Data card guide to improve user experience

A data card guide apparatus, comprising:

• a card guide having a guide base, said card guide aligned in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane with a card slot for receiving a data card irrespective of a height and a position of said card slot, wherein said card guide is oriented to face said card slot and wherein a height of said guide base equals a height of said card slot to provide for an exact alignment in a vertical direction;
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• a channel formed from channel walls and located above said card guide to allow for holding of said data card with at least two fingers while said data card slides in or out of said card guide, said channel configured as an extension of said card guide and wherein a height of said channel is equivalent to a height of said guide base and wherein said channel walls comprise a shape selected from among a variety of different types of shapes and wherein a width of said channel is approximately half a width of said data card to provide support to said data card while said data card is being held by fingers.