Want to buy a 2gb Mini SD Card... Do they work?

[MrJoshua]

I only got my XDA Mini S yesterday, so I don't have any memory cards for it yet.

I kind of figured that as I'm going down the consolidation route (ie Phone, PDA, iPod into one device so I don't have to carry a rucksack with me everywhere!) I might as well get as much memory as possible, so I can stick a bunch of MP3's on there.

I can get 1gb for between £40 and £50 (GBP), but haven't seen many places selling 2gb.

I also wanted confirmation that the Wizard will actually recognise 2gb.

Any ideas on places in the UK that I can get a 2gb card from (assuming they work!)?

[MrJoshua]

Hmm, just found this:

http://www.mobymemory.com/proddetail.asp?prod=miniSD%5F2048mb%5FMOBY%5F001

It says it's compatible with the QTEK 9100 and T-Mobile Vario, so I assume this is the one to go for... Just a bit concerned that it's unbranded (I usually get Sandisk or Kingston :? )

[Newchurch]

Hi,

I use a 2GB mini-sd card in my MDA Vario - no problem, it works fine.
The card is unbranded and available at www.memoryworld.de (http://217.173.130.240/product_info.php?products_id=500&osCsid=45d96e805358d5372ec2162d75b5efd2) for 125 euro.

Greetings, Newchurch

[ZeBoxx]

I got the one off of mobymemory - works a charm :)

Can't say the same for the miniSD > USB stick that they gave for free with it, though.

[MrJoshua]

Sweet, looks like I'll be getting one of these then!

I'm really starting to like this device now I've joined this board...

When I first started using it out of the box, I had to reboot it every 10 minutes. It very nearly got returned to the shop!

Thanks for your help guys!

[jimmy_boy]

Yeah i bought a 1Gb miniSD mobymemory card, brillient! Cheeper and faster than my scandisk 1Gb mini SD, (found out when using tomtom its data accessing times are faster) And its like £1 for postage and got delivered the next day! brillient!
Sounds like im a promoter witht the site or summit but no, its actualy gud!

[ZeBoxx]

That's one of the reasons I got the mobymemory one... it's an SLC (single layer) rather than an MLC (guess), so it's a fair bit faster :)

[MrJoshua]

Excellent, thanks for your comments.

I'll order one tomorrow!

:D

[a1laserboy]

Another vote for the moby memory one, I ordered mine on friday afternoon, and it arrived yesterday! Brilliant :D

It's definatly much faster transfering with a card reader rather than the phones connection though ;)

[sunseaker]

Just be careful with the moby memory cards. They are very thin and fragile. I have one and it split when trying to remove it from the USB stick they supplied with it. Comparing the Moby card with Scandisk you can see that it's a lot more fragile and flexible than the Scandisk one.

I'm not sure I'll buy another because of this.

[ZeBoxx]

I don't think it's physically thinner than any other miniSD card, as that is a tight specification. The subtrate may be thinner, however - I haven't checked, nor do I particularly want to :D

That said... let's face it.. all of these cards are stupid-tiny, and they're getting tinier ( I made a comparison chart for tweakers.net a long time ago, see: http://www.pointzero.nl/dump/cards.jpg ). I'd say that any primarily plastic object that's only 1.2mm thick demands to be treated with respect :)
( If you go way back to the MMC cards - they were only 0.76mm thick while being very large - crazy! )

I second your notion about that card > USB reader they gave with it, though. First of all - mine doesn't work. Big deal. But second - it was nearly *impossible* to get the card out of the thing again. I definitely won't even bother to try and use it with this 2GB one even if it does magically start working.

[sunseaker]

I don't think it's physically thinner than any other miniSD card, as that is a tight specification. The subtrate may be thinner, however - I haven't checked, nor do I particularly want to :D


You're probably right but the Scandisk card is definitely stiffer than the Moby one. Just warning people to be careful if they have the Moby card as it doesn't seem to be as robust in construction.

[alexk]

ordered one from mobymemory.com
I never recieved it.

no tracking ;-(

I like to get one!

[ZeBoxx]

As Mobymemory seems to ship everything in a manner where you have to sign for its receipt (well, I did anyway), they should be able to tell that you never received the package; short of them being lying scumbags ;)

If they tell you that you did receive it, ask for a copy (scan, fax) of the release form. If they can't show it to you, they have no case, and you can take it up with your credit card issuer (if paid by credit card), or you can pursue other methods of getting the card / money back.

If they can show it to you, and it's not your signature, then try and figure out whose it is - family member, roommate, whatever, and take the issue up with them.

If it -is- your signature, then please seek professional help :)

[davebo]

I ordered a 2Gb Moby card and (as usual) it turned up in a flash (geddit?). Excellent. Slapped it in the (supplied) adapter, slapped that in my card reader and hey Tesco! Not accessible. B*gger! So I booted up my (custom SD-enabled*) laptop and transferred all the data of onto the hard disk. Then I swapped the cards in the adapter and transferred all of that data off onto the 2Gb card. Wahey!

Great, except that the folders were called &*^&^%£ and )!(£(!")*(. Doh! Looks like my laptop reader couldn't address the card.

So I spent the extra £5 and the postage for a card reader and now you tell me that the card reader is too brutish for the card. Damn, damn and thrice damn!

(* My laptop has an SD card re-writer in it, but the catch is broken so I have to stretch an elastic band round the keybord to keep the card in!)

DM. :cry:
P.S. Do you think I'm addicted to parentheses ?

[MrJoshua]

I ordered mine today and specified Special Delivery...

I'm hoping to have it tomorrow.

:D

[pcdoc]

I took the risk and ordered a 1GB mini SD from mobymemory. Got it by recorded delivery the next day! Also the first time ever a retailer charged me the correct postage! (£1.20)
The card works fine and is not flimsy as someone commented earlier. It comes with a little adpater for card readers etc..
Good work fellas..

[casemon]

i also bought a 2GB card for the 9100 from MobyMemory because of this topic. arrived in 3 days (from UK to FR) and so far so good! 1950MB free out of the box (awesome!) and not flimsy or cheap feeling at all. use the adapter for photos direct to the DVD player and it works great! good price too.

thanks for the tip!

Qtek 9100 FR -flashed with WWE ROM 1.6.7.1
2GB Mini-SD from Moby Memory
Voice Command (UK female voice, love it!)

[exbros]

First - Hi to everybody! It's my first post here...
(and unfortunately not last :wink: )

I'm new and I'm looking for some help, advice and independent opinions.

I've bought O2 XDA mini S yesterday, and today I'm looking for memory card...

I went through MobyMemory offer and I've found "High-Speed 2GB mini-SD Card HIGH SPEED Read - 9mb per sec, Write - 8mb per sec transfers" for only £64.99 - is it good price (as for today) or should I look for another shop / brand?

What are your opinions after few months of using MobyMemory mini-SD cards?
Any issues, broken/faulty cards? Are you still happy with this purchase?

Next few question marks - are these cards really noticeable faster than i.e "SanDisk 2GB mini-SD Card"? SanDisk is £10 cheaper... is the speed of the PDA impacted by the speed of memory card used (noticeable) or the difference is only when you need to transfer large amount of data to the card (from the PC for example)?

This one is (probably) very simply for you - What are the pros and cons of having one 2GB card or two 1GB each?
Using two cards should be more comfortable, of course as long as you did't lose one...

Is 1GB memory card enough for everyday use (2 full lenght films + few videos + 10 albums + some additional applications...)?
How much (audio / video) data I can fit on 1GB card?

And last but not least - I'm going to buy 17-in-1 card reader (MobyMemory special deal) to serve this card - is anybody using it, any suggestions, opinions?...

Sorry for so many questions :oops:
Thanks in advance

[meschle]

I have a 1gb and 2gb mobymemory cards. Highly recommended and faultless. I have the 1gb for a year and 2gb for a month. they are better than normal cards and are mono-density or something and fast. yes 64.99 is a good deal for 2gb got mine for 79.99.
Movies about 150-200 mb each, and music if compress at 64kps WMA about 2-3 mb each song so yes should be able to fit them on a 1gb card - I would prefer 2gb more room and more likely to lose if keep taking in and out if you have too cards.
Your choice though .
Welcome to the wizard ownera club - you will have many good hours fun with this great device.
:)

[ZeBoxx]

also keep in mind that even though the wizard may not be able to pull data off of it / write it faster than a regular card, transferring to/from your machine with your card reader would be a good bit faster :) I got the 2GB one myself as well - love it. Might have to get a small 128 or 256 one to do one of those fancy-schmancy ROM write-outs so that when the day comes I do upgrade to AKU2 ROM, and decide it's bollocks, I can go back %)

[mike freegan]

My 2GB card worked fine until it died after about 7-10 days of being in my XDA mini.

From what I have read on here, the Wizard seems to randomly kill mini-SD card at will, so be careful. Don't spend more than you can afford to lose.

[ZeBoxx]

the only thing even close that I've read is deleting the contents of the SD card, and people thinking it's related to storing mail attachments on the SD card. Could you point to some of the threads stating that it actually 'kills' an SD card?

[fil]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7601178061&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT

ordered myself one last week 2GB SANDISK MINISD , got it saturday just gone and no problems £49 total including p&p + insurance

[blueled]

I've heard of other people having problems with their 2GB Mini-SD card.
It's a timig issue because communication between PDA and SD card is seriell.
Three lines: data in, data out and Clock.

There is no need to buy Sd cards which support hispeed because the read/write speed is controlled by the PDA. And no PDA is as fast like the slowest SD card.

[ZeBoxx]

my MiniSD actual doubles for multiple purposes, -and- making a backup takes much less time through the reader thanks to it being a high speed card. Besides, they're not all that much more expensive :)

[blueled]

ZeBoxx:

I agree on that and it's because your card reader at the PC side can handle the communication is much faster then the PDA.

[mike freegan]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=41078

[ZeBoxx]

cool - thanks for the reference, mike. I back my card up all the time, so I guess if it happens to me, I won't have too much data lost :)
( I leave important data on the device's storage as it is. )

[mike freegan]

No probs. I'm not too bothered about the data that was on mine, but the card was £90 which is alot for a student. There's a couple of other threads on it aswell that were made around the time my card got fried, but I can't find them for the life of me :S