SanDisk Now Shipping 32GB MicroSDHC

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2010/2010-03-22-sandisk-first-to-ship-32-gigabyte-microsdhc-card' target='_blank'>http://sandisk.com/about-sandisk/pr...-microsdhc-card</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Smartphones have evolved far beyond the simple phone call. They serve as mobile offices, music players, movie theaters, cameras, video recorders, GPS devices and gateways to the mobile Internet. The highly-versatile 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card delivers immediate memory expansion that lets consumers enjoy the storage-intensive features of their advanced handsets. For example, the 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card can store enough music to outlast 35 round-trip flights between San Francisco and New York before repeating a single song."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1269326953.usr14226.jpg" style="border: #d2d2bb 0px solid;" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I can remember how smug I was having two 1GB cards in my PDA back in the dark ages. Now they've put 16x that storage in a package the size of a fingernail, with a price in direct opposite proportion to its size. The card is so new that even SanDisk doesn't have any images of it in their media kit. BTW the wailing and gnashing of teeth you're hearing is me blowing off steam because Microsoft isn't allowing external storage on WP7S. I know, people are saying that 2GB to 8GB is enough on a phone - I beg to differ. I've currently got 16GB and I'm constantly juggling the media content. Anybody else in my boat? Who else is willing to donate an arm and a leg for this mighty mite?</p>

[Darius Wey]

Just for kicks. :)

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/20/before-and-after/

[Fritzly]

BTW the wailing and gnashing of teeth you're hearing is me blowing off steam because Microsoft isn't allowing external storage on WP7S. I know, people are saying that 2GB to 8GB is enough on a phone - I beg to differ. I've currently got 16GB and I'm constantly juggling the media content. Anybody else in my boat? Who else is willing to donate an arm and a leg for this mighty mite?

I am going to buy one next week, I was eagerly waiting for a 32GB card.
As for MS I will take a sabbatical year, probably with Android; when MS will launch WP7.1, 7.2 or 8 I willl look at it. Right now they seem to be in a psychedelic trip...... a deep and long one.

[mmidgley]

We should start to see some price reductions on these 32gb cards just in time for the holiday season and Microsoft's new... oh, wait. nevermind (http://windowsphonethoughts.com/news/show/97430/no-user-replaceable-storage-on-windows-phone-7-devices-please-proceed-with-your-screaming-and-yelling.html).

m.

[whydidnt]

I've got less than 500 MB free on my 32 GB iPhone, so yes this interests me. I've been playing with the Google Nexus One for the last week or so, and drooling over the prospect of either the HD2 or the HTC Supersonic too. However, the lack of on-board memory leaves me looking back at the iPhone.

I'm basically lazy about managing my music collection, don't want to have to carry multiple devices, but want my choice of music whenever (along with a few movies too! :) ) Now admittedly, I've got a couple of GPS apps on the iPhone that take up about 3 GB of space all by themselves, but still....

The only downer is the price. We can buy a 32 GB iPod touch for about $75.00 more than the retail on this card. I'm sure the price will drop pretty rapidly on these though, much like the 16 GB cards did when they came out. I also wonder if the next version of the iPhone might feature 64 GB of storage, once again putting those that rely on removable memory behind.

[whydidnt]

As for MS I will take a sabbatical year, probably with Android; when MS will launch WP7.1, 7.2 or 8 I willl look at it. Right now they seem to be in a psychedelic trip...... a deep and long one.
Just want to say in regards to this - I'm currently trying out the Nexus One. Very nice phone, Google has done a decent job tying the phone, messaging, etc. together. But....third party apps are a wasteland compared to what you can get on WM today. You may be happier sticking with WM 6.whatever for a year or so.

In either case - Android or WM 6.x - having a 32 GB card installed is a big plus if you are one that has lots of media that you want to access from one place.

[CeluGeek]

This is good news. Hopefully the price of 16 GB cards comes down and their availability (beyond a few online retailers) comes up, as the 32 GB cards take their place in the retail food chain.

[Russ Smith]

I've currently got at 16GB card in my phone and would love to have more media space. (When I was carrying my PDA, I had a 32GB SDHC _and_ a 32GB CF card installed.)

One beauty of WM up to this point has been its extensibility. I tend to get a little testy when anyone begins a sentence with "People don't really need..."

[Twain]

Does anyone know whether or not the HTC Touch Pro 2 can handle a 32 GB card? I have the impression that all of the advertising and spec sheets on the HTC website indicate 16 GB max.

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

The only downer is the price. We can buy a 32 GB iPod touch for about $75.00 more than the retail on this card.

And this is what gets me testy. You need to sign a contract to get that price for the iPhone. The memory card? You pay for it once. And you can get another if you want.

[whydidnt]

And this is what gets me testy. You need to sign a contract to get that price for the iPhone. The memory card? You pay for it once. And you can get another if you want.
Actually, I'm talking about the iPod TOUCH, not the iPhone. No contract required, and you get a whole media/browser/email/game machine on top of the memory. You pay once and get to use it as much as you want.:D

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Aha! Ok, that makes more sense. The touch has the advantage in not needing the memory to be that small.

Best of both worlds would really to have 32gb internal memory with a card slot.

Better yet, dual card slots. Two SDXC card slots anyone? :D

[Steve Jordan]

Does anyone know whether or not the HTC Touch Pro 2 can handle a 32 GB card? I have the impression that all of the advertising and spec sheets on the HTC website indicate 16 GB max.

Checking the <a href="http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchpro2/specification.html">HTC site</a> currently lists no size limit on the expansion card. I'd like to know this too, as I'll be getting the TP2 in about a week, and I want to know what memory I can put on-board without having to swap out cards.

[Mona13]

No memory card will probably be a deal-breaker for me in WP7. I can't imagine why MS is going backwards in memory cards and cut & paste. What a waste!

I'm using a Tilt 2 now and it's OK. Not worth giving up for a unit without a memory card.