But their real advantage appears to be the SD Card storage technology.
Since a single song can require up to 24 megabytes (MB)4 of memory, quickly filling up the Wii's 512MB of onboard storage, the SanDisk Rock Band 2 SD gaming card provides enough storage space for at least 75 downloadable songs and enables gamers to take advantage of Rock Band 2's extra content.
ENGADGET: SanDisk releases 2GB Rock Band 2 SD card for all your downloadable content
The unit has 32 megabytes of memory and, as we suspected, uses the SD memory card for removable storage.
The SanDisk 2GB Rock Band 2 SD gaming card is the storage solution that Wii gamers have been looking for, allowing them to take advantage of Rock Band 2's memory-intensive features.
ENGADGET: SanDisk releases 2GB Rock Band 2 SD card for all your downloadable content
The new SharePort cloud router also offers an SD card slot for additional storage and sharing options.
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It's powered by a 1GHz AMLogic ARM processor, has a Mali-400 GPU and comes with 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, plus an SD card slot for future expansion.
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And, using the handy SharePort Mobile app for mobile devices, USB and SD card file sharing or expanded device storage, it's easier than ever to record and share a video with friends, send a corporate presentation to people in the audience, or transfer digital photos from a camera's memory card to a computer in the field.
ENGADGET: D-Link releases the $120 SharePort Go II pocket router / hotspot with added SD card reader
SharePortGo II also features a USB port and SD card slot for sharing content from a storage device or charging smartphones and tablets, as well as an Ethernet port that enables users to easily connect to an existing network in a conference room or hotel room.
ENGADGET: D-Link releases the $120 SharePort Go II pocket router / hotspot with added SD card reader
With its internal storage capacity of 2 gigabytes, the micro SD card slot, and the built-in media player, the LUMILEO M200 can even work without an external storage device.
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It also supports 1080p HD video and 3D through HDMI, comes with a mini USB port, and micro-SD card slot for up to 32GB for additional storage of favorite games, movies, photos, and documents.
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And speaking of managing your allotted 16GB of space, Sony's made it so that internal storage is relegated to MTP, whereas any SD card you bring to the table will be handled by MSC.
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The aforementioned apps (available for iOS and Android) will allow owners to look in live at any time, with recorded video automatically stored on the included 4GB SD card, a personal NAS or a cloud storage facility like Dropbox.
The left side of the slate houses a headphone jack, micro-HDMI connection, micro-USB 2.0 and a full-size SD card slot that lets you add up to 128GB of external storage (and theoretically more).
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There's also an HDMI port for outputting 1080p video to a TV, along with one full-size USB port, a mini-USB connector for syncing and updates, a power port and a micro-SD card slot, for adding up to 32 gigs of extra storage.
Normally, Android tablets are kitted out with a micro SD card slot that allows the user to easily and cheaply add extra storage to the device.
There's also an SD card slot interestingly, which could potentially be used as local DVR storage for quick pause and rewind without pulling from the main server.
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