Comments on: 4GB SD Card Announced

Not yet.

Ryan on Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:59:58 PM wrote:
> 4GB SD Card Announced
> ATP, a Taiwan memory manufacturer, has announced a new ProMax SD
> card line that will come in capacities of up to 2GB initially,
> with a 4GB card planned.

So when we will see these 4GB cards is unknown.

I *would* like to be able to use my Palm as a USB portable drive, though.... :)

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But then so will HD's. Until 3D optical storage, and nano-cluster storage make their debut (outside of the lab) I don't see flash taking the stage from HD's just yet. Scale it up, and M-Systems 3.5" SCSI Flash HD in 90Gig flavor MSRP'd at $90,000 last year. This years 176GB model hasn't had it's price announced yet.

It's *because* everyone says, "why would I had a hard drive when I can get the same amount of storage in a flash card?", that HD's will stay on the near side of cheap, comparitively.

But yes, there is a day coming when HD's will go the way of the 8-track. But for today, there's the LifeDrive.

But PalmOne, come-on, put more cache in it, and extend the "RAM" partition to 128Gigs. At least the latter costs you nothing to compete with the box side-panel specs of a Windows Mobile device.

"I'd rather have a device with 64MB of *REAL* RAM and a 1GB Card than 10GB of NVFS/HD/NAND."

Choice is a good thing. Pick up a Zodiac while you can...

The Zodiac includes a copy of WordSmith, so that's not a worry.

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-- well, this would be a start.

VFS benchmarks fall short of the current card throughput, nevermind scorcher like this.

Still, good for ATP, just not real useful for us.
Now if that card has a USB2.0 tab on the side ala Sandisk, that'd be something...

As a general rule-of-thumb, with digital-electronics, with increased speed comes an increased power requirement. Sometimes as bad as a square relationship; if one doubles the speed, one requires four times the power.

Since power is voltage times current (P = I V) and usually one holds the voltage constant, to increase the speed will call for increased current.

Due to the new fat32 driver Palm OS can address 4GB easily (as seen in the lifedrive). Older Palm devices do not have this capability natively, but there is an unofficial patch around which people can try and install.

Surur

Surur

This is the internet. We move at a faster pace. Tomorrow we will start complaining that you haven't yet produced an *8GB* card...

BTW, SD only does not necessarily mean thin. Palm has clearly lost the skill to make thin PDA's. Maybe cheaper components are bulkier. The Tungsten T5 (SD only) is 121 x 78 x 15.5 vs the Loox 720 (CF and SD on top of each other) which is 122 x 72 x 15.2.

Surur

Suer, are you not familar with the adage that "you can't put five pounds of Gekko in a three pound space?"

Until we get to molecular level computing and handheld fusion reactors the demands of battery, screen, memory, features and price are going to exact a toll on size.

"Many men stumble across the truth, but most manage to pick themselves up
and continue as if nothing had happened."
- Winston Churchill

PocketPC's/Windows Mobile devices consistently fit SD *and* CF in the same or smaller form factor, with generally as large a battery, screen, and more ram. And to rub salt in, all but one of the VGA sporting Windows Mobile devices have USB host as well.

Going back a few years, HandEra put CF *and* SD, plus a rechargeable/replaceable battery, jog dial, high res screen, real speaker, Mic with dedicated record button, a separate DC input jack, and fully functional LED indicator (anyone remember how nice it was to have a blinking LED to tell you of missed alarms even when the PDA was asleep), all in the same Palm IIIxe case that PalmOne put out (with none of the above features).

If I hear one more ill-informed half brained poster claim on PalmOne's behalf that CF in too large to fit in a PDA, they're getting both barrels. Don't go there (do your research instead). You're warned, no excuse.

Hahahaha. ROTFLMAO!

Gekko: I'll take a Dell running POS. But just to spite you, *you* have to pay for it.

The T5 could easily have dual slots and a removable battery and keep the same form factor.

Surur

Yeh, I guess I should be used to it by now - what with all my unfashionable opinions.

Have you even LOOKED /HANDLED any of the latest WM devices on the market? Hell, I have a 2 year old Toshiba e740 which is an ugly design, but it DOES pack SD/CF/Removable Batt/Wi-Fi into a package that is about half the thickness of the LD. And battery door creak? I've never experienced that even on old AAA battery Palms.

The x50v is incredibly svelte considering what is in it.