12-24-2004, 06:10 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Did Someone Say 3GB?
"All we�ve got to go on is a scan of an advertisement that was in The Straits Times the other day (thanks to reader Nic Seow for the hookup on that), but a company called Microdia says they�ll have a 3GB SD memory card for sale soon, as well as a 3GB MMC card, a 2GB miniSD, and a 2GB RS-MMC cards."
I had to blink twice when I read this one. Microdia will apparently offer a 3GB SD card soon. I checked today's date, and it's not April 1st, so I'm going to take this one as fact, not fiction. What are your thoughts? ;-)
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12-24-2004, 06:13 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Anyone got an idea where these can be bought?
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12-24-2004, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Typhoon
Anyone got an idea where these can be bought?
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Details are still a little sketchy from what I can tell, although I just popped over to the Microdia website and it seems like you can purchase items from their website. But I'd wait until it's announced first since the 3GB card is not yet a selectable option.
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12-24-2004, 06:59 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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SD AND mini-SD @ 3GB??? That's just AMAZZZZING! Bring it on I say!!! 8O
I just wonder how much it will cost :?
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12-24-2004, 07:21 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Wow, so 1" HDDs don't really have a capacity advantage anymore? Isn't the largest 1" HDD (in a CF card) right now only 4.3GB or so?
Which is strange though, since 1.8" HDDs have much bigger capacities nowadays (up to 60GB judging from the biggest iPod Photo model -- BTW I'd bought the 40GB iPod Photo for a friend).
I'm not sure what the biggest capacity 2.5" HDD is, but I don't think it's much more than 60GB, which is also strange. It would seem the 1.8" formfactor has the most capacity per square inch, compared to both 1" and 2.5" formfactors?
If more Pocket PCs start adding a PCMCIA slot, then we can actually use removable 60GB (1.8" HDD in a PC Card), that'd be cool 
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12-24-2004, 07:44 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by bitequator
Wow, so 1" HDDs don't really have a capacity advantage anymore? Isn't the largest 1" HDD (in a CF card) right now only 4.3GB or so?
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Actually, the largest CF microdrive is 5 GB, which is still quite a bit larger than 3 GB. Still, I'm going to wait and see if this 3 GB SD card actually comes out. It might make the 2 GB ones affordable. :lol:
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12-24-2004, 07:46 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Hmm the only question now is which banking institution they are going to use to establish a line of credit to purchase this thing with. 8O :lol:
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12-24-2004, 07:49 AM
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Oh one other question. Does anyone remember what the max capacity of the SD format is? I could have sworn I read somewhere it maxed out at 3-4GB? :confused totally:
If that is the case, and this announcement is true, we may seen the end of the line for the SD in its current form.
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12-24-2004, 08:31 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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I thought that MMC was by definition is unable to havesizes over 128 or something. :idea:
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12-24-2004, 12:42 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2002
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no thoughts
just drooling
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