Addonics Technologies will begin shipping next week a lightweight (4.5 oz.) plug & play Compact Flash Card reader that uses the USB port to provide an easy, inexpensive and high speed way to transfer digital images or data to a PC or iMac.

The new product, called the Pocket Memory Reader, is designed for the mobile photography and mobile computing markets. It will allow users of digital cameras, personal digital assistants (PDA), personal organizers, voice recorders or other mobile electronic products using CompactFlash Cards or IBM's Micro Drive to by-pass the parallel port and plug directly into USB. Since iMacs don't have a parallel port, this will give users a convenient way to transfer digital images and data.