[bookport] Re: The Cost of Improvement
- From: "Scott Howell" <n3byy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:00:11 -0400
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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