09-27-2006, 06:00 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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SanDisk and Pretec Announce 16GB CompactFlash Cards
"SanDisk� Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced the 12- and 16-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Extreme� III CompactFlash� cards to its award-winning Extreme III performance line, making these the highest capacity cards in the world."
Both SanDisk and Pretec have just unveiled 12GB and 16GB CompactFlash cards (not Microdrives). If you're one of the few with CompactFlash-enabled Pocket PCs (for example, the Dell Axim X50/X51 or HP iPAQ hx4700) and looking for a deified storage solution, then this is just what you need to stand out from the crowd. Just er, check with your bank first. SanDisk's 16GB version is an insane $1049,99 USD. Are you prepared to fork out the cash? 8O
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09-27-2006, 07:17 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Just give it a few months... A year from now we'll be picking it up for a couple hundred bucks...
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09-27-2006, 07:18 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 450
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WOAH! Insane capacity... INSANE price!
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09-28-2006, 12:04 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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S-w-e-e-t. Not much else to say about that. I'll just wait for the price drop.
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09-28-2006, 01:27 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 255
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It was my understanding that Pocket PCs supported storage cards only up to a 2 GB capacity. Am I confused on that point?
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09-28-2006, 01:35 AM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by jdhill
It was my understanding that Pocket PCs supported storage cards only up to a 2 GB capacity. Am I confused on that point?
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I use two 8GB CF cards (one flash, one microdrive) - haven't had a problem yet. I believe you're thinking of SD cards (and even then some 4GB cards will work). With the SDHC specification around the corner, this will be bumped up to 32GB though you'll need compliant slots.
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09-28-2006, 02:02 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 718
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I could never justify the memory card costing more than the PDA.
But I imagine professional photographers with the $4000 digital SLR's will go sick over the new CF cards.
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09-28-2006, 02:42 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 255
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Originally Posted by Nurhisham Hussein
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Originally Posted by jdhill
It was my understanding that Pocket PCs supported storage cards only up to a 2 GB capacity. Am I confused on that point?
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I use two 8GB CF cards (one flash, one microdrive) - haven't had a problem yet. I believe you're thinking of SD cards (and even then some 4GB cards will work). With the SDHC specification around the corner, this will be bumped up to 32GB though you'll need compliant slots. |
Thanks for setting me straight! I knew there was a limitation somewhere.
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09-28-2006, 03:43 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 351
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ohhh, can wait to get it for cheaper...hopefully SOON. $200-250 is the most i would pay at this point....kinda weird that they even make these cf card anymore...not may devices support them...mine does and i guess like someone else said pro photographers. still can believe that they are making them even bigger in volume...my first pc had a 1gb hd and i thought that was a lot. 
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09-28-2006, 07:26 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,060
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Originally Posted by DaleReeck
I could never justify the memory card costing more than the PDA.
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Try thinking THIS way to justify it: "It's not the medium that has intrinsic value, it's the information stored on it that does."
Er, and, um...If that doesn't work, there's ALWAYS
W?BIC!
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