11-21-2002, 02:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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1.5GB - 3GB Compact Flash Cards From Pretec
http://www.pretec.com/
Pretec has announced 1.5GB, 2GB and 3GB Compact Flash cards at Comdex. They have a press release in PDF format here. They will have samples ready by the end of the year on the 2GB+ cards. 1.5GB samples are ready now. These aren't exactly cheap. The 3GB sample will be $2,499. :crazyeyes:
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11-21-2002, 02:19 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 414
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I'll take two of the 3.0 gigs, and two of the 2.0 gigs. The 1.5s are just too small to use for anything.
-Me, December....2004-
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11-21-2002, 02:23 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 468
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3 Gigabytes on my Pocket PC??? Yes, I'm drooling over here. And so is my Jornada...
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11-21-2002, 02:29 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 248
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My Heart Says Yes
But my wallet says a resounding no. I'll stick to the microdrive until my wallet gets fatter...or I plan on declaring personal bankruptcy. The enw microdrive should be out soon and will be much cheaper for two gigs.
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11-21-2002, 02:34 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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Uhhh... I ain't droolin'.... not at $2500...
Man, I could buy a TabletPC at that price!!
I currently have a 512MB CF and on a 10+ international hour flight (which I do a lot of) that provides more than enough MP3s to last me through and you could get 1GB CF cards now for around $300-400.
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11-21-2002, 02:35 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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Umm I think NOT. When the price of computer equipment starts falling into the down payment range of a new car its time to say no. *shrugs* Give it a year and the price will be down in the sub grand range.
Hmmm Do you think BMW accepts down payments in CF cards? OK I'll give you 2 3GB cards and 1 1.5GB cards for that beauty
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11-21-2002, 02:37 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 209
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$2,499
Ummm. Let me think about that.....
Yeah. I'm gonna have to say, NO!
What possible reason would I have to spend that on portable memory?
At that price I could have:
- A couple of nice PC's.
- A laptop or two WITH a large hard drive AND a Toshiba 5 GB PCMCIA drive.
- 8 new top line Dell Axim's (or would that be Axii ?) and some regular memory.
- 4 new Compaq 5450's and a Coke (maybe a cheeseburger too).
Pretec, put the crack pipe down and step away.
8O
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And there you are.
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11-21-2002, 02:42 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 468
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Originally Posted by ekkie
Uhhh... I ain't droolin'.... not at $2500...
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Trust me, at that price, drooling is ALL I'm doing. If I had that kind of cash lying around, I'd have already bought a Tablet PC.
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11-21-2002, 03:00 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7
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I'll take two :wink:
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11-21-2002, 03:05 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Keep in mind that this isn't primarily for PDA users. The photo industry uses CF cards and they take pics in the 5-20MB range in a raw format per image.
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