Meenova microSD card reader

[fisterkev]

So I got one of the Meenova microSD card readers, and I am finding it works pretty well. I have a 16GB Nexus 5 so don't really have alot of room for media, and I have a very large offline collection of video and music files, and needed some way to use them with the phone without using up my app space. The Meenova fit the bill.

The unit comes with a USB interface that essentially turns your microSD into a USB flash drive. It also comes with a keychain latch so that you can keep the unit on your keychain, and simply pop it in when you need it. It is quite small and doesn't protrude to the point that the phone is difficult to handle. Much better than an OTG with a cable.

I am using Nexus Media Importer since I am not rooted, and am using a 32GB card in it. The website says that if you are rooted you can use StickMount and access SDXC 64GB cards. My 64GB card wouldn't work with Nexus Media Importer as is, as it only supports FAT32 and not exFAT. That's a software issue, though, not a hardware issue.

This little unit solves a big problem for me and gives me at least a reasonably sized media library on the go that I can't have due to the phone's limitations. I can now carry a dozen or so HD movies along with a pretty decent music library and not eat into the phone's storage at all. For the price you can't lose; it is possibly the best $12 I ever spent.

Meenova.com, Welcome

 

[Haalcyon]

I have a Meenova as well. Very nice little uSD card reader. Thanks for your thoughts on it.

 

[Kia_Malagress]

I recently Bought the MEENOVA Card reader as well and it is definitely the best 15$ I spent.
My Next project is trying to do research on how to move my apps to the MEENOVA with or without rooting my phone.

I dont understand why Android took away our option to have an external SD, only to try to Bank on the fact that they could increase the internal storage instead.
In my opinion I have many useful apps that I use and that 12-16gig internal gets used up quickly.
I had my RAXR MAXX HD less than a month and already Ive been getting messages for "Low internal space"????
Really?

I honestly think the manufacturers purposely made the phone with 16 gigs of space because they NEW that the average user would max it out quickly . I also think that they had this planned because if they have a bunch of people that feel this way, then they will create a NEWER phone (Still with NO external Card) but with a slightly bigger internal memory to Keep us as customers , so we can UPGRADE to the NEW up and coming back to Droid with more internal space and the next newer and better phone and the next .. and the next..

Wrong!!.. If Android doesnt give us (not the average user) the option to have an external SD card slot.. then this will be my last Droid that I will ever purchase. And I know many people who feel the same way as well . Ive been a droid user since the beginning in 2009 when I had my 1st generation Droid. And It saddens me that Ill have to see elsewhere for my next phone If I dont have my external SD card slot.:'(