Memory Kick review

Alex Mustard · Issue 53, Mar/Apr 2010 · pp. 35–37

Products mentioned: MemoryKick

It is a truism of technology that products continue to appear, which at first glance seem to do a job that doesn’t need doing, yet once you try them you scratch your head and wonder how you ever coped without them. The MemoryKick media centre fell into this category for me. The MemoryKick is a combined (deep-breath-in) portable hard drive/ photo-video backup/photo viewer/ card reader/video player/MP3 player. This being Underwater Photography Magazine, my interest was in its primary function for downloading, reviewing and storing images, which is something I can already do with my laptop, card reader and external hard drive. So I approached the MemoryKick with some scepticism as it aims to replace the last two of these, making its case by conveniently combining the tech into one package, providing a screen for reviewing images and, not least, for the speed at which it operates. I collecte…