can see the difference.

I will refer to the fatter Card readers as the QQ, and the slimmer one as the ATC.

Connection and Aesthetics

Off the bat, the ATC one is much thinner. Both of the readers do not work with the ViperTek case I have unless the part holding the tab is folded back. Not a big deal for me, but I though I'd mention that. I have been treating the connectors like small children. The comments of "fragile connections" has got me worried. I can see fragileness on the QQ connector, but on the ATC one, the connection doesn't move around too much. When I plug the ATC one into the tablet, it feels like it locks better than the QQ one.

ATC connector box : weight Approx 18g - Size Approx 48*30*11.5mm

QQ doesn't state the specs, but it's longer and fatter. The width of the 2 are about the same.

Rundown of the QQ Reader:

The QQ reader has a tiny toggle on the right side of the connector to swap between USB and SD. It comes with a clear cap to protect your connection from bending in transportation.

One bad thing I noticed when testing the QQ reader is, it pretty much eats your Micro SD card when you plug it in. The first time I plugged in the reader with an SD card, I got the message at the bottom. The reader had successfully read the card. After that I didn’t know what else to really check. I popped open a File explorer and noticed a new file in the root called usbdrive. I opened that and lo-and-behold, the contents of my sd card showed up. To remove it... I didn’t know what to really do. There is no unmounting option or anything, so I backed out of the file explorer and yanked the whole connector out. Needless to say, I got an error saying “lost connection” and android.media crashed. I plugged the reader back in to see if it still read, and it popped up like it did previously. This time, I removed the SD card first. This stated that the media is removed, and everything seemed ok. Now getting to the bad part. I swapped the connector over to USB, and plugged it in with a usb drive. I think it read once, then after that the QQ connector was dead. I haven’t been able to get it to read cards or USB devices since I swapped the toggle. I emailed the company and see if a replacement gets sent out.

Update: Contacted amazon and just got a refund on the QQ connector. Marked it as defective, since it doesn't really read cards anymore...

Pros: Comes with a cap to protect the connector

Cons: It broke,

USB to SD toggle is very hard to switch on the fly,

Bulky,

Feels Fragile,

Eats your microSD card,

Doesn’t fit well with leather folding cases

I’d stay away from this one and pay a bit more for a better one.

Rundown of the ATC Reader:

The first thing I noticed about this was the lack of usb/sd toggle switch. I connected it to the tab and plugged in a microSD card (plugs in gold sides up). The MicroSD card sticks out half way, and gives a nice click feel, letting me know it was indeed connected. It’s very easy to remove the microSD compared to the QQ reader, and just based off of that I prefer this one over the QQ one. Plugging this into the tab, it suffers the same out of place symptoms as the QQ reader, but I don’t plan on using it connected too long. I plugged in the microSD card and opened up a file explorer. I was able to see the contents again in root\usbdrive. I unplugged the card, then the connector and received no errors. I plugged the connector back in, and tried a usb drive. Again, the connector picked it right up. I decided to plug in both microSD and USB to see what happened, the connector seems to choose microSD as a default, if both are plugged in. After much disconnecting and reconnecting, it’s still working.

Pros: Slim,

No tiny toggle,

Cards stick out allowing easy retrieval,

Feels more sturdy when plugging in,

Works

Cons: Doesn’t work well with leather folding cases,

No protector for connection

Conclusion:

If you’re looking for a card reader/ usb reader, and you’re not ready to dish out 60 bucks for the official samsung ones, I’d look into the ATC Card reader. It’s slim, and seems to work.