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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
With my Axim, I:
- keep personal data in RAM
- install most apps to Flash ROM
- install BIG apps to SD card (games)
- keep only movies, MP3s, WMAs, and maybe pictures on the SD card
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I pretty much agree with Jason. Here's how I do things on my3870:
- Keep any data that changes regularly in RAM (so it can synchronize with my PC). That means I do not keep my wallet data in my iPAQ File Store, even though that would make sense (to ensure a hard reset wouldn't kill that important data).
- Important, non-personal data that doesn't change goes in the iPAQ File Store or on my 128 MB SD card (because that's always in my iPAQ).
- Media files that I don't need regularly go on my 512 MB CF card, mainly because they won't fit on my SD card and the SD card is slower.
- Most apps I want ready access to are in RAM, with the exception of Pocket Explorer, which I put in the File Store.
- Games and new software that I'm testing go on my SD card if they work there, otherwise in RAM.
- Pocket CoPilot (my GPS software) and its maps are on my CF card, because my NavMan sleeve has a CF slot.
If I had a 512 MB SD card or larger, I might put my media files on the SD card.
WARNING: You can lose access to your SD cards! I was using my GPS on a trip to San Francisco, but had to run it on batteries. As I was headed home, my iPAQ shut down due to low battery. I took my GPS sleeve off and put my Dual PC Card sleeve on, because it has another battery in it.
Imagine my shock when I couldn't access data on my SD card, even though the CF card in the sleeve was accessible. When I got home and hooked my iPAQ to its cradle, I was able to access my SD card again, so no damage was done. Apparently, if your main batteries are low, you lose access to the SD card, even if you have an external battery.
Steve