does (sd-card) speed really matter ? ....

[izeman]

hi all

i'm using pdas for many years now, and always bought high quality over low price. same with sd-cards. if i can get a class6 device for a few euros more i would prefer that. but to come to the question: does it really matter? is a faster card really worth it? is class2 fast enough (regarding the internal sd-card interface of the pda?). i never really saw a big difference in every day use between fast and slow cards. and tools like pocket mechanic NEVER showed speeds close to the theoretical maximum of the card.

so what do you think ...

regards ize|man

[qbom]

Hi

Fast cards worth the money but they must be stable too....

Bye
Jorge

[Noony]

The trick is getting a card that works and is stable in your pda, AND able to read & quickly transfer data with your PC/card reader (need this for transfering movies/mp3s etc). In my opinion the speed is more benificial on the PC side.

[goodie]

my personal experience with sandisk ultra II is that it worked for 2 weeks then got currupted. so i swapped it for sandisk standard & that was 6 months ago, no probs since!

[climberscout]

Sorry for late answer, this is my first post in this forum.

If I can help....

I use everyday Tomtom 6 GPS and I was not very happy of the speed it was working. I tried a 2 Gb high speed (70x) and installed Tomtom in it. What a difference ! The soft was fast and I thought the all PDA too !

Might Helpful for you... :)

[vdesilva]

I had an issue with any media player misbehaving, and try as I may could not get any music to play without skipping.

Finally I tracked it down to slow memory, namely of the Kingston variety. Having changed the Kingston mini4GB class 4 memory to Sandisk micro8GB class 4 memory all my media player problems seems to have gone away.

I was on the brink of flashing to a WM lite version under mis-belief that it would help. Also I thought of doing some extensive regedits to increase the memory access priority to the card etc. but it seems a more simple solution was at hand.

Match the memory card to the PDA

[Noony]

Yes, I've been using the Sandisk micro8GB class 4 for a few months now. Working brilliantly!

[pzucchel]

Yes, I've been using the Sandisk micro8GB class 4 for a few months now. Working brilliantly!

actually, the same for me - i also have the 8 Gb microsdhc class 4 and it works like a charm - much better than previous "fast" minisd from mobymemory.

Still, i am never able to use them correctly under my PC - despite the fact i use a SDHC compliant USB adapter...