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Has anybody out there used a 1 gig sdcard with their faithful old palm
m130 that just won't break? I am about to buy a 1 gig sdcard and am a
little worried that the hardware won't handle it. Anybody done this?
Is there a limitation?

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On 6 Aug 2004 05:34:15 -0700, togbabe@yahoo.co.uk (mark tognella) was
understood to have stated the following:

>Has anybody out there used a 1 gig sdcard with their faithful old palm
>m130 that just won't break? I am about to buy a 1 gig sdcard and am a
>little worried that the hardware won't handle it. Anybody done this?
>Is there a limitation?

Not that I have anything positive to add, but who makes the card? I
avoid SanDisc like the plague.


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<< Not that I have anything positive to add, but who makes the card? I
avoid SanDisc like the plague. >>

Unfortunately, SanDisk is ALL that any of the stores carry around here. I do se
a few PNY branded ones but the package doesn't say who actually makes the card.
As I understand it, there are only three companies that actually make the
cards, SanDisk, Toshiba, and Panasonic. I refuse to putchase ANYTHING
Toshiba-related; I've never SEEN a Panasonic card; now I'm getting leery of
SanDisk. Any good sources for Panasonic cards in Northern California?

Dennis B. Swaney
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In article <20040809105450.04469.00000909@mb-m27.aol.com>,
romad@aol.com.zz (ROMAD) wrote:

> Toshiba-related; I've never SEEN a Panasonic card; now I'm getting leery of
> SanDisk. Any good sources for Panasonic cards in Northern California?

My SD card is from SimpleTech, and it is made by Panasonic.

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On 09 Aug 2004 14:54:50 GMT, ROMAD had this to say...


> Any good sources for Panasonic cards in Northern California?
>
>

WALMART

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romad@aol.com.zz (ROMAD) wrote in message news:<20040809105450.04469.00000909@mb-m27.aol.com>...
> << Not that I have anything positive to add, but who makes the card? I
> avoid SanDisc like the plague. >>
>
> Unfortunately, SanDisk is ALL that any of the stores carry around here. I do se
> a few PNY branded ones but the package doesn't say who actually makes the card.
> As I understand it, there are only three companies that actually make the
> cards, SanDisk, Toshiba, and Panasonic. I refuse to putchase ANYTHING
> Toshiba-related; I've never SEEN a Panasonic card; now I'm getting leery of
> SanDisk. Any good sources for Panasonic cards in Northern California?

My understanding of the manufacturer situation is the same. I *refuse*
to purchase SanDisc; I have 9 Panasonic cards ranging in size from
512mb to 16mb; four of those are high speed. Other than receiving a
512mb card DOA, which I exchanged, I haven't had any problems.

As for locating them, if nothing else, consider the camera section at
your local Wally-World; there should be a 256mb Panasonic SD card
there for about $80, if their prices are the same as they are in this
area. Get one with a gold label, as those are high-speed; the silver
labeled ones are not.

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Thanks, Jim & David. I'll check out Wal-Mart though I seem to remember only
SanDisk stuff. Maybe all the Panasonics were already gobbled up!
Dennis B. Swaney
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On 10 Aug 2004 04:33:44 GMT, romad@aol.com.zz (ROMAD) was understood
to have stated the following:

>Thanks, Jim & David. I'll check out Wal-Mart though I seem to remember only
>SanDisk stuff. Maybe all the Panasonics were already gobbled up!

One of the larger Wal-Marts in this area carries only SanDisk stuff;
fortunately the one closest to me carries only Panasonic. Why, I don't
know, but that's the way it seems to work. I also recall that I went
to Ritz (or Wolf?) Camera to pick up my 512mb Panasonic SD cards, as
those weren't carried by WallyWorld.

Personally, I would rather go without a SD card than to use a SanDisc
version.

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Circuit City also only had SanDisk. I held my nose and bought a 128Mb
SD. When I put in my new Zire 71 -- the unit hard reset and came back
working sans all my stuff. The SD card did work but had never been
formated on a Palm. I formated it on the Palm and restored my files with
JPilot. Now all seems well. I even backed up to the new card. Has
anyone else had this happen?

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:19:39 -0400, David W. Poole, Jr.
<LauraBushMurderedHerBoyfriendIsATroll.20.dwpj65@spamgourmet.com> wrote:

> On 10 Aug 2004 04:33:44 GMT, romad@aol.com.zz (ROMAD) was understood
> to have stated the following:
>
>> Thanks, Jim & David. I'll check out Wal-Mart though I seem to remember
>> only
>> SanDisk stuff. Maybe all the Panasonics were already gobbled up!
>
> One of the larger Wal-Marts in this area carries only SanDisk stuff;
> fortunately the one closest to me carries only Panasonic. Why, I don't
> know, but that's the way it seems to work. I also recall that I went
> to Ritz (or Wolf?) Camera to pick up my 512mb Panasonic SD cards, as
> those weren't carried by WallyWorld.
>
> Personally, I would rather go without a SD card than to use a SanDisc
> version.
>
>



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romad@aol.com.zz (ROMAD) wrote in
news:20040810003344.04822.00001363@mb-m05.aol.com:

> Thanks, Jim & David. I'll check out Wal-Mart though I seem
> to remember only SanDisk stuff. Maybe all the Panasonics
> were already gobbled up! Dennis B. Swaney
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Some WalMarts are poorly restocked, and some are just poorly
stocked. Most of the ones I see have Panasonic cards, but only
in smaller sizes. They don't seem to understand that nobody
wants 32MB cards any more. I HATE going to WalMart, but that's
the only place open at 3AM when I often get the chance to shop.
I will not go there during the day.

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On 10 Aug 2004 23:31:17 GMT, Stan Gosnell <me@work> was understood to
have stated the following:

>romad@aol.com.zz (ROMAD) wrote in
>news:20040810003344.04822.00001363@mb-m05.aol.com:
>
>> Thanks, Jim & David. I'll check out Wal-Mart though I seem
>> to remember only SanDisk stuff. Maybe all the Panasonics
>> were already gobbled up! Dennis B. Swaney
>> remove .zz to reply
>
>Some WalMarts are poorly restocked, and some are just poorly
>stocked. Most of the ones I see have Panasonic cards, but only
>in smaller sizes. They don't seem to understand that nobody
>wants 32MB cards any more. I HATE going to WalMart, but that's
>the only place open at 3AM when I often get the chance to shop.
>I will not go there during the day.

The local Wally-Worlds dumped their 32mbs a few months back for $10;
unfortunately by the time I learned of this, there were only two left
on the shelf, which I snagged. I figure, if nothing else, they are
handy to have if the (2) 512s, (4) 256s, & (1) 64 are full, and I want
to snap a couple more photos. Anything to avoid using the 16 that came
with the camera. :-D

The closest Wally-World has a rack of Panasonic slow 64s, Panasonic
slow 128s, and Panasonic fast 256s (I bought the last 2 slow 256ers at
which time they restocked with fast ones, pissing me off of course).
The 256s were at $100 a few months ago, but have recently dropped to
$80. A coworker tells me that the Wally-World across town has the 256s
for $70, but he doesn't know their speed. I probably won't buy any
more SD cards until Wally-World starts selling 512s for $150 or so, or
Panasonic drops the price on the 1024 to around $300.

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In article <3sbjh0llaljl5cbg8qrod4gbgsfe621beh@4ax.com>,
LauraBushMurderedHerBoyfriendIsATroll.20.dwpj65@spamgourmet.com wrote:

> The closest Wally-World has a rack of Panasonic slow 64s, Panasonic
> slow 128s, and Panasonic fast 256s (I bought the last 2 slow 256ers at
> which time they restocked with fast ones, pissing me off of course).

Someone please post a link to any tests that show the "fast" cards
actually work faster than normal cards. There's a maximum speed at which
the devices can transfer data. If this maximum is below that of the
regular cards, then fast cards wouldn't provide any advantage.

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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:51:41 GMT
Guy Bannis ( guy@ether.net )
wrote

> In article <3sbjh0llaljl5cbg8qrod4gbgsfe621beh@4ax.com>,
> LauraBushMurderedHerBoyfriendIsATroll.20.dwpj65@spamgourmet.com wrote:
>
> > The closest Wally-World has a rack of Panasonic slow 64s, Panasonic
> > slow 128s, and Panasonic fast 256s (I bought the last 2 slow 256ers at
> > which time they restocked with fast ones, pissing me off of course).
>
> Someone please post a link to any tests that show the "fast" cards
> actually work faster than normal cards. There's a maximum speed at which
> the devices can transfer data. If this maximum is below that of the
> regular cards, then fast cards wouldn't provide any advantage.
>
try
http://www.digit-life.com/articles [...] card-test-
p2.html

Skip through to the analysis of sd cards, but the rest of the analysis
is interesting as well.

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I just got a Zire 71 and anew SD card, 128Mb SanDisk (the only kind I
could get). When I placed the card in the Zire, it did a hard reset.
Now everything seems OK -- Zire sees the card and BackupBuddyVFS works
with it. The card didn't have the normal Palm directories so I formated
it with the Zire and all works but my card reader can't read it this
reader works with the CF from my TRGpro. Also my desktop is a Linux
system with JPilot to do the Palm Desktop chores. JPilot works fine
with the Zire. Was this hard reset a fluke - hasn't happened again?
Should I have tried to format the SD on my Linux? Any help would be
appreciated. I'll post my findings here if they come from someplace else.

Guy Bannis wrote:
> In article <3sbjh0llaljl5cbg8qrod4gbgsfe621beh@4ax.com>,
> LauraBushMurderedHerBoyfriendIsATroll.20.dwpj65@spamgourmet.com wrote:
>
>
>>The closest Wally-World has a rack of Panasonic slow 64s, Panasonic
>>slow 128s, and Panasonic fast 256s (I bought the last 2 slow 256ers at
>>which time they restocked with fast ones, pissing me off of course).
>
>
> Someone please post a link to any tests that show the "fast" cards
> actually work faster than normal cards. There's a maximum speed at which
> the devices can transfer data. If this maximum is below that of the
> regular cards, then fast cards wouldn't provide any advantage.

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In article <MPG.1b85474e96211e6e98971f@news.clear.net.nz>, Alan Brennan
<the.c@in.the.hat> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:51:41 GMT
> Guy Bannis ( guy@ether.net )
> wrote
>
> > In article <3sbjh0llaljl5cbg8qrod4gbgsfe621beh@4ax.com>,
> > LauraBushMurderedHerBoyfriendIsATroll.20.dwpj65@spamgourmet.com wrote:
> >
> > > The closest Wally-World has a rack of Panasonic slow 64s, Panasonic
> > > slow 128s, and Panasonic fast 256s (I bought the last 2 slow 256ers at
> > > which time they restocked with fast ones, pissing me off of course).
> >
> > Someone please post a link to any tests that show the "fast" cards
> > actually work faster than normal cards. There's a maximum speed at which
> > the devices can transfer data. If this maximum is below that of the
> > regular cards, then fast cards wouldn't provide any advantage.
> >
> try
> http://www.digit-life.com/articles [...] card-test-
> p2.html
>
> Skip through to the analysis of sd cards, but the rest of the analysis
> is interesting as well.

Unfortunately, that article does not compare data transfer between a
handheld and an SD card. These fast cards are being hyped right and left
but are they faster where it counts: in actual use in a handheld device,
digital camera, cellphone?

The only hardware used in the tests at the URL cited is a Windows PC, card
reader, and the cards themselves:

"The hardware of the test PC has changed a little - instead of the Athlon
XP 1900+ (12x133) we use Athlon XP 2000+ (10x166). But this replacement
doesn't affect results of FireWire devices. What can have an effect is an
FW controller from Texas Instruments (on the SB Audigy card) and Windows
XP Rus + SP1, i.e. the testbed remains actually the same (as we found out,
these parameters do not tell upon the outcome). In the tests we used a
noname IEEE1394 6-in-1 card reader described last time."