Most people who have PS3's don't even take advantage of the card readers slots,that's why Sony didn't include them in the new models.(MY OPINION)

why would i need a card reader slot? a standard usb hub is like £nothing. 

Nice to have for some people. Completely useless for most.

i like the thought put into atleast. i never use my card reader but the usb slots help if u dont have a hub already

d****n that thing ugly it look like those those middle school electric pencil sharpeners

atleast thier one on the market if anyone need it.

There are already USB hubs like this for sale that look much better

my son is in love with this thing. he has a 40gig and really want to use his micro scan disk to upload music onto his ps3, he preparing for home and the music he wants to play while in the game.

Imma get it. I need a card slot. Also, I'll need the extra USB slot.

I use my card readers on my 60gig.

i use both the psp memory stick and the sd stick in my 60 ps3 but yeah im sure to most the card reader is useless but there are ppl that take advantage of having it

As do I. While I'm glad I dont need it, It's well designed for the 10 and 40gb users because it actually fits snug against the PS3. dosent look as bulky as you'd think.

sony shoulda added 2 rear usb ports for ps3 eye, etc...I had to buy an extension because my camera wouldnt fit on top of my  52" tv from my entertainment center...plus it looks kinda junky with a bent over cable coming out the front...

Quite handy actually i like little gadgets like this

Poor Effort  Really...

1. Damn Ugly

2. Too Limited USB....why not more on the side?

3. Too Limited Memory Stick Slot...why not support the other 20 odd Types of memory stick as well as "SD" and "MS" ???

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more usbs would require external power. Unless that thing already requires ac adaptor.
Could get this if it were little cheaper.

 i have the recent 80gig model that released about a few months ago or less,and im in DESPERATE need of more USB slots.. ive got to many things running on USB ends at once,and its hard to do that with only 2 USB port's.

and as far as the memory slots,i acually forgot witch memory sticks it supports but its not the biggest deal to me... id only be using it with my phone and psp if i loose my USB cord to it or am at a friends house and he or me aint got one either.

IMO i think its a bad@zz gadget and $19 is worth it to most and use-less to others.

 so long as its usb2 cause if you plug you plug your playstation eye into a usb1 slot it wont work.. and the transfer speeds would be awful.. my advice.. screw the card reader... buy a proper usb2 hub and know that you havent wasted your money..

I have a 60 gig launch PS3 (March 23rd 2007) and i do use the memory card slot actually, since i still have my 60 gig HD inside and its full of music and vids to show off to people when they come round my house,

i use a 16 gig memory stick pro duo filled with naughty pics and vids, lol that way i can still keep my vids clean on the PS3, and all i do is pull out my memory stick whenever somebody comes round to see me so they dont know what i have on it.

So i have no real use for the Nyko media hub, but i will recomend this device to my friends who have 40 gigs PS3's

I might get one of those cuz it cheap

(negative one plus three equals two -- it's not rocket science)

i loled here

 I agree, if you have a flash drive this is useless. 

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WHAT R U TALKING ABOUT MORE USB'S IT TURNS YOUR 1 USB INTO 3 MAKING UR SYSTEM HAVE 4 TOTAL IF IT ORIGINALLY HAD 2, OR SIX IF IT ORIGINALLY HAD 4. IT PLUGS IN FLUSH  AGAINST UR PS3 AND IT FITS IN RIGHT UNDER THE LIP WHERE IT IS OUT OF THE WAY AND NOT NOTICEABLE. THE PIC IS BLOWN UP CONSIDERABLY SO IT LOOKS BIG BUT REALLY U CAN HOLD ONE IN THE PALM OF UR HAND.

CHECK IT OUT A BIT BETTER HERE.

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