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Old 07-12-2002, 02:53 PM
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Default Panasonic SD to CF adaptor

http://www.mbi.panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/news/020711.html

Unless you can read Japanese, don't bother clicking on the link. A picture is worth a thousand words though, so look at the image and you'll know exactly how this will work. Panasonic must be the company that controls SD - they're gunning after growth in that market in a big way.



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Old 07-12-2002, 03:39 PM
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Babelfish translation - http://babelfish.altavista.com/urltr...p=ja_en&tt=url

It's a type I card, it will work in digital cameras as it is no bigger than a regular type I card



I've been waiting for one of these, now I can go 100% SD without buying a new camera. Hopefully it won't be long before I can buy one here and then I have no excuse not to go and buy a new PPC

 
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Old 07-12-2002, 03:48 PM
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I guess this makes sense for cameras and such, but as for a PPC I can't see it being a real advantage, most new devices have dual slots, and the ones that do not are SD only. The only CF only device (Jordnada) is being dropped.
 
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Old 07-12-2002, 03:53 PM
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Default Also nice for laptops, desktops, etc

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I guess this makes sense for cameras and such, but as for a PPC I can't see it being a real advantage, most new devices have dual slots, and the ones that do not are SD only. The only CF only device (Jordnada) is being dropped.
This will also help people who have laptops that have PCMCIA slots with CF adapters or CF slots so that they will not have to buy another device like a USB SD reader. It will also help others who already have CF USB readers on their desktop PCs and don't want to have to buy more USB adapters.
My Toshiba laptop already has an SD slot, but my desktop does not. This saves me money.
I already have an adapter for SD to CF but unlike this one, it will not fit all the way into a CF slot, but sticks out enough to make it not work with my camera. This one looks nice.
 
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Old 07-12-2002, 04:06 PM
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There are several of these out, but this is the first one I've seen where the SD can be inserted all the way into the CF adapter, on the others I've seen the SD card sticks out, making it unusable in digital cameras. This one is very appealing, given that my camera uses CF and I'd like a very thin PDA (which may have SD slot only)
 
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Old 07-12-2002, 04:28 PM
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I wonder how much this will cost?
SD Adapters out there are really expensive.
The last time I saw the Pretec SD to CF Adapter, ti was about $50.
The last time I saw an SD to PC Card Adapter, it was more than $30.
 
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Old 07-12-2002, 04:53 PM
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where can I get it?
 
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Old 07-12-2002, 05:08 PM
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Is there anything that goes the other way?

I've seen pictures of a CF/PC card adapter, where it plugs into the CF slot and then folds over so the PC card lies flat against the PocketPC. I'd love to have a similar thing so that I could use my Linksys 802.11b card without a sleeve on my iPAQ.
 
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Old 07-12-2002, 05:28 PM
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Does the picture look to anyone else like the adapter will take two SD cards? It looks like there's already a card in slot (you can see the bottom of the "512MB") and the shadow behind the other SD card suggests that it is being inserted on top of the first. That's not even possible is it? If you stack two SD cards it would be thicker than a CF, right?
 
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Old 07-12-2002, 06:41 PM
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To solve the problem with my Jornada I just bought the extended battery which includes an SD slot. Problem solved.
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