SD cards, speed, etc.

[kneeslasher]

Greetings all.

After much thought, I opted for a Magician (yet to arrive). The next step is purchase as large an SD card that my pocket can afford, and it is here that some advice would be appreciated. A 1GB card can be purchased here in England for around £55 upwards. All well and good. However, how do these budget cards measure up in terms of speed?

A second thought which struck me was that the same card could double up to be used in my digital camera. Doubtless many of you also own a digital camera. I had already bought a 256MB card for the camera, but was always perplexed by the amount of time it took the camera to be ready for another shot (in highest quality mode). It is only now that I belatedly realise that the delay must have been due to a slow write speed.

So there you have it: I would prefer a high speed write card (4 megapixel photos) which can also be used to play mp3s on the Magician. Are there any prime 1GB candidates that spring to mind? I have yet to find a good website offering comparisons of a wide range of SD cards...

[Rudegar]

look at the program pocket mechianics it let you benchmark your system and compare to other pda's and or with many SD cards

doubt it's uptodate though

and at least for the xda2 and many other pda's it's the interface which is bottleneck not the sd cards

sd card speed seem to matter the most when you are using usb2 sd card readers

[kneeslasher]

I'll take a look at pocket mechanics to benchmark my existing card. What about for choosing a new and, as yet, unacquired card? Are there any recommendations?

[kneeslasher]

I have heard good things about the SanDisk Ultra II range. Unfortunately, the 2GB version cannot be bought for less than ~£180 here in England. Are these cheaper in the States?