Conclusion
Despite the simplicity of what this device provides, it is one of the handiest transfer devices I’ve seen; out-of-the box thinking was responsible for this. It’s not the newest tech craze, but it is a darn useful tool, enabling you—and your clients or friends—to transfer to or from an SD card or USB drive without carrying a cable at all times. The inclusion of an SD card reader opens other doors for transfers from digital cameras or to/from phones or other devices with MicroSD cards. Internet connections aren’t always available, reliable, or fast, and increasingly have data caps, so the ad hoc wireless network and other features of the MobileLite can greatly simplify file transfers.
Providing the ability to transfer files between friends or coworkers in a local setting, the MobileLite G3 is great. Bluetooth, of course, promised to solve this problem long ago, but but inter-device [in]compatibility and poor feature exposure in software (operating systems) meant this essentially never arrived.
There’s no other device quite like this on the market today, and I think it’s pretty cool. Hopefully the software continues to mature and the industry pushes USB-C/3/PD adoption, but this is still a very neat little gadget.
