The PhotoFast CR-9000 device, spotted on Japanese website Impress by Gizmodo is a SATA-connected 2.5” device which takes up to SDHC flash memory cards and presents them to the host PC as a single logical drive.

Available in Japan at a price of ¥9,980 (about $90) the unit has a low entry cost so long as you’ve got a bunch of matching SDHC cards already lying around.

Perhaps most interestingly is the lack of backwards compatibility on the drive itself – the device only supports SDHC cards of 4GB or higher, without the capability to use smaller SD cards that one would expect of an SDHC-aware device. I’m afraid that you’ll have to find another use for those hundreds of 512MB and 1GB cards that seem to accumulate every time you buy a new gadget.

Thank you Danny T for sending this in.