Samsung Develops 8GB MicroSD Card

[AdamaDBrown]

Originally Posted by ditch_azeroth

but jerry's right, why do they even bother with the microdrives they put in newer devices? a big flash drive is so much better - less power consumption, less space occupied and in most cases, much faster too ^_^

Money. Those microdrives are typically even cheaper than flash memory. They have to be, these days.

[AdamaDBrown]

Originally Posted by ditch_azeroth

but jerry's right, why do they even bother with the microdrives they put in newer devices? a big flash drive is so much better - less power consumption, less space occupied and in most cases, much faster too ^_^

Money. Those microdrives are typically even cheaper than flash memory. They have to be, these days.

[Kadoogan]

Originally Posted by AdamaDBrown

Yes, there are lots of non-SDHC 4 GB cards. Those are the only ones that work in existing devices. They're only available in SD and MiniSD, though, no 4 GB MicroSD cards.

By no means guaranteed to work. I bought a non-SDHC 4GB miniSD card for my old Orange C600 (using an imate SP5 ROM) and that wouldn't handle the card. Occasionally it would read something from it but very, very slowly, and the phone would always lock up before too long.

Tried partitioning to 2x2GB partitions, and using FAT instead of FAT32, but that didn't help.

Others have experienced the same thing. It seems a matter of luck if your device works with the card or not.

Jason.

[fruehling]

With 8GB now available, why the hell are we still watching movies on ****ty light discs? DVDs scratch and are so sensative. Just replace it all with SD. Keep your whole movie collection in your wallet!

[AdamaDBrown]

Originally Posted by fruehling

With 8GB now available, why the hell are we still watching movies on ****ty light discs? DVDs scratch and are so sensative. Just replace it all with SD. Keep your whole movie collection in your wallet!

DVDs cost pennies to make, whereas the cheapest memory cards are hundreds of times that. This 8 GB card, for instance, will probably start out with a retail of $100 or so when it finally does hit the market.

[fruehling]

DVDs cost pennies to make, whereas the cheapest memory cards are hundreds of times that. This 8 GB card, for instance, will probably start out with a retail of $100 or so when it finally does hit the market.

Then 6 months later the actual cost will drop to $15. Does anyone else see this replacing shooting a laser at a spinning disc? I guess the movie industry will not be on board, but why not include an Sd slot in DVD players? I bet China will start doing this very soon.

[AdamaDBrown]

Originally Posted by fruehling

Then 6 months later the actual cost will drop to $15.

That may be a little optimistic, but even stipulating that, $15 is still a hell of a lot compared to $0.05 for pressing a DVD.

I guess the movie industry will not be on board, but why not include an Sd slot in DVD players? I bet China will start doing this very soon.

Some already do--in fact, I own an older Liteon LVD-2001 which includes the capability to play videos in a variety of formats off of a memory card.