Micro SD Card Hunt

[jerrygon]

Has anyone been able to find any good deals on a Micro SD Card for our Nooks? I am looking for a 16 or 32 gb. With a high class number 6 would be fine.

 

[Homer_S_xda]

I don't know about good deal, but I went with this Kingston 16GB one (Class 10). It looks like it is priced about 45% of list price if that helps.

Homer

 

[techboydino]

Has anyone been able to find any good deals on a Micro SD Card for our Nooks? I am looking for a 16 or 32 gb. With a high class number 6 would be fine.

I use these sites and have pretty good luck. Should be able to get a 16GB CL10 for under $50. Hope it helps.

Meritline Sometimes slow shipping.

Supermediastore

Buy.com Sometimes you need to dig through the menus to find good deals.

 

[nookroot]

just wondering

do you really need a high class sd micro what are the benifits as far as speed for movies music ?

trying to make a choice speed or size i mean is the speed only for running apps from sd card as i will more than likely just use it for movies and music thanks

 

[peiziyu]

This is probably the best price you'll find for a Class 6 without waiting around for a sale:
A-DATA 16GB Class 6

I have this one and have been very pleased with transfer speeds. My dad has the one above, and the speed are pretty comparable. The Class 10 writes a little faster (can get Win7 to report above 10 MB/s) but A-DATA is a better known brand than Wintec. By which I mean, Wintec is way cheaper than competitors:
Wintec 16GB Class 10

You're not going to be able to get a fast 32GB microSD without shelling out close to 100 bucks.

 

[fprice02]

At local Target for $17.99, Lexar 8GB Class 4. Perfect for books.

 

[epakrat75]

I got a 16GB Class 4, Patriot brand MicroSD card for $27 off NewEgg.com. No Tax or Shipping. Arrived in my mailbox 3 days later. Worked fine out of the box without issue and seems to transfer about 3-4 Mbps when writing data to it. Class 6 or higher should be unnecessary unless you're recording live video to it or simply impatient I'd think.

 

[Homer_S_xda]

I went for Class 10 as I plan to put apps on it to save space on the internal storage. I did that a lot with my old Palm.

Sent from the XDA app on my NC (1.0.1 w/A-n 2.12.25)

 

[Mikroft]

I just bought any old 16gb. Class 2. It's good enough for what I use it for. Video plays back fine on it. And I don't really see the point of apps2sd on this. I mean you have almost 1gb of space for apps.

 

[madfatter]

no you only get roughly 400 to 500 megs before you can't install anything else on it. I have the same problem with my dInc.

 

[Homer_S_xda]

Why is that? Doesn't it have ~5GB of user space?

Homer

 

[Xhorder]

Why is that? Doesn't it have ~5GB of user space?

Homer

not for apps. Mine shows a little less than 1gb available for apps. I've installed a ton of (smallish) games and I'm down to only 150mb or so free.

 

[fventura03]

not for apps. Mine shows a little less than 1gb available for apps. I've installed a ton of (smallish) games and I'm down to only 150mb or so free.

How do you check space left for apps?

 

[Xhorder]

How do you check space left for apps?

I use Titanium Backup (paid), but I think the free version will show it too.

 

[cruxx]

How do you check space left for apps?

If you use a different home screen than the standard B&N one I use the mini info widget. Is free and takes up a 2x1 spot. Tells battery life, space left, and SD space left.

 

[devis]

The only advangage of getting a high speed sd I see would be if one wanted to run ubuntu or the dev froyo. Nice speed boost.

Sent from my NookColor

 

[Mikroft]

Weird. On my HTC Desire I have craploads of apps installed. I haven't gone under 600mb out of 1gb free.. Dunno how you can fill it up considering apps are so small.

 

[cal3thousand]

FWIW, I now use a Wintec 16GB Class 10 in my MT4G and it has lived up to expectations. I tested it to write at better than 10 MB/s with CrystalDiskMark

The Nook inherited its SanDisk 8GB class 4... which is a solid card.

I'd buy the Wintec again in a heartbeat though... Its super affordable on Newegg.


BTW... USE DROPBOX!!!! if you don't have it... click my link and get an extra 250MB with your free 2GB account. Its soooo handy to have my extra files on the cloud. Especially my Titanium backups.

 

[gmanvbva]

This will be coming soon if you want to wait. It's one of the first high class (6+) 32GB cards.

Lexar High Speed MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10 Flash Memory Card with Reader

 

[fventura03]

Thanks works great. I have about 650mb free. Plenty for me... also have an 8gb sd

If you use a different home screen than the standard B&N one I use the mini info widget. Is free and takes up a 2x1 spot. Tells battery life, space left, and SD space left.