Expresscard reader for CF & SDHC cards

I'm looking for a card reader for my Macbook Pro that can read compact flash cards (from my DSLR) as well as the SDHC (from my Blackberry 8330 curve) and hopefully some of the other common photo cards. But from my cursory searches, I'm seeing only one type of reader or the other. Are CF and SDHC card formats incompatible in a single card reader? Or am I just not looking hard enough? Much appreciated!

I have never seen a single reader for the Expresscard slot that does both CF and SD. I think the issue is that the CF card won't fit in the 34mm size. So that would make for a much bulkier and less visually attractive reader The CF readers already stick out quite a bit. Now it would have to be even bigger to get the SD connector. You could get a CF reader, then get a SD-CF adapter. But that's still technically two adapters.
Me personally, I just gave up and got a $20 USB reader that does CF, SD, MS and XD. Unless you're transferring a lot of data from the memory cards, this might be the most cost effective. Otherwise, for speed, you'll have to get separate Expresscard adapters. However, you'll want to check the specs carefully as some of the readers use the USB interface of the Expresscard slot instead of the PCI interface and so might not get faster transfer rates than an external USB reader.

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