Drifter, YES take the sim card out of your device, and insert into the reader (Bottom of the reader) and then connect to any USB port on your PC/Laptop, front or back, and will then show pictures on the sim card, from there you can import them all or just select the ones you want. Once on your PC can share transfer to a USB stick, print or whatever. Basically a card reader is just a means of getting photos off the camera,incidentally, there are ways to achieve the same thing, most cameras these days come with a cable that connects from the camera to the computer, again via a USB port.