[bookport] Re: The Cost of Improvement
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- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:40:14 -0400
And, of course, you cannot use a hard drive or microdrive (drive on a
Flash card) on the Book Port, which means that using these as standards
of comparison in a discussion of the Book Port is an apples-and-oranges
comparison. The only real issue is what's happened to the price of
CompactFlash cards and there is absolutely no question that they've come
down precipitously in price over the past eighteen months or so.
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[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Ring
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 9:32 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: The Cost of Improvement
No, I stated that I found a 1 gb card for $135 in 2003, and now, I can
get a 2 GB card, apparently for less than $100. That is a substantial
price difference.
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[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Howell
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 7:00 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: The Cost of Improvement
Let me clarify my observation so there's no confusion. Flash cards and
in particular compact flash cards have not come down in price as much as
similar technologies and including hard drives. I never said they have
not come down, but they have not come down as much. In other words with
similar flash technology and hard drives,, you get more bang for you
buck with hard drives and other flash technologies. As you stated below,
in 2003 you found a 2Gb card for $135 and now you state that in 2005 you
can get the same card for under $110. I agree this is perhaps true, but
I can get 40Gb of drive storage for under $100 in a notebook form. Also
I do understand and have not checked the price, but there is a drive
built into a compact flash card that is a 4 or 5Gb in size. Apparently
this even uses less current than a cf card. Sounds mighty interesting.
>However, to say they haven't come down in price is absurd!
>I was able to find a one gig card for $135 in 2003. However, I can now
get
> a two gig card for under $110.----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Howell" <n3byy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:54 AM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: The Cost of Improvement
>
>
>> So ah, what's your point. Are you saying these cards are less
reliable,
>> are they not suited for this purpose, and no one was saying its a
pda.
>> I'm just pointing out there there are less expensive alternatives to
the
>> flash card which as far as I can tell hasn't really come down in
price
>> compared to other technologies for the cost. Matter of fact and I
could
>> very well be wrong, the cf cards are more expensive in terms of
capacity
>> for cost than any other card on the market.
>>
>>>Hi Scott and list:
>>>
>>>The card you're thinking of is most likely SD cards which are now
being
>>>used
>>>in the HumanWare BrailleNote Mpower. They work fine in the PDA arena.
Just
>>>don't lose sight of the fact that a bookport isn't a PDA.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Dave
>>
>
>
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