Is there an external SIM card reader compatible with Mac OSX?

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Is there an external SIM card reader compatible with Mac OSX?

Hello there,
I would like to back up my phone numbers and SMS messages from my mobile phone through the USB port onto my MacBook running 10.4.11, but the only SIM card readers I can find are just compatible with PCs. I bought a Veho VSD-229 54-in-1 card reader, which claims to be compatible with Mac, but it turns out the SIM reader is not (neither can you load the software from the included CD as it's too small for the internal drive!). I have an O2 Sim card in a Nokia phone (can't afford an iPhone!).
Any help much appreciated.
L

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Feb 24, 2010 7:52 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 24, 2010 8:48 AM in response to Leonito

Try to find someone with a tray loading drive who can copy that small CD to standard size.

The only product in the US (but not in the U.K.) I'm aware of: http://www.cellular-blowout.com/simreader.html

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Feb 24, 2010 9:38 AM in response to Kay Marczoch

Hiya, thanks for that suggestion, is very expensive to ship to the UK, though.

I contacted Veho and they said they haven't developed the software to run that product as a SIM card reader on Mac (how they can sell it as Mac ready, I don't know), so it wouldn't matter whether I was able to load the small CD or not.

Any other ideas, anything available in the UK?

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Answer 3

Feb 24, 2010 11:24 AM in response to Leonito

sorry - but no

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