Hi, I am interested in buying a smart card reader for the PC. Smart card as in the chips used by stuff like cell phones. Wikipedia article on smart cards shows a bunch of different chip variations. All differ in the pin layout. Does a smart card reader read all of the layouts? Or do you have to get a specific one?
Whoa there. You may have just mixed 2 technologies. You want to read a SIM card or a Smart(SD) card? If it's the latter then typically card readers give you the ability to read all formats. My mini-SD came with adapters to standard SD which is in almost every card reader. For you I would say find out what kind of card you want to use(probably mini-SD) and make sure the card reader you're purchasing reads it.
